EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “Some of the best Mexican food you’ll ever find.” That’s the reaction from former UTEP running back Aaron Jones and his thoughts on his hometown of El Paso. The Green Bay Packers player was featured on NFL’s Good Morning Football show. The Sidelines UTEP Twitter account reposted a clip from
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — An external investigator has released its findings of a deadly shooting between NMSU basketball player Mike Peake and UNM student Brandon Travis. According to the report, neither the NCAA nor the WAC has indicated that NMSU’s conduct in connection with the incident violated NCAA or WAC governing rules. “After
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Locomotive remain winless after two matches following the club’s loss to the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Wednesday night. The offense started early, with Colorado Springs scoring in the second minute. Jairo Hernandez gets the assist from Maalique Foster and scores. The Locomotive would not get on the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Dallas Cowboys have informed Running Back Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Elliott that they are releasing him after seven seasons with Dallas. The former Ohio State Buckeye was drafted #4 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in 2016, the same year the team took QB Dak Prescott in the fourth round. During his
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EL PASO, Texas — Julian Melucci has been one of the best kickers in high school football in El Paso for the past four years and now he gets the chance to continue to build his legacy in his hometown. “Once he said I’m going to extend an offer to you, I just almost dropped
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — It may have taken 14 games but the Aggies finally have their first win of the season. That 23-2 win over Ottawa (Ariz.) moves them to 1-13 on the season and helps them avoid equaling the programs worst ever start to the season which was 0-14 in 1968. The Aggies
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EL PASO, Texas — The Miners learned Monday that their first round opponent in the WNIT will be Texas Tech. It’s the first time UTEP will compete in a postseason tournament since 2016 and just their third time in the WNIT. “I think it’s great,” forward Elina Arike said. “It’s my first time playing in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NM State women’s basketball are set for postseason play after accepting an invitation to the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI). It’s the Aggies sixth postseason appearance in nine years and the tenth in program history. The eight-team tournament will see NMSU play The University of Illinois-Chicago this Friday at 1:30
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EL PASO, Texas — For the first time since 2016, UTEP women’s basketball secured a postseason tournament appearance by receiving an invite to the WNIT on Sunday. The Miners will learn the opponent and location of their first game on Monday when the full bracket is released. ABC-7 has learned that UTEP has put in a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The nightmare start to the 2023 season continued for NM State in Phoenix over the weekend. Sunday’s contest was close until Grand Canyon exploded for six runs in the eighth inning. The Aggies refused to go down quietly, scoring four runs in the ninth, but came up short as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP softball (9-14, 1-2 Conference USA) closed out the weekend with a 4-3 win over UTSA at Roadrunner Field Sunday afternoon. It’s the first time the Miners have won a series finale against the Roadrunners. UTSA took a 2-0 lead after four innings. Camryn Robillard scored both runs for the Roadrunners
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UPDATE – The El Paso Locomotive fell 1-0 to the Sacramento Republic FC in the Loco’s opening match of the 2023 season. Sacramento’s Russell Cicerone would score the only goal on the contest in the 42nd minute. The Locomotive struggled all night on the offensive end, putting up no points on the board. The club’s
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FRISCO, Texas – Elina Arike scored a career-high 23 points as No. 4 seed UTEP went toe-to-toe with No. 1 seed Middle Tennessee on Friday night in a 68-62 loss in the semifinals of the Conference USA Championships inside the Ford Center at The Star. After playing close games all season, the Miners (20-11, 12-8
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EL PASO, Texas – A wrestler from Americas High School added another accolade to her resume. Erica Cobos won a national title at a wrestling tournament in Omaha, Nebraska over the weekend. Cobos is only a junior at Americas. She competed in the 225 pound weight class, and had to win three matches in order
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Locomotive kicks off their 5th season Saturday night at Southwest University Park against Sacramento Republic. This year the team begins a new era under Head Coach and Technical Director Brian Clarhaut. The home opener begins with a pre-match mariachi performance by Mariachi Paso Del Norte and will have a
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Stacker cited historical data from the Chicago Board Options Exchange to visualize how stock trades are impacted by the NCAA’s March Madness.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NM State Baseball ended last season with a cinderella run few saw coming – they won the WAC and got the automatic bid to the tournament and the hope was that this season they’d pick up right where they left off. Instead through ten games in the season the
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FRISCO, Texas – No. 4 seed UTEP scored 11 of the final 13 points to pull away late in a 64-54 win over No. 5 LA Tech on Thursday in quarterfinal action of the Conference USA Championships played inside the Ford Center at The Star. Leading 53-52 with 5:19 remaining, the Miners (20-10, 12-8 C-USA)
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It’s fight week! Stephanie Han and Jorge Tovar stopped by ABC-7 at Noon to talk about the upcoming event that will feature local fighters, Throw Down In Chuco Town. You’ll have an opportunity to support local fighters Friday, March 10th at the El Paso County Coliseum. The doors open at 5 PM, the show starts
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — This time last year the Aggies were just days away from winning the WAC, getting the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and beating UCONN in the first round. This year? The team isn’t seeing a second of postseason play. Instead the University has cleared some players to participate in
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FRISCO, Texas – The season has officially come to an end for the UTEP Miners. Wednesday night in Frisco, TX the Miners received an early exit from the Conference USA Tournament after losing their first round game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The final score was 73-67. UTEP started the game well in the first
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball had a trio recognized in the 2022-23 Conference USA Postseason Awards, the league office announced on Tuesday. In her first season with the Miners, guard Jazion Jackson earned first-team All-Conference accolades after leading the team with 12.2 points per game to go along with 5.8 rebounds on average during the regular
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The I-10 rivalry between UTEP and NMSU moves to the 4000 block of North Mesa street with dueling billboards. The signs are now going viral on social media. NMSU rented a billboard reading “You’d look better in Crimson” less than a mile down the road from UTEP in November. UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas – The No. 9 seeded UTEP men’s basketball team (14-17) will lock up against No. 8 seeded WKU (16-15) in the opening round of the 2023 Conference USA Championships presented by TotalCare on Court “A” at 4:30 p.m. MT/5:30 pm. CT at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday. Mattress Firm is
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball enters the Conference USA Championships as the No. 4 seed and will begin tournament action on Thursday vs. No. 5 LA Tech. Opening tip is slated for 10:30 a.m. MT/11:30 a.m. CT inside the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco. The Miners (19-10, 12-8 C-USA) swept the
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EL PASO, Texas — On Monday Parkland named Vinny Morua as the new head coach of the girls basketball team. Morua has spent roughly ten years coming up the ranks in the Parkland coaching community. “This is my dream job,” Morua said. “It’s time to step up, put a great staff around me have a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — In day two of the NM State round robin, NMSU came out on the winning end in both of their games while UTEP couldn’t secure a win. UTEP dropped its morning matchup against Northern Colorado, 8-7, in another extra-inning game, while they fell 4-1 to NM State in the 52nd Battle
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Just one Las Cruces area boys basketball team remains in the playoffs. After trailing 15-2 early in the contest the Organ Mountain Knights rallied back to beat Hobbs 70-56. Their win in large part thanks to the 31 points from senior Aiden Pacini who left the Organ Mountain gym for
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Day one of the NM State round robin saw University of Northern Colorado, UTEP and NMSU all play two games. The Bears and Miners were up first. The Miners outhit the Bears 11-7, but the extra-inning comeback fell short as Northern Colorado won the game, 7-6, with a walk-off home run
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Aggies were handed their ninth loss of the season with a home run from Pacific in the tenth inning to win 4-3. Pacific got off to a blazing start in the first inning. The first two hitters each reached safely on a pair of singles before a sacrifice bunt
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