(Courtesy: Sun Bowl Association) EL PASO, Texas – The Sun Bowl Association and WestStar have announced the four teams playing in the 61st Annual WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational with Kent State, North Carolina A&T coming to the Borderland to join NM State and UTEP in the two-day tournament. The tournament is set for Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 21-22, 2022 in
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Two cities from Texas have been selected among the group of cities that will be hosting games for the 2026 FIFA World Cup which will take place in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. AT&T stadium in Arlington, and NRG stadium in Houston will host multiple games for the World Cup. For the 2026 tournament, the
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Jevaughn Powell was named the 2022 Conference USA Men’s Track Athlete of the Year on Thursday as voted on by the league’s head coaches “Jevaughn had a fantastic year and he made a big leap forward as an athlete during this outdoor season,” UTEP Head Coach Mika Laaksonen said. “He
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EL PASO, Texas – Brian Kennedy wasn’t an athlete, but sports was his passion. A jack of all trades, Kennedy has worn many hats throughout his career. From a being a radio disc jockey, to a play-by-play announcer, and most recently an attorney. Kennedy’s biggest responsibility came as CEO of the El Paso Sports Commission.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball filled an important piece of the frontcourt puzzle for next season with the signing of Georgia Southern transfer Thaniya Marks, head coach Kevin Baker announced on Tuesday. Marks will have two years of eligibility left for the Miners. Marks shot 57.8 percent from the floor during the 2021-22 campaign
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – Locomotive goalkeeper Evan Newton earned a spot on the USL Championship’s Team of the Week for Week 14 following his three-save performance against Phoenix Rising FC on Saturday night. This is Newton’s second time on the Team of the Week Starting XI with El Paso Locomotive FC and his eighth
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame not only honors athletes and coaches, but also officials who ensure the rules of the game are followed. Chris Snead is being inducted into the hall of fame as part of the officials category. Snead graduate from Hanks High School in 1987. He then
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EL PASO, Texas — The Sun Bowl have got their president for the 2022 Sun Bowl in Robert Dunlop. “I never had an idea of being president until they called me and I was like sure, why not it’ll be fun,” Dunlop said. Executive Director of the Sun Bowl Bernie Olivas said Dunlop is the
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Locomotive secure a massive win on the road over Western Conference rivals Phoenix Rising FC and bring the full three points back to the sun city. The Locos entered into the match without striker Lucho Solignac, who was a late scratching before the game. There were plenty of
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Using game-level data from Stathead, Stacker found the 11 pitchers in MLB history who have tossed incomplete perfect games since 1901.
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EL PASO, Texas – The San Diego Padres signed Robinson Canó to a minor league contract and assigned him to El Paso, which means 2009 World Series Champion will play some ball at Southwest University Park. This comes a week after Canó was released by the Padres following a poor 12-game stretch. The Padres had
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EL PASO, Texas — Matt Bahner is using his platform as an El Paso Locomotive star and making his voice count by Playing for Pride throughout the month of June. Bahner joined the Playing for Pride initiative in 2018 and has continued his efforts across three different clubs every pride month since. “I think we
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The U.S. Open has been hosted by prestigious golf clubs nationwide since the 1890s. Stacker ranks the states that have hosted the most, based on U.S. Open data.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Thursday that Steve Sims has been named the new women’s golf head coach for the Miners. Sims comes to El Paso after spending nearly a decade as an assistant at UCF where he helped lead the Knights to six team and two individual NCAA Regional
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EL PASO, Texas – David Moore knew at an early age that coaching may be in his future. Moore’s father coached basketball at Ysleta High School, and he always had a love for the game. “I grew up playing sports, and that’s just something that I loved to do,” Moore said. “It just seemed that
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BestOdds breaks down the players who skated for the most Stanley Cups and NHL Championships using data from the NHL website.
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EL PASO, Texas – Ivan Melendez is no doubt one of the best players in college baseball this season, and he could soon have a major award that proves it. Wednesday, the Coronado graduate was named one of the three finalists for the 2022 Golden Spikes Award. The award is presented by USA Baseball and
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EL PASO, Texas – When Kenneth Lucero was a senior at Coronado High School, he had a decision to make. Focus entirely on basketball, or try something new and join the track and field team. Throughout his first three years at Coronado, coaches tried to persuade him to run cross country and run track, but
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EUGENE, Oregon – Suleiman Nyambui, a 15-time national champion at UTEP from 1978 to 1982, will receive the prestigious honor of being inducted into the inaugural Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame. The presentation will take place Monday night, June 6 starting at 8:30 p.m. MT/7:30 PT at the Hult Center for Performing Arts in Eugene, Ore., two
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AUSTIN, Texas – It wasn’t how the Americas Trail Blazers were hoping to end their season, but it didn’t take away from the journey and all the Blazers accomplished. Friday afternoon in Austin, Americas lost to O’Connor, 7-5 in the 6A softball state semi-final game. The Blazers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in
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EL PASO, Texas – The Americas Trail Blazers are certainly blazing new trails, and it’s a trail they hope will lead to a state title. Thursday morning, the Americas softball team boarded a plane for Austin, TX, the site of the 6A state softball tournament final four. The Blazers will face Northside O’Connor High School,
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC’s Diego Luna is headed to the biggest stage in American soccer. Sources confirm to ABC-7’s Nate Ryan that Luna, 18, has been sold to MLS club Real Salt Lake. Sources tell Ryan that it will be the largest USL transfer fee in league history. Per source, El
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EL PASO, Texas – On the 75th anniversary of the area code that identifies El Paso, UTEP Athletics is introducing a “915” promotional campaign that will encompass all 17 of its sport programs during the 2022-23 season. The mission of the “915” campaign is to embrace and engage the greater El Paso community while generating
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(Courtesy: New Mexico State Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Corvallis, Oregon – The Aggies are coming.After clinching the WAC Baseball Tournament title, the NM State Aggies clinched the conference’s automatic qualifier bid and will head to the Pacific Northwest to compete in the Corvallis Regional, hosted by Oregon State. The trip to the NCAA
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MESA, Arizona – New Mexico State baseball coach Mike Kirby admitted the baseball gods were on his side. As a result, the improbable Aggies are headed to the NCAA Regional Baseball Tournament. New Mexico State, who entered the WAC Tournament with the worst record of any team in the field, defeated Abilene Christian on Saturday
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Lubbock, Texas – Americas High School’s softball team has made it to the Final Four. The Trailblazers beat Flower Mound Marcus 4-1 Saturday morning to advance to the state championship. It’s the program’s first ever time making it to the Final Four, and the second ever El Paso softball team in history to make it
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Think inflation is hitting you hard? The price of new sports venues is through the (retractable) roof—and Stacker found that we, the public, are footing much of the bill.
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Pulling data from numerous sources, Stacker researched 10 of the most highly attended women’s soccer matches in history.
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LAS CRUCES, NM – New Mexico State University’s mandate requires students to be vaccinated by June 10 and provide proof no later than July 1 by uploading their vaccination cards to the VaxTrax system. This mandate affects high school students from Las Cruces Public Schools who are taking dual credit classes at the Dona Ana
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Drawing on Stathead data, Stacker compiled a top 10 list of players in the NBA Finals whose team outscored their opponent the most when the player was on the court.
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