LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – New Mexico State’s director of athletics, Mario Moccia will remain as the university’s top administrator of athletics. Moccia recently signed a 5-year contract extension that will keep him at NMSU until 2027. The news of Moccia’s contract extension was made public during a tumultuous week for NMSU. First, there was
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EL PASO, Texas – Coronado’s Ian Uraga is on a mission. The Coronado High School junior is once again headed to the Class 6A UIL state tournament in tennis. This is the second straight year he’s qualified for the state tournament. As a sophomore last season, Uraga made it all the way to the championship
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Problems that have impacted the NMSU Men’s Basketball program have now spread to the women’s team following revelations in documents obtained by ESPN. According to ESPN, an official on the men’s team was found to have sexually harassed a student in the past year. There are three other Title
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Athletics is excited to announce the opening of the Silent Auction for “Orange Fever Fiesta Presented by Madrid Law Firm.” With over 150 items available, the online auction offers something for everyone, from unique travel experiences to one-on-one golf lessons with UTEP Golf Coaches. All proceeds from the silent auction
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Despite big dreams, some NFL-drafted players don’t live up to the hype. Stacker ranked the 10 worst draft busts in NFL history using data from Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After 14 practices during the Spring football session, the New Mexico State Aggies capped it off with a football game. Thursday night at Aggie Memorial Stadium, the NMSU football team took part in a Spring football game. It was Crimson versus White. The teams were put together through a draft
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP men’s basketball has signed JUCO All-American and prolific scorer Corey Camper Jr. (Tyler Junior College), head coach Joe Golding announced Wednesday. A brief profile on Camper Jr. and a quote from associate head coach Jeremy Cox follow below. Corey Camper Jr. 6-5, Guard Tyler Junior College Little Rock, Ark. Tallied nearly
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EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7 spoke one-on-one with the new head coach of the UTEP women’s basketball team, Keitha Adams. Adams returns to UTEP after spending the last six seasons at Wichita State. She was the head coach for the Miners from 2001-2017. Adams explains why it was the right time to return to UTEP.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, former New Mexico State basketball players William Benjamin and Shakiru Odunewu allege that negligence from the previous coaching staff and school administration led to a culture of abuse within the program – that ultimately caused the suspension of the program. According to the lawsuit
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Locomotive FC are looking to continue their four game winning streak at home this Saturday at Southwest University Park. The Locos take on Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC for the first time ever this weekend. Throughout the match, the team will also three local, environmental nonprofits for Earth Day: Eco
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Stacker analyzed Basketball-Reference.com data to rank the six NBA players who have scored multiple playoff buzzer beaters.
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LAS CRUCES, Texas – New Mexico State guard Deuce Benjamin has entered the transfer portal. The Las Cruces native was one of the final players from last season’s roster to announce his intention to leave the program. Benjamin, a graduate of Las Cruces High School, spent just one season with the Aggies. NMSU’s new head
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EL PASO, Texas – Christine Brandl (volleyball), Holly Cohen (soccer), Fred Reynolds (men’s basketball), Anthony Rotich (track and field), Bob Stull (Director of Athletics/head football coach) and the 1988 football team form the 20th induction class into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. This year’s class will be inducted on Friday, Sept. 1 in the Sun
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas fell to the Albuquerque Isotopes 10-3 during a daytime game in front of their home crowd. The Albuquerque Isotopes ended the series with four out of six wins against the Chihuahuas in front of the Southwest University Park fans. Fernando Tatis Jr. kept his hot streak
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GEORGETOWN, Texas – Bel Air’s quest for a state title came up a game short Saturday in Georgetown, TX. In the Class 5A state championship match the Bel Air Highlanders were upended by the Lone Star Rangers, 4-1. It was Bel Air’s first loss of the entire season. The teams were scoreless midway into the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso basketball icon Willie Cager’s Celebration of Life will take place Friday at 7 p.m. in the Don Haskins Center at UTEP. The celebration will honor Cager’s accomplishments as well as dedication to the Borderland. Family, friends, and teammates will be in attendance to share memories of Cager. The
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GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Bel Air Highlanders are one step closer to another state soccer championship. Thursday, the Highlanders defeated Mission Sharyland, 4-1, in the Class 5A state semifinal match. The Highlanders remain undefeated on the season, 28-0-1. Bel Air advances to Saturday’s title match where they will play the winner of the other semifinal
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – The 8th Annual Las Cruces Film Festival (LCIFF) is captivating audiences from around the world this week, with an extra dose of excitement from the appearance of Giancarlo Esposito, the acclaimed actor best known for his role as Gustavo “Gus” Fring in the hit series Breaking Bad, and as
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GEORGETOWN, Texas – The run toward a state title ended in heartbreak for the San Elizario Eagles. Wednesday night in Georgetown, TX the Eagles lost their Class 4A final four match against Hidalgo Early College by a final score of 1-0. Hidalgo would score the game’s only goal with less than minute to go in
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EL PASO, Texas – The Bel Air Highlanders are looking to make history. Thursday, the Highlanders will compete in the final four of the Class 5A tournament. Bel Air will play Mission Sharyland with the winner advancing to the state title game. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. CST. The Highlanders are undefeated this season, and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Keitha Adams is making a return to UTEP as the new head coach of the women’s basketball team. Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter made the announcement today. Adams is the winningest coach in UTEP women’s basketball history. “Today is a very special and unique day for me.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Raise Your Pick Giving Day is a community-wide giving day taking place today. It’s an opportunity to make a positive impact on UTEP. The event will be held today at Centennial Plaza, starting at 11:30 a.m. till 1:30 p.m. There are various ways the miner nation can support Raise your
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty, El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas trailed by five runs with two outs in the ninth inning and ended up putting the tying run on base before losing to the Albuquerque Isotopes 13-12. It was the first meeting of the season between the two teams. San Diego
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EL PASO, Texas — On Monday in front of a packed auditorium, Bernie Luna appeared through a smoke machine wearing a giant sombrero. If it wasn’t obvious, Luna was officially named the new head football coach of the Mustangs. Luna has been with the Mustangs for eight years as a defensive coordinator and this is
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EL PASO, Texas — Led by MLB All-Star Julio Teheran the Chihuahuas beat the Sacramento River Cats 8-2 on Sunday afternoon at Sutter Health Park. The Chihuahuas and River Cats split the six-game series. Teheran was El Paso’s starting pitcher and allowed just the one run in six innings. Teheran wasn’t the only All-Star on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – All it took was one goal for the El Paso Locomotive to grab their second win of the 2023 season. The 1-0 win coming against winless Orange County SC, who now fall to 10th in the USL Western Conference. Luis Solignac would score the game’s only goal, coming off an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Is it 2019 all over again? Both Bel Air and San Elizario are moving on to the Final Four with wins Saturday in the Elite 8. For both programs it’s their first time in the Final Four since 2019 which is also the same year they both won State. Could
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EL PASO, Texas – The Bel Air Highlanders and the San Elizario Eagles are one step closer to a state championship. Friday, the Bel Air Highlanders defeated Centennial in a Class 5A regional semifinal game. The final score was 4-0. Bel Air will face Midlothian Saturday in the regional final with the winner advancing to
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EL PASO, Texas – A Celebration of Life for Texas Western College basketball legend and El Paso icon Willie Cager is slated for 7 p.m. Friday, April 14 in the Don Haskins Center. The event is free and open to the public. Cager’s family, friends and teammates will share their recollections of a life well lived at
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – New Mexico State University (NMSU) has announced the appointment of Jay Gogue as interim chancellor after Chancellor Dan Arvizu resigned on Friday, April 7. The NMSU Board of Regents agreed to a mutual separation with Arvizu, who said that he believed the transition would allow the university to focus
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