SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KVIA) — Saturday marked probably the most intense and chippy game El Paso Locomotive FC (West-2, 8-3-2, 26 points) have played this season. Twice they had to come back a goal down against the reigning league champions in San Antonio FC to finish with a 2-2 draw and extend the undefeated streak to 10 matches. San Antonio goal scored off a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Chihuahuas hosted baseball and softball clinics for area children Saturday at Southwest University Park. The clinics are part of the Major League Baseball’s PLAY BALL weekend outreach program. About 200 children from the southwest region participated and joined thousands of children who made up about 300 teams
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Bel Air grad Isabella Slape is about to go to Cuba to play for the USA Travel Softball Team. It’s a dream come true for Slape who is the first Texan to ever be selected on the team, but now she wants to use her platform to make sure other
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ‘Basketball in the Barrio’ is returning with their summer camp for the 31st year in a row in El Paso. The camp hosts 6-10 year-old girls and boys who live in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio and Chamizal neighborhoods. According to the camp, they emphasize “border culture pride,” and is made
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EL PASO, Texas, (KVIA) — ABC-7’s Sam Harasimowicz participated in Call Me ABLE’s first annual Adaptive Golf Media Challenge, at Butterfield Trail Golf Course. Local media was invited to attend to play against one of the greatest, the World Ranked One Handed Lady Golfer Gianna Rojas. The challenge included a mini adaptive golf clinic. At
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AUSTIN, Texas – UTEP’s Victor Kibiego finished third in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase final, earning first team All-America honors at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships hosted by Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Friday evening. Kibiego clocked in an 8:32.49, crossing the finish line right behind Montana State’s
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EL PASO, Texas – A fan favorite of the Dallas Cowboys will be coming to El Paso later this month. Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons will participate in a charity softball game June 29 at Southwest University Park. The softball game is part of the A&A All the Way Foundation, a charity organization founded by El
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Using data from ATS.io, we break down seven key factors that explain the state of the sports betting industry right now.
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EL PASO, Texas – On June 28, the El Paso Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome eight new members. Among them, is proud El Pasoan, Rick Hernandez. Hernandez was nominated for induction into the hall of fame under the “Supporter of Athletics” category. A well deserved honor for a man who has done so much
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty, El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie Oklahoma City Wednesday night but lost 8-6 to the Dodgers in 10 innings. The Chihuahuas are now 1-3 in extra inning games, while Oklahoma City advanced to 4-2. San Diego
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AUSTIN, Texas – UTEP’s Victor Kibiego finished in the top five in the 3000-meter steeplechase semifinal one to automatically advance to Friday night’s final at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships hosted by Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Wednesday evening. Kibiego placed fifth in the first semifinal, clocking
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP softball’s Pate Cathey was named as one of the recipients of the 2023 Conference USA Spring Spirit of Service Award as announced by league officials on Tuesday. The award honors student-athletes with significant community service endeavors, good academic standing and participation in their sport. The Spirit of Service Award is presented three times throughout the
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Update: Lionel Messi is now set to sign with MLS club Inter Miami. (CNN) — Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is in discussions to join Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami, according to reports by the BBC and The Athletic. There has been speculation around Messi’s next move since he announced his departure from French side Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), playing his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Non-profit organization “Call Me ABLE” and world ranked one handed golfer Gianna Rojas, hosted a special event for media members to learn about golfing with disabilities. The event was meant to showcase how people with different disabilities adapt to the golf course. Members of the media worked on hitting a
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Jakub Belik (high jump), Victor Kibiego (3000m steeplechase), Arianne Morais (javelin), Marissa Simpson (100m H), and Roosa Yloenen (javelin) will represent UTEP at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships hosted by Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin on June 7-10. Competition
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The PGA Tour has announced it will be merging operations under a single owner with its rival, the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, as well as the DP World Tour, formerly known as the European Tour. “After two years of disruption and distraction, this is a historic day for the game we all know and love,” PGA Tour
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of the best high school football players in the Borderland last season will continue to play football in the Borderland. On Monday, Angel “Speedy” Munoz officially announced via his instagram that he had committed to play with Jerry Kill at New Mexico State next season. Speedy later told ABC-7
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EL PASO, Texas – Head Coach Ben Wallis has announced two additions for the 2024 beach volleyball season. UTEP is bringing in freshman Adriana Oporto and Power 5 transfer, Summer McDonough. Summer McDonough Hometown: Tucson, Arizona High School: Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Previous School: Arizona Accomplishments and Accolades: Perfect individual win record as a Wildcat named All-Region First Team all four years in high school two-time all-region Offensive Player of the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoan Ivan Melendez hits homers in back-to-back games for the Diamondbacks High-A team the Hillsboro Hops. On Saturday Melendez returned to the Hops for the first time since May 28th. The Coronado grad had three chances at the plate and in the top of the fifth thrashed a two-run
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After winning the first three games of the series, the El Paso Chihuahuas wouldn’t find the win column again and end up splitting the series with the Las Vegas Aviators. The two teams put up a whopping 114 runs in the six-game series. On Sunday, in the lowest scoring game
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The Sun Bowl Association introduced Travis Hughes as its new president on Sunday. Along with being an active member of the Sun Bowl Association since 2014 and on the Sun Bowl Board of Advisors in 2013, Hughes has also joined several volunteer organizations. He’s past president of the El Paso Holocaust Museum,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Saturday, Coronado Grad Ivan Melendez played his first game of High-A baseball since May 28th. The El Pasoan had three chances at the plate and in the top of the fifth thrashed a two-run home run to left field. It marks the 8th homerun for Melendez this season with
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC (West-2, 8-1-3, 25 points) defeated secured a second New Mexico United 1-0 at Isotopes Park on Saturday night to extend its undefeated streak to nine games with wins in the last seven. Despite having eight shots and hoding 53% of possession during the first 45 minutes of play, Los Locos
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (KVIA) — El Pasoan Carlos Contreras is playing in the NCAA Regionals in Baton Rouge with the Sam Houston Bearkats. On Friday they played Oregon State and fell 18-2. Conteras has two at-bats on Friday and earned one walk, with 0 runs and 0 strikeouts. The loss to the Beavers saw the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Luna family have etched their name both literally and figuratively into the El Paso Fastpitch community. “Softball and baseball have been in our family since we were born,” Sergio Luna said. The Luna family consists of six brothers, with an age gap of 16 years from oldest to youngest.
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EL PASO, Texas – A UTEP hurdler is looking to bring home a national title at next week’s NCAA Track and Field Championships. Marissa Simpson qualified for nationals in the 100 meter hurdles. At last week’s NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field West First Round, Simpson clocked a personal best in the event with
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EL PASO, Texas – Nineteen-year-old Mikey Ramirez is living life to the fullest. A senior at Eastwood High School, Ramirez is getting ready for graduation day. It’s been a long high school journey for Ramirez who despite having down syndrome, didn’t let that deter him from his love of sports. Ramirez was determined to get
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After a decade of dominance at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), former Lady Jets head women’s basketball coach James Frey is set to join Jody Adams’ coaching staff ahead of the 2023-24 season, which will mark Adams’ second year with NM State. “I have known Coach James
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EL PASO, Texas — Evwella Munn always had the credentials to get into the El Paso Athletics Hall of Fame, but it certainly took awhile to come to fruition. Munn will now get the recognition she deserves when she gets inducted into the El Paso Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of
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STORRS, Connecticut – Fresh off a national championship, El Pasoan and Burges grad, Tristen Newton, is ready to run it back with the UConn Huskies. Wednesday, Newton announced via social media his intention to return to UConn, and withdraw his name from this year’s NBA Draft. Newton has already played four seasons of college basketball,
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