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The NCAA will hold the entire 2021 men’s basketball tournament in Indiana

January 4, 2021 9:20 AM Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Monday that all 67 men’s basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely…

College Football Playoff Fast Facts

January 4, 2021 8:47 AM CNN

Here’s a look at the College Football Playoff, a four-team seeded postseason format which began for the 2014 season and replaced the Bowl…

Jacksonville Jaguars fire coach Doug Marrone following 15th consecutive loss

January 4, 2021 7:05 AM Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have fired coach Doug Marrone a little more than 12 hours after ending the season with a…

Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice in Juventus win

January 4, 2021 5:27 AM CNN

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in Juventus’ 4-1 win over Udinese on Sunday to start the year in typical ruthless goalscoring style. The…

Steph Curry scores career-high 62 points in Golden State Warriors victory

January 4, 2021 2:58 AM CNN

In his three-time NBA title winning career, Steph Curry has put in some dominant performances. However, he might have eclipsed them all on Sunday…

Jones, Packers clinch top playoff seed with 35-16 win over Bears

January 3, 2021 5:37 PM Associated Press

CHICAGO, Illinois — El Paso native and former UTEP standout Aaron Jones rushed for 85 yards and ran for a score in the closing minutes as the Green…

Cowboys lose to NY Giants 23-19 in last bid for playoffs

January 3, 2021 2:50 PM Associated Press, ABC News

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — Dallas’ playoff hopes are over after losing to New York 23-19 Sunday. In what was in essence a playoff elimination…

Covid-hit Manchester City cruises to win at struggling Chelsea

January 3, 2021 2:23 PM CNN

Manchester City shrugged off the loss of six players to Covid-19 to beat Chelsea 3-1 on Sunday to reignite its English Premier League title…

Fanduel suffers widespread outage on last day of NFL’s regular season

January 3, 2021 1:12 PM CNN

Fanduel, the fantasy sports and online sports betting company, experienced outages on Sunday — the last day of regular season NFL games —…

Petra Vlhova crowned ‘Snow Queen’ as Mikaela Shiffrin takes fourth

January 3, 2021 10:49 AM CNN

Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova was crowned “Snow Queen” of Zagreb for the second straight year after claiming the World Cup slalom event…

Golf is booming because of the pandemic

January 3, 2021 7:14 AM CNN

The pandemic has popularized a lot of unexpected activities. Remember when everyone was doing puzzles and baking bread? Thanks to social distancing,…

Premier League stars condemned for Covid lockdown breach

January 3, 2021 6:14 AM CNN

Tottenham Hotspur has publicly criticized three prominent first team players for flouting coronavirus rules after they attended a Christmas party…

Texas A&M runs past North Carolina in Orange Bowl, 41-27

January 3, 2021 2:38 AM Associated Press

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher pulled a hamstring as he tried to avoid the players who wanted to give him a celebratory…

UTEP men & women notch wins over Southern Miss on Saturday

January 2, 2021 7:35 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — Jamal Bieniemy had 20 points as UTEP topped Southern Miss 77-62 on Saturday. Souley Boum had 17 points for UTEP (5-3,…

El Paso native with UTEP & NMSU ties is hired as Boise State Athletic Director

January 3, 2021 12:13 AM Nate Ryan

BOISE, Idaho – In what turned out to be good news for sports fans in El Paso and Las Cruces, Boise State hired Jeremiah Dickey as their next Athletic…

Floyd Little, NFL running back and Hall of Famer, dies at 78

January 2, 2021 6:36 PM CNN

Former Denver Broncos running back Floyd Little died Friday at the age of 78, according to his family. “After nearly a year of confronting,…

Paul Westphal, NBA player and coach, dies at 70

January 2, 2021 6:12 PM CNN

NBA player and coach Paul Westphal died on Saturday in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the University of Southern California. He was 70 years old.…

Texas Longhorns’ football coach Tom Herman fired; Bama’s Sarkisian named replacement

January 2, 2021 9:59 AM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas fired Tom Herman because it was tired of waiting for him to deliver a Big 12 title and turn the Longhorns back into national…

Mauricio Pochettino takes charge at French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain

January 2, 2021 10:05 AM CNN

Mauricio Pochettino was officially confirmed as the new coach of French champion Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday following the sacking of Thomas…

Ohio State crushes Clemson, will face Alabama in College Football Playoff national championship game

January 1, 2021 11:24 PM CNN

No one could stop Alabama in 2020. And on the first day of 2021, Notre Dame couldn’t do it, either. Can Ohio State? The top-ranked Crimson Tide…

Alabama advances to College Football Playoff national championship game

January 1, 2021 8:45 PM CNN

No one could stop Alabama in 2020. And on the first day of 2021, Notre Dame couldn’t do it, either. The top-ranked Crimson Tide have advanced…

Alabama’s Najee Harris hurdles over a Notre Dame defender after Megan Rapinoe tells him to

January 1, 2021 8:43 PM CNN

Earlier this week, Megan Rapinoe told Alabama running back Najee Harris to hurdle over someone. Mission emphatically accomplished. In Friday’s…

UTEP melts down at Southern Miss, falls 74-66 in OT

January 1, 2021 8:11 PM Nate Ryan

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – In what is the most painful loss of their season to date, UTEP blew a seven-point lead with 45 seconds to play in…

Manchester United draw level with Liverpool as Fernandes penalty sees off Villa

January 1, 2021 4:07 PM CNN

Manchester United drew level with archrival Liverpool on points at the top of the English Premier League as a sweetly struck Bruno Fernandes penalty…

Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani defends club tweet that led to online abuse of pundit Karen Carney

January 1, 2021 2:38 PM CNN

The owner of an English Premier League team has defended a post from the club’s official Twitter account that led to online abuse being…

New El Paso pro wrestling promotion holding open tryout

December 31, 2020 11:00 PM Adrian Ochoa

EL PASO, Texas — If you ever had a dream of becoming a pro wrestler, now is your chance. A new wrestling promotion is hitting the ground running in…

Becky Hammon becomes first woman to direct an NBA team as head coach in a regular season game

December 31, 2020 4:50 PM CNN

Becky Hammon became the first woman to direct an NBA team as a head coach during the regular season, when she took over for San Antonio Spurs head…

Community Champion: Former El Paso football coach Jesse Perales finding early success at Dallas area high school

December 31, 2020 4:41 PM Adrian Ochoa

EL PASO, Texas – Life sometimes involves taking risks, and for Jesse Perales the risk was definitely worth the reward. Perales was the head football…

Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani handed three-match ban by FA over social media post

December 31, 2020 11:46 AM CNN

Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani has been handed a three-match ban and fined £100,000 ($136,594) by the English Football Association in…

LeBron James celebrates scoring milestone on 36th birthday

December 31, 2020 9:09 AM CNN

As if there was any doubt, LeBron James celebrated his 36th birthday in style. Not only did he top score for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 121-107…