EL PASO, Texas – A season-opening match-up at Texas, the potential of three contests against I-10 rival NM State, hosting an MTE (multi-teams event) and 12 games against programs that won 20+ contests last year highlight the 2022-23 UTEP men’s basketball schedule, as announced by head coach Joe Golding on Tuesday. The Miners, who will play 10
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DALLAS, Texas- Freshman outside/rightside hitter Sara Pustahija has been named the Conference USA Volleyball Freshman of the Week, the league announced Monday. Pustahija becomes the third Miner in program history to earn the league’s Freshman of the Week accolade (Irbe Lazda, 9/9/19 and Ema Uskokovic, 9/6/21, 9/13/21). Pustahija’s dynamic play was influential in the Miners’ success and in a pair of comeback victories at the
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Las Cruces, New Mexico – Organ Mountain High School football player has been hospitalized after a serious injury in a game against Deming on Friday, August 26th. The player, Abe Romero, remained sedated at University Medical Center in El Paso as of 11:30 a.m Monday, according to Head Coach Steve Castille. The head coach spoke
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(Courtesy: New Mexico State Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – An 8:00 p.m. kickoff and the threat of inclement weather could not keep those longing for college football away from Aggie Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. 23,371 fans came flooding through the gates to see NM State (0-1) take on Nevada (1-0, 0-0 Mountain West)
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP Miner fans flocked to the Sunbowl to celebrate the first game of football season. The game was delayed because of rain and thunder but that didn’t deter fans from showing their support. UTEP takes on the University of North Texas for week zero’s Texas showdown. Eager fans began tailgating early
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP fans came out in full force Saturday for UTEP’s season opener against Conference USA rival, North Texas. It was the first ever sellout for a UTEP football game at the Sun Bowl since 2008. However, fans in attendance didn’t get the result they were hoping for as the Miners came
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By Homero De la Fuente, Nouran Salahieh and Stella Chan, CNN NFL rookie punter Matt Araiza has been released from the Buffalo Bills days after he and two other football players were accused in a lawsuit of gang raping a then-17-year-old girl during an off-campus party at San Diego State University last year. “This afternoon,
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UPDATE: 7:19 P.M. UTEP’s home-opener against North Texas is expected to kickoff at 8 p.m. tonight after severe weather delayed the game, according to UTEP Football. Fans are now allowed to sit in their seats at the Sun Bowl. NMSU’s home-opener versus Nevada will also kick off at 8 p.m. as originally scheduled. EL PASO,
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EL PASO, Texas – Here is the schedule for week one of the high school football season here in the El Paso area: Franklin 21, Centennial 49 Midland High 56, Montwood 28 Pebble Hills 23, Canutillo 0 Eastwood 14, Southlake Carrol 66 Coronado 34, Chapin 20 Socorro 8 Lubbock High 41 El Dorado 35 Parkland 27 Andress 14, Eastlake
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EL PASO, Texas – Tonight, both UTEP and NMSU will hit the gridiron for Week 0 of the 2022 NCAA College Football season. The Miners will host the North Texas Mean Green at the Sun Bowl, with kickoff set for 7 p.m.. UTEP enters the season with high expectations under head coach Dana Dimel, after
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State Aggies opens against the Nevada Wolf Pack Saturday at the Aggie Memorial Stadium. Aggie students are hopeful for wins this football season and expect this weekend’s game to encourage school spirit. “I think it’s gonna be fun it always is. Sometimes we have good seasons and bad
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP enters the season with the most expectation and anticipation a Miners team has had in years, but they also enter with something they haven’t had in over a decade: the same quarterback starting for a third consecutive year. Gavin Hardison has become a household name in the Sun City, playing
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EL PASO, Texas — Football is back in the Borderland. The UTEP Miners are hoping to sell out Sun Bowl Stadium as they kickoff their football season Saturday. UTEP officials said there were less than 3,000 tickets available as of Thursday. The last time UTEP football had a sold out crowd was in 2008 against
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school football season officially kicked off in El Paso on Thursday night. Two games were played in the Borderland. Americas played host to the Midland Christian Mustangs, while El Paso crossed state line to take on the Gadsden Panthers. The scores from Thursday are below: Midland Christian 24 Americas
Continue Reading By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN Twenty-one time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic has announced his absence from the upcoming US Open via a Twitter post on Thursday. Djokovic has remained unvaccinated against Covid-19 throughout the pandemic, and current US rules stipulate that any non-US citizen must be fully vaccinated against the virus in
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EL PASO, Texas – Less than 3,000 tickets are available for Saturday’s UTEP football season opener against North Texas. The Miners and the Mean Green will kick off at 7 p.m. in the Sun Bowl. Stadium capacity is 45,971. UTEP hasn’t sold out a game in the Sun Bowl since 2008. Great seats are still available!
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – Luis Campusano and Kyle Martin both hit two-run home runs in the 10th inning Tuesday for El Paso in the Chihuahuas’ 7-3 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers. The Chihuahuas are now 7-4 in extra-inning games and have won two straight 10-inning games. The Chihuahuas trailed 3-1 with
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been roughly six months since Russia invaded Ukraine – a war that has shaped the lives of so many including one Ukrainian professional soccer player. On Feb. 25th the Ukrainian Premier League was set to return from its midseason break, but that never happened. Instead the war broke out the
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EL PASO, Texas – The countdown to kickoff has begun. It’s game week for the UTEP Miners. Since ABC-7 is the official home of the UTEP Miners, ABC-7’s Rachel Phillips sat down for a one-on-one interview with UTEP head football coach, Dana Dimel. Coach Dimel previewed the season opening match-up against North Texas, as well
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Some top athletes and coaches enjoy ‘farewell tours’ after announcing their retirements. These 15 stepped away in style based on Stathead and Vivid Seats research.
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EL PASO, Texas — High School football returns to Texas this week, which means every El Paso team now begins their run to try and nab a playoff spot and see how far they can push other Texas teams. One team that is primed to do just that is Canutillo. The Eagles are coming off
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EL PASO, Texas – Monday, August 22nd marks the first day of classes for the 2022 fall semester at UTEP. The university has announced that this year they’ve had the highest number of freshmen enroll in classes in the school’s history. There will be approximately 3,600 first-time-in-college students, according to an email sent out by
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EL PASO, Texas — Former UTEP and Irvin high school star Kayla Thornton ‘rocketed’ the Dallas Wings to a 89-79 win over the Connecticut Sun to push the series to a decider in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The El Pasoan showed out for the Wings with 20pts, 4 assists and 5 rebounds
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ABILENE, Texas – Behind a pair of goals from Chayse Thorn, Abilene Christian handed UTEP a 4-0 setback on Sunday in a non-conference tilt. The Wildcats (1-1) delivered their first goal in the 17th minute to jump ahead early. The opportunity was created when Macie Stephens launched a pass from near midfield to a waiting Thorn
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EL PASO, Texas – The troubles continue for the El Paso Locomotive FC. Saturday at Southwest University Park, the Locomotive FC lost to the San Diego Loyal SC by a final score of 3-1. The Locomotive haven’t won a game in their last six matches. Only 7 games remain this season and the Locomotive are
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling and Zoe Sottile, CNN The injured Little League player who fractured his skull after falling from his bunk bed on Monday continues to face challenges in his recovery, including swelling which may block his vision. Doctors told the parents swelling in 12-year-old Easton “Tank” Oliverson’s face has increased, according to an Instagram
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What stadiums and arenas take bets? OLBG outlines retail sportsbooks at professional sports venues based on news reports and releases from the web.
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Using data from FBref.com, Stacker investigates how a pair of MLS teams managed to win just once at home against one another over a span of 12 matches.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – High School football in New Mexico is officially underway, and we already a major upset involving a team from Las Cruces. The Centennial Hawks pulled off a monumental upset Friday night as they took down the number one team in the state of New Mexico, Rio Rancho Cleveland. Cleveland is
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EL PASO, Texas – Andrea Palafox, a five-time All-American during a decorated rifle career at UTEP (2009-12), has been named head coach of the Miners, Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Friday. “We are thrilled to welcome Andrea back to the UTEP family as our new head coach,” Senter said. “She
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