WATCH: Super Bowl TV ads 2021
TAMPA, Florida — During this year’s Super Bowl, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reigned supreme on the field. During advertising’s biggest night,…
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Biden laments lack of Black NFL coaches during Super Bowl halftime interview
President Joe Biden lamented the lack of Black coaches in the NFL during a Super Bowl halftime interview Sunday evening, urging teams to emphasize…
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Cardboard cutouts of Billie Eilish, Drake and 30,000 others fill Tampa stadium during Super Bowl
It looks like Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, is filled to capacity for Super Bowl LV, but that’s not the case. Only about 25,000 fans…
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WATCH: The Weeknd’s halftime Super Bowl performance
BLINDING LIGHTS 🙌 @TheWeeknd #PepsiHalftime #SBLV pic.twitter.com/Qv9yyW8wED— NFL (@NFL) February 8, 2021 .@TheWeeknd kicks off the…
Continue Reading Tampa officials condemn weekend Super Bowl parties
The Super Bowl this weekend brought fanfare and celebrities to Tampa, Florida, to the discomfort of city officials. Rapper 50 Cent and DJ Steve Aoki…
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Covid-19 numbers are improving, but infections could grow exponentially with Super Bowl gatherings
Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are decreasing across much of the United States, but health experts warned that could change if fans gathered…
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Read inaugural poet Amanda Gorman’s Super Bowl poem
For Amanda Gorman, Inauguration Day was just the beginning. Now, she can cross the Super Bowl off her bucket list, too. Gorman, who performed her…
Continue Reading Super Bowl 2021: Everything you need to know
Fluff up your favorite recliner and get ready to drown the piercing shriek of reality in a warm bowl of nacho cheese: It’s Super Bowl time…
Continue Reading Puppy Bowl XVII: Team Ruff wins with dramatic last-minute comeback
The 17th Puppy Bowl ended in dramatic fashion Sunday with a come-from-behind win by Team Ruff. Trailing by three points with under a minute left,…
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The Kansas City Chiefs are returning to the Super Bowl — and so is the controversy over the team’s name
The Kansas City Chiefs are back for another Super Bowl. And inevitably, so is the longstanding controversy over the NFL team’s name and Native…
Continue Reading From zero to hero: Ilkay Gundogan misses penalty, scores twice in dominant Manchester City victory at Liverpool
Talk about a roller-coaster performance — Ilkay Gundogan provided the dictionary definition on Sunday for Manchester City against Liverpool.…
Continue Reading New England Patriots plane with ‘Get vaccinated’ decal brings health care workers to Super Bowl
The New England Patriots team plane is ferrying dozens of vaccinated health care workers to the Super Bowl on Sunday with a message on its side:…
Continue Reading Aaron Rodgers named NFL MVP while Peyton Manning headlines Hall of Fame class of 2021
As with so many events around the world, the coronavirus pandemic made the 10th annual NFL Honors different than previous years. Normally, the event…
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NBA superstars Steph Curry and Nikola Jokic score 50 points or more — but both lose
Hearing your coach tell the media that you’ve “never played better” following a monstrous 57-point fireworks show suggests your…
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Furious comeback keys UTEP WBB to 7th straight win
EL PASO, Texas – It’s time to start taking UTEP Women’s basketball seriously. Not just for now, for the next years to come. Facing a 4th quarter…
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New Mexico State rights ship with emphatic 97-70 win over Cal Baptist
EL PASO, Texas – After an unruly start to their 2020-21 season, it felt like the New Mexico State Aggies just needed a taste of victory to resort…
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Miners can’t hold halftime lead, fall 75-60 at UAB
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – UTEP won the first 20 minutes in their Saturday afternoon revenge game at UAB. Unfortunately UAB won the next 20 minutes by a…
Continue Reading Disney World cancels Super Bowl Parade due to the pandemic
As fans prepare to watch Super Bowl LV on Sunday, Disney has some bad news: There will be no Super Bowl victory parade down the Magic Kingdom’s…
Continue Reading The 2020 pandemic NFL season culminates with the Buccaneers and Chiefs in Super Bowl LV
The NFL made it through the regular season and the playoffs without a single canceled game despite the coronavirus pandemic. Now, there’s just…
Continue Reading NBA superstar Kevin Durant pulled from game twice due to Covid-19 protocols
In one of the more extraordinary scenes in this NBA season, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant was forced out of Friday’s game twice due to…
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UTEP can’t keep pace with UAB; Blazers top Miners, 63-51
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – UTEP’s struggles on the hardwood continued Friday night in Birmingham Alabama. The Miners lost game one against the UAB Blazers…
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UTEP women down UAB, extend winning streak to six games
EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball (11-5, 8-3 C-USA) won its sixth straight game and opened the series against UAB (7-8, 2-7 C-USA) with a…
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NMSU falls to CBU, 85-75; Aggies 0-3 in WAC play
EL PASO, Texas – The NMSU Aggies dropped another game in WAC play Friday night, this time to Cal Baptist University. The Aggies just couldn’t find a…
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UTEP volleyball games against Southern Miss postponed due to Covid-19 case
EL PASO, Texas – It’s been nearly four months since the UTEP volleyball last played a match The return to the court will have to wait a little longer…
Continue Reading Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana calls 12-month doping suspension ‘excessive and disproportionate’
Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has vowed to prove his innocence and clear his name after UEFA on Friday handed him a 12-month ban following a doping…
Continue Reading All Australian Open players in quarantine test negative as tournament draw is announced
It looks as if it’s all systems go for the Australian Open next week after all players forced into a recent quarantine returned negative…
Continue Reading ‘It’s extraordinary. It’s an adrenaline rush roller coaster’: Inside the Super Bowl halftime show
The sports world is rightly raving about Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for reaching his 10th Super Bowl this Sunday against Patrick Mahomes…
Continue Reading Porto defender Nanu suffers spinal cord injury after sickening collision with opposition goalkeeper
Porto defender Nanu was left with a concussion and a spinal cord injury, according to the club, after a sickening collision with an opposition…
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Jerry Armstrong, 1966 Texas Western championship team member, dead at 76
EL PASO, Texas — Jerry Armstrong, a key member of Texas Western’s famed 1966 men’s basketball national championship team, passed…
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UTEP soccer comes up short at Arizona State, 3-1, in the season opener
TEMPE, Arizona – The UTEP soccer team took the pitch for its first regular-season match in over a year. In the first match of the unique season, the…
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