EL PASO, Texas – Teal Battle went off for 20 points (eight in OT), while Elina Arike (16 points, 14 rebounds, career-high six assists), Katia Gallegos (16 points, four boards, two assists), Avery Crouse (13 points, four boards) and Erin Wilson (11 points, five rebounds) helped the UTEP women’s basketball team outlast Air Force, 93-85,
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EL PASO, Texas — The Miami Hurricanes’ plans to play in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 appear to be uncertain at best, after the school announced Tuesday that its football program has entered Covid-19 protocols. The Hurricanes did not say how many players or coaches are currently dealing with virus-related issues. The team was
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – With the toughest parts of its non-conference portion in the rearview mirror, the NM State men’s basketball team set out on a quest over its final two non-league tilts to locate various players up and down its roster who could play factors as key contributors once Western
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By STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers The NHL is putting all teams on pause from Wednesday through Saturday. The move postpones five additional games scheduled for Thursday to make it a total of 49 this season. An increase of positive COVID-19 test results among players around the league led to 10 teams
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WACO, Texas (AP) — Kendall Brown, Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Flo Thamba scored 16 points apiece to lead five players in double figures, and No. 1 Baylor beat Alcorn State 94-57. Baylor took a 10-point lead on a 3-pointer by James Akinjo with 14:31 left in the first half. The Bears led by double digits
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP forward Kevin Kalu has been named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. He is the first Miner to claim the honor since Jordan Lathon did most recently during the 2018-19 season (Feb. 25). The Baltimore, Md., product came alive with career highs in points (eight) and
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.@AaronRodgers12 ➡️ @Showtyme_33 🎯TOUCHDOWN! 🙌#GBvsBAL | #GoPackGo 📺 FOX pic.twitter.com/PLEMm3Mnza— Green Bay Packers (@packers) December 19, 2021 BALTIMORE, Maryland — Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes — including a 9-yard throw to a wide-open running back Aaron Jones — and the Green Bay Packers (11-3) became the first team this season to clinch a division
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — The Dallas Cowboys are a good football team. At times this season, they have looked like a great football team. Right now is not one of those times. But perhaps they’re getting closer, reports ABC affiliate WFAA, as the Cowboys easily defeated the New York Giants 21-6 on Sunday. The
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GAME FINAL: ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – Jordan Mims ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and and caught five passes for 71 yards and another score to help Fresno State beat UTEP 31-24 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl. Fresno State (10-3) won the bowl game for the first time in three tries. Jake
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EL PASO, Texas – The late Luke Laufenberg should be playing in the New Mexico Bowl this weekend as a member of the UTEP Miners. And while Luke won’t physically be on the field this Saturday, rest assured the Miners will try to channel Luke’s fighting spirit as they look to pull off the upset
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are on the ground in Albuquerque ahead of Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl (12:15pm MT) and are enjoying the bowl celebration leading up to it. As is the case with every bowl game, the festivities begin well before kickoff and the New Mexico Bowl is no exception. “Because it’s
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Officials held a news conference ahead of Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl game between UTEP and Fresno state in Albuquerque.
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The countdown to kickoff is on, and the UTEP Miners are making some final adjustments before game day. Thursday, the team held their final practice as they prepare to square off against Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. Both UTEP and Fresno State held their practices at the indoor practice
Continue Reading Every year, families and friends get together in early February to watch some football, laugh at new commercials, eat a ton of barbecue, and possibly bet on the Super Bowl winner. BestOdds decided to find out which Super Bowl winners had the lowest odds of prevailing at the start and ranked them from shortest to longest odds.
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PULLMAN, Washington – Jabari Rice scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half as the New Mexico State men steadily eroded a double-digit Washington State lead to come away with a 64-61 victory on Wednesday night. The Aggies (9-2) trailed by 18 after Washington State opened the second half with three straight three-pointers.
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The future is now. Wednesday, NM State head football coach Jerry Kill welcomed the newest group of NM State football players to Las Cruces as a total of 14 student-athletes from around the nation signed their respective National Letters of Intent to join the Aggies for the 2022 season and beyond. Each
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel announced Eight student-athletes who signed National Letters of Intent and will don the Orange and Blue of the Miners. Coming to El Paso are seven junior college transfers and one true freshman. The newest Miners include six defensive players (three defensive backs, two defensive linemen, one
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners Football team is heading to Albuquerque Wednesday for its first bowl game in seven years. The Miners will take on Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. UTEP hasn’t won a bowl game since 1967. UTEP left El Paso around 7:45 a.m. as they get ready for their
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a Tuesday night showdown between two of the top high school basketball teams in El Paso. The Chapin Huskies paid a visit to Franklin to take on a Cougars team that was riding a 9 game win streak. The Huskies were also on a win streak entering the day
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have returned to the top spot of the AP Pro32 poll. The Packers earned five of the 12 first-place votes. Despite having more first-place votes than the Packers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are No. 2 in the poll. The Bucs
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry now holds the NBA career 3-point record. The Golden State Warriors’ guard hit his 2,974th shot on Tuesday night in the first quarter against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Ray Allen had held the record since 2011, when he bested
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee have reached a $380 million settlement with hundreds of victims of sexual abuse. The settlement conditionally approved in federal bankruptcy court also includes some nonmonetary provisions dedicated to making the victims stakeholders in USA Gymnastics going forward. The vast majority
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Aaron Rodgers threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns to continue his mastery of the NFL’s oldest rivalry as the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 45-30 on Sunday night. The Packers scored the first 24 points of the second half to erase a 27-21 halftime deficit. Green Bay (10-3)
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The UTEP Miners notched another win Sunday afternoon taking down the New Mexico Lobos by a final of 77-69. The win for the Miners snapped a 2-game losing streak and provided some much needed momentum for the team as they prepare for their next game against McNeese State on Thursday. UTEP
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GREATER LANDOVER, Maryland — Rookie linebacker Micah Parsons and Dallas Cowboys defenders must have been paying attention when their head coach Mike McCarthy guaranteed a victory over the Washington football team, because they came out in dominating fashion at FedEx Field for a 27-20 victory on Sunday. ABC affiliate WFAA reports Parsons did his best
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LOS ANGELES, California – Looking at the stat sheet, it was a game New Mexico State probably should have lost. But the mark of a winner, the Aggies hung their hat on the defensive end down the stretch and closed out Loyola Marymount 63-58 for their third straight win. “They’re starting to play more like
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN When the Washington Football Team (WFT) started their season 2-6 and the Dallas Cowboys began 6-1, the race for the NFC East division title looked like a done deal. But, as has been the case in the 2021 NFL season, nothing is for certain. Since Week 8, Dallas has split its
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EL PASO, Texas – Serena Patterson hammered home a match-high 18 kills while Paulina Perez Rosas joined her in double figures with 11 kills, but UNLV snuck past UTEP, 3-1, (25-15, 21-25, 18-25, 17-25) in the NIVC Semifinals in front of 2,032 rowdy fans at historic Memorial Gym Thursday. The Miners won the first set convincingly
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Locomotive FC has named John Hutchinson as the new head coach and technical director. The announcement was made Thursday via zoom. Hutchinson brings with him 25 years of professional experience as a player and serving on coaching staffs across seven leagues. MountainStar Sports Group President Alan Ledford said they were
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is declaring his team will beat Washington as he returns from a 10-day absence because of a positive COVID-19 test. McCarthy’s confidence about winning Sunday comes after a long answer about the team’s offense. Washington is responding as expected.
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