(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A trio of former NM State athletics greats – William Benjamin (men’s basketball), the late Bob Kelly (football) and Maria Roth (volleyball) – will be the latest group of individuals inducted into the US Bank/NM State Athletics Hall of Fame as Aggie athletics announced its 2022 class Monday.
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PHOENIX, Arizona – Teddy Allen had 30 points and 10 rebounds as New Mexico State topped Grand Canyon 82-66 on Saturday night. NMSU improves to 22-4 on the season, 12-2 in WAC play. Jabari Rice had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Aggies (22-4, 11-2 Western Athletic Conference). Clayton Henry and Donnie Tillman scored
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HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – Jamal Bieniemy (19 points), Tydus Verhoeven (13 points), Souley Boum (12 points), Jorell Saterfield (12 points) and Christian Agnew (11 points), all hit double figures in scoring to help lead the UTEP men’s basketball team an 84-70 road vanquishing of Southern Miss Saturday afternoon. UTEP finished the game 14-26 from 3-point range, one shy
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Former UTEP star Tim Hardaway was among the finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Hardaway is one of 11 finalists that also includes former San Antonio Spurs star Manu GInobili, along with former All-Star players Michael Cooper and Marques Johnson will also be voted on for possible induction along
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a bad day for El Paso area schools looking to stay alive in the girls high school basketball playoffs. El Paso entered the day with 8 schools remaining in the playoffs, but by the end of the day, none were left. The final scores below are from Friday. CLASS
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Dana Dimel announced that Dante Barnett will join the staff as the program’s new safeties coach on Friday. “I’m excited to join the UTEP family and I already enjoy the team culture that is being built here between the players and coaches,” Barnett said. “This is a special
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EL PASO, Texas — Tony the Tiger returns as the title sponsor of Sun Bowl. The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl will host an ACC vs. Pac-12 matchup on Dec. 31, 2022. “We, at Kellogg’s, have seen how extremely invested the community of El Paso is in this game and the events that surround the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Locomotive FC unveiled a new black jersey for the upcoming 2022 season. The new jersey features what the team calls a “modern Southwest design”, and includes a charcoal zig-zag pattern. The club said this will be its primary kit for the season. Another new, unannounced kit will
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RUSTON, Louisiana – Souley Boum recorded his first double-double (28 points, career-high tying 12 rebounds) of the season, and the UTEP men’s basketball team held high-flying LA Tech in check in a 63-60 victory at the Thomas Assembly Center Thursday evening. It marks the Miners’ first win at LA Tech since 2004 and just the second all
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP (13-10, 5-8 Conference USA) concludes the regular season home slate this weekend. The Miners start the week with a game against Louisiana Tech (14-9, 6-6 Conference USA) at 7 p.m. on Thursday night. Fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of a Pink Out, with the Miners wearing their special pink uniforms.
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Hitting 1,000 points in one’s collegiate career is a milestone most players will remember for the rest of their lives. Doing so in front of one’s hometown crowd, though, is something just a handful of players – Johnny McCants now included – can claim to have done. Playing
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – Southwest University Park, home of the El Paso Chihuahuas and El Paso Locomotive FC, will host its 2022 job fair Thursday, February 17 from 4-9:30 p.m. in the WestStar Club at the ballpark. Additionally, Professional Sports Catering LLC (PSC), the official food and beverage provider for Southwest University Park,
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EL PASO, Texas – The girls high school basketball playoffs rolled on Tuesday with teams looking to punch their ticket to the area round. The scores below are from Tuesday’s bi-district round games: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa 51 Franklin 52 Americas 29 Midland Legacy 49 CLASS 5A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Bowie 40 El Dorado 44
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EL PASO, Texas – Joe Golding has been UTEP’s head men’s basketball coach for about nine months now but if you ask the 46-year-old West Texas native, it feels like longer. “It feels a lot more like three years,” laughs Golding. Just less than one year ago, Golding’s life turned upside-down when his 14-seed Abilene
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas- El Paso Locomotive FC announced on Tuesday it had signed Spanish defender Ander Egiluz ahead of the upcoming 2022 USL Championship season, pending league and federation approval and receipt of his ITC. “Ander [Egiluz] came in on trial with us and proved himself to be a great
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EL PASO, Texas – With the UTEP Miners looking to capitalize on their 2021 bowl campaign, they now know who and when they will be playing in 2022. But while the Conference USA slate is “official,” there could be some derailments. The Miners officially unveiled their schedule Tuesday, and will begin with four games against
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Locomotive FC are about one month away from the start of a new season. There are several new faces to this year’s team including goalkeeper Evan Newtown. Newtown is here in El Paso on a loan from the Vancouver Whitecaps and has been playing professional soccer for 12
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) – The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday. The suspenseful game ended with fourth down stop by the Rams to win it all. The big game took place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. It was the second time in Super Bowl history
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EL PASO, Texas — Sunday’s El Paso Marathon saw runners take on a new course in much friendlier temperatures compared to last year. Nearly 400 people laced up their shoes and ran 26.2 miles in Sunday’s El Paso Marathon. Some hit the course for the very first time. “I really wanted to do something challenging,”
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (14-9, 7-4 C-USA) will lock up with Marshall (8-16, 1-10 C-USA) at a special 1 p.m. tipoff time on Sunday (Feb. 13). The Miners had their six-game winning streak snapped last time out, 66-58, at C-USA West Division leading North Texas on Feb. 7. The Thundering Herd have
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP vs. Marshall men’s basketball game will be broadcast at 1 p.m. Sunday, February 13, on the El Paso-Las Cruces CW. The Miners have a five-game win streak, and currently have a 13-8 record (6-3 in Conference USA play). The early tip-off will allow UTEP fans gathering for Super Bowl
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) ST. GEORGE, Utah – Things were a little more difficult than the NM State men’s basketball team may have bargained for – especially down the stretch – but in the end the Aggies got the job done. Teddy Allen turned in a fourth-straight game of 20 or more points by springing for
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Stacker compiled a list of 20 of the most memorable Super Bowl halftime shows from various news and entertainment sites.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Cathedral swim team is once again at the top of the mountain. Wednesday in San Antonio, TX the Fighting Irish finished in first place at the TAPPS Division I state meet. It was the second straight state title victory for Cathedral. The Irish scored a total of 359 points, 46
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP softball team will open its regular season with six games this weekend as it hosts the 2022 UTEP Invitational at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex. All UTEP games will be streamed on CUSA.tv with a paid subscription and all non-UTEP games will be streamed for free on the
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN Law enforcement is on high alert ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl and remains concerned about the sustained interest that international and domestic terrorists, as well as lone offenders have in targeting mass gatherings, according to a joint threat assessment obtained by CNN. But the multiple federal, state and local agencies that
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EL PASO, Texas – For the Franklin girls basketball team it was pretty simple, win, and they’d secure the District 1-6A title. But the Pebble Hills Spartans were looking to have a share of that title. A win over Franklin would mean both teams would share the District 1-6A title. There would be no need
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(Courtesy: Angela Olivas, El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso natives and twin brothers Aaron Jones, running back for the Green Bay Packers, and Alvin Jones Jr., linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, are thrilled to announce their inaugural A&A All The Way Foundation Charity Softball Game will be on Thursday, April 19, 2022 at
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Football’s ultimate game has a long history of surprising outcomes. Using data from Vegas Insider, Stacker curated a gallery of the biggest underdogs in Super Bowl history, ranking them from the lowest to highest point spreads.
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DENTON, Texas – Souley Boum (game-high 20 points) and Jamal Bieniemy (17 points) both hit double figures in scoring and UTEP shot 54.5 percent from the floor, but Conference USA West Division leader North Texas pulled away in the second half in a 66-58 setback at the Super Pit Monday evening. The loss halts UTEP’s (14-9, 7-4
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