LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — NMSU fell 79-75 to Southern Utah in their first game of WAC play under new head coach Greg Heiar. The loss becomes just the Aggies 2nd in 35 WAC home openers. “They’re used to winning championships around here, they’re not used to losing WAC games around here,” Heiar said. “To
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DETROIT, Michigan – New Mexico State is once again victorious in a bowl game. NMSU defeated the Bowling Green Falcons at the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, Michigan by a final score of 24-19. This is NMSU’s 4th bowl game victory in school history. A tremendous achievement for NMSU head coach Jerry Kill in just
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EL PASO, Texas — One of the popular events of the Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta, Battle of the Bands, has been moved from the El Paso Convention Center to Fort Bliss. The bands for both Pitt and UCLA will battle it out at Freedom Crossing on Fort Bliss on Dec. 29. The event is usually
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DETROIT, Michigan – New Mexico State is just two quarters away from winning just their 4th bowl game in program history. NMSU is facing the Bowling Green Falcons at the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, Michigan. At the half the Aggies are leading the Falcons, 14-0. NMSU’s defense would make a strong statement in the
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Originally Published: 25 DEC 22 10:48 ETBy Wayne Sterling and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Stephan Bonnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Famer who popularized the sport in the finale fight of the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show, died Thursday, the mixed martial arts promoter announced Saturday.Bonnar died from “presumed heart complications
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EL PASO, Texas — The Aggies are officially bound (literally) for their 5th bowl game after flying out of El Paso en route to Detroit, early Thursday morning. NMSU (6-6, 2 wins coming against FCS schools) will play Bowling Green (6-6) at the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field on Monday, Dec. 26th at 12:30
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EL PASO, Texas – For the second straight year, the UTEP Miners fell short of a Sun Bowl Invitational tournament victory. In the championship game of the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational, the Miners fell to Kent State by a final score of 47-46. A Kevin Kalu put-back gave the Miners a one-point
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The NM State (7-5, 0-0 WAC) offense finally came to life when it needed it as the Aggies shot 50% from the field to finish off the WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational with an 85-76 win over North Carolina A&T (5-7, 0-0 CAA) on Thursday night. A pair
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EL PASO, Texas — Just one day after the Sun Bowl Association announced the cancellation of this year’s Fan Fiesta, officials told ABC-7 they are still working hard. The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl announced Wednesday the Fan Fiesta has been canceled. The event was scheduled for Dec. 29 at the El Paso Convention Center.
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EL PASO, Texas – Shamar Givance (18 second-half points) and Derick Hamilton (career-high tying 11 points) each came up big in key moments to help UTEP derail a feisty NC A&T squad, 75-62, in its opening game of the WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational Wednesday evening. The Miners (8-3), who remain unbeaten at home
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – After a 61-year hiatus, NM State (6-5, 0-0 WAC) made its return to the Sun Bowl Invitational against Kent St. (9-3, 0-0 MAC) on Wednesday evening. Despite leading the Golden Flashes in rebounds and shooting percentage, the Aggies fell 73-63. In terms of scoring, the Aggies were led by
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel announced 17 student-athletes who signed National Letters of Intent and will don the Orange and Blue of the Miners. Coming to El Paso are 15 junior college transfers and a pair of true freshmen. The newest Miners include nine defensive players (two defensive backs, four defensive
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (7-3, 1-0 C-USA) will look to stay undefeated at home (7-0) when it takes on NC A&T (5-6) in its opening contest of the 61st-annual WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational at 7 p.m. MT Wednesday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball.
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Ruth Jerubet was named the Conference USA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year as voted for by the league’s head coaches and announced by league officials on Tuesday. “We’re all very happy and proud of Ruth being named the Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year,” UTEP Head Coach Paul
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin – A.J. Dillon ran for two scores, Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass to Aaron Jones and the Green Bay Packers kept their playoff hopes afloat with a 24-12 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. Dillon put Green Bay (6-8) ahead for good with a tiebreaking 8-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and also scored from
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EL PASO, Texas – Colorado’s loss, is now UTEP’s gain. Monday, Parkland offensive line, and former Colorado commit, Tyrone McDuffie announced he’ll be staying home and suiting up for the UTEP Miners next season. McDuffie is a 3-star recruit and had interest from other division one programs such as BYU, New Mexico State, and Texas
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EL PASO, Texas — Jazion Jackson and Adhel Tac posted career days as the UTEP Miners upended LA Tech 62-54 on Sunday afternoon to open the Conference USA portion of the schedule. The Miners (8-2, 1-0 C-USA) have now won 12 of their last 14 conference openers and are a perfect 7-0 when starting the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After a three game road stretch that saw the Aggies go 1-2, NMSU cruised to a 95-53 victory over NIAI team Northern New Mexico. It was the first game back at home since the school announced they had hired an outside firm to investigate the way coaches and players acted
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By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Rayshawn Jenkins snatched the ball inches from the ground and raced the other way. He could have played it safe and taken a knee or stepped out of bounds. But this wasn’t the time or place — not for a guy who had never
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(CNN)- Lionel Messi’s wait for World Cup glory is finally over after Argentina beat France in a dramatic penalty shootout on Sunday. It was a final for the ages, with momentum swinging both ways throughout a pulsating 120 minutes before Gonzalo Montiel scored the winning penalty after the game had finished 3-3 after extra time.
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP battled to the end to hold on and defeat LA Tech 60-55 and open conference play 1-0. Tae Hardy led the team with 15 points and it turned out that every single one of them was needed because the Miners and Bulldogs would go down to the wire. UTEP got
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EL PASO, Texas — The high school football season officially came to an end in the Borderland with the 30th annual Greater El Paso Football All-Star game. The best players from the senior class got one last chance to pull on the helmet and pads and play with the guys they grew up with and
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico– Police have now charged a third University of New Mexico student in connection to the deadly UNM shooting. The shooting claimed the life of UNM student Brandon Travis and involved NMSU basketball player Mike Peake. Bernalillo County records show Friday Eli’sha Upshaw was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated battery,
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2023 UTEP softball schedule was unveiled by head coach T.J. Hubbard on Friday. The Miners will play 47 games this season, including 24 versus Conference USA competition. Highlighting the schedule are three matchups versus Power 5 opponents and five games against regional rivals NM State and New Mexico. “For the third straight year, we are
Continue Reading By Abby Phillip and Ray Sanchez, CNN Brittney Griner departed a medical military facility in Texas on Friday and returned home to Arizona, vowing in an Instagram post to play in the WNBA this season as she took another step in her reintegration into American life after her detention in Russia. “It feels so good
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The gun Brandon Travis used to shoot Mike Peake in the deadly UNM campus shooting was stolen, according to New Mexico State Police. State Police said the gun was stolen out of Clovis, New Mexico. An official from the Clovis Police Department said a report of a stolen Glock 43 was
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (6-3, 0-0) will battle LA Tech (6-4, 0-0) in the Conference USA opener for both teams at 6 p.m. MT Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. It marks the first time since joining C-USA that the
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Locomotive FC has named Medford, New Jersey native Brian Clarhaut as its new head coach and technical director. According to El Paso Locomotive, Clarhaut has 11 years of coaching experience and was named one of the few American coaches managing a team in Europe. The 36-year-old had his first
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MORAGA, California – It’s been a long road trip for the New Mexico State Aggies, and the fatigue certainly showed in Wednesday’s 81-68 loss against the Gaels from Saint Mary’s. It was NMSU’s third straight road game in 7 days, and it was against a tough Saint Mary’s team out of the West Coast Conference.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Miners had won the last seven straight against the Aggies, including a 65-61 win over NMSU just a couple of weeks ago and the winning trend over their Battle of I-10 rivals continued Tuesday with a nail-biting 57-52 win. “That was a heck of a college basketball game,” UTEP
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