MARLIN, Texas – Even though there are no more El Paso teams left in the high school state football playoffs, El Paso is still well represented. Ruben Torres has led the Marlin High School Bulldogs to the final four of the Class 2A state playoffs. Torres, a graduate of Irvin High School, was the former
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Announced Tuesday by NM State athletics, the NM State men’s basketball team has added a game to its 2021-22 schedule. The Aggies will host UT Permian Basin on Monday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m. inside the Pan American Center. Season ticket holders will be mailed their season ticket seat locations
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DALLAS, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott joins Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones, an El Paso native, among the 32 men chosen as finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. Each of the teams nominates one player for the prestigious honor named for the late Payton, a Hall
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team continues their winning ways in the month of December. Tuesday at UTEP’s Memorial Gym, the Miners defeated the Weber State Wildcats in the third round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. UTEP now advances to the semi-finals of the tournament where they’ll face UNLV. The UNLV Rebels defeated the
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Souley Boum (18 points) and Keonte Kennedy (11 points) both hit double figures in scoring and UTEP (4-4) held No. 8/7 Kansas (7-1) to seven points below its scoring average in a 78-52 setback inside T-Mobile Center Tuesday evening. The Miners played the majority of the game without starting PG Jamal Bieniemy, who
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EL PASO, Texas – A quarter through his first season as UTEP’s head men’s basketball coach Joe Golding doesn’t regret anything with his team, only with results. “I hate losing. You know, I’m a competitor, any competitor doesn’t like to lose,” says Golding, who’s Miners have begun the season 4-3. “So we’ve lost three games
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP football’s Praise Amaewhule and Jacob Cowing were named to the 2021 All-Conference USA first team, and Breon Hayward was honored to the All-C-USA second team, as selected by the league’s 14 head football coaches, and announced by league officials on Tuesday. The trio is also joined by 13 Miners who made the
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The Green Bay Packers have nominated running back Aaron Jones for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, ABC affiliate WAOW reported Tuesday. The award recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field, as well as on-field excellence. The El Paso native established the A&A All
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – For the second straight game, New Mexico State delivered a last-second dagger on their rival’s home floor. But given the setting, the Aggies’ latest game-winner probably came as more of a shock to the New Mexico Lobos on Tuesday than it did for the UTEP Miners last Friday. Nate Pryor’s buzzer-beating
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By Allie Malloy, CNN The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic representatives to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a statement against Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday. Psaki said the administration was sending a “clear message” that the human rights abuses in China mean
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer The 3-year-old colt whose Kentucky Derby victory in May came under scrutiny because of a positive drug test has collapsed and died after a workout at Santa Anita in Southern California. Trainer Bob Baffert says Medina Spirit suffered a heart attack. The colt had just completed five furlongs in
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EL PASO, Texas — The Sun Bowl Association just announced that the Miami Hurricanes and Washington State Cougars will play in the 88th Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 with kickoff at 10 a.m. The game is a rematch of the 2015 Sun Bowl — nicknamed the Snow Bowl after a rare
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The UTEP Miners are bowl-bound for the first time since 2014 and they will face Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque on Sat., Dec. 18 with kickoff set for 12:15 p.m. “We are proud to accept the invitation to participate in this year’s New Mexico Bowl,” UTEP head football
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dezmon Jackson came up inches short on a desperate, fourth-down dive with 24 seconds remaining and fifth-ranked Oklahoma State fell to ninth-ranked Baylor 21-16 in the Big 12 championship game. That knocked the Cowboys and the Big 12 out of contention for a playoff spot.
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FORT COLLINS, Colorado – The UTEP Miners continue their incredible postseason run after winning their second round match of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. Friday night in Fort Collins, Colorado the Miners defeated the host team, Colorado State in 4 sets, 3-1. UTEP advances to the third round of the tournament and will face the winner of
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By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sincere McCormick rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and the UTSA Roadrunners escaped another prolific outing by Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe to beat the Hilltoppers 49-41 and claim their first Conference USA championship at the Alamodome. Zappe completed 36 of 59 passes for 577
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners came close, but it still wasn’t enough to take down the New Mexico State Aggies. NMSU defeated UTEP Friday night at the Don Haskins Center by a final score of 72-69. The win for the Aggies completed the 2 game sweep against UTEP this season after NMSU defeated
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UPDATE, Dec. 3: The UTEP women’s basketball team on Friday announced the scrapping of the second game in a row due to a Covid-19 outbreak among the team. After postponing Wednesday’s “Battle of I-10” against New Mexico State, the Miners said Saturday’s game hosting Utah State would be cancelled as a result of the Covid
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NEW ORLEANS — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy was some 530 miles away from the Caesars Superdome in Frisco, Texas, watching from a hotel because he is in Covid-19 protocols. Five other coaches and two players were not in New Orleans either because of the virus. The Cowboys met virtually before and after practices leading into Thursday
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CALI, Colombia – An El Paso boxer continues to add to her list of accolades in just her short boxing career. Kayla Gomez, 17, won the Gold medal Wednesday at the Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia. Representing Team USA, Gomez defeated a boxer from Mexico in the Gold medal fight in the 112
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*UTEP announced Wednesday Souley Boum has returned to the team after missing some time due to covid-19 protocols. *The following interview with Joe Golding was recorded prior to Boum’s return to the team. EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (4-2) will shoot for its second straight win when it plays host to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Two of the best teams in the Borderland met on the hardwood Tuesday night in Las Cruces. One from Texas, the other from New Mexico. The Chapin Huskies paid a visit to Las Cruces to take on the Las Cruces Bulldawgs in a matchup that certainly lived up to the
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — — Jaelen House scored 29 points to spark New Mexico to a 101-94 victory over New Mexico State on Tuesday night. Jamal Mashburn Jr. added 19 points for the Lobos (5-3). Jay Allen-Tovar pitched in with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Javonte Johnson scored 12. Teddy Allen topped the Aggies (5-2) with 31 points, going 12
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There are plenty of different types of comeback stories in sports, but the most inspiring might be watching great athletes overcome tough injuries. Hydragun compiled a list of 10 amazing comebacks from sports injuries based on news reports, athlete interviews, and video footage of games and plays.
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso swim community is mourning the loss of a legend in the sport. Longtime Cathedral swim coach Jack White died Monday at the age of 56. Sources tell ABC-7 White suffered a stroke. A graduate of Eastwood High School, White was the head coach of the Cathedral swim team
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University announced the hiring of Jerry Kill as its next coach on Monday afternoon. Kill will replace Doug Martin, whose contract was not renewed after the Aggies’ season ended Saturday. Kill had been serving as TCU’s interim coach after Gary Patterson’s departure. TCU ended its season Friday
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team will participate in the postseason for the first time in the program’s history. Then Miners have received an invitation as part of an automatic bid to play in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. UTEP will face off against former Conference USA foe Tulsa on Thursday, Dec. 2, at
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DALLAS, Texas — ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Dianna Russini reported Monday morning that Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, McCarthy will have to miss Thursday night’s game against the New Orleans Saints. Schefter tweeted that a source told him there could be up to eight more positive
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – New Mexico State Athletic Director Mario Moccia wants a football coach with winning experience. For that, he’s turning to someone he’s won with before. The Aggies are set to introduce former Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill as their 19th coach in school history, with a press conference scheduled for Monday
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MIDLAND, Texas – Making it to the playoffs is tough. Making it to the month of December is even tougher especially for teams from El Paso. Riverside and Eastwood learned that the hard way as both teams lost their regional semi-final games on Saturday. They were the last two teams from El Paso vying for
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