By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The bizarre nature of the college football season in the Big 12 can be summed up by the fact that TCU and Texas Tech, both having already fired their coaches, could be headed to bowl games in a few short weeks. In fact, half
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EL PASO, Texas — It was UTEP’s biggest football game in years which in turn saw the biggest crowd in years – 31,658 inside the Sun Bowl stadium. But with that turnout, came out of control tailgaters and the mess they left behind. David Simental, who runs one of the private parking lots on Sun
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State University head basketball coach Chris Jans on Monday fielded media questions ahead of the start of the upcoming basketball season. You can watch the Q&A in the video player above. The Aggies host Cal Irvine in their opener at the Pan Am Center on Tuesday at 7
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Green Bay running back and El Paso native Aaron Jones had 12 carries for 53 rushing yards on Sunday, but was kept out of the end zone by Kansas City’s tough defense, as the Chiefs topped the Packers 13-7 on Sunday. Chief’s QB Patrick Mahomes barely out-dueled the Packers’ Jordan Love,
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys came into Sunday’s game as a bonafide Super Bowl contender, and hearing chatter about how they may be the best team in the NFL. The chatter will stop. That much is for sure. It’s up to Dallas whether this was a one-game clunker, and nothing more… or the start
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GAME FINAL: No. 16 UTSA scored on all eight possessions of the game on the way to a 44-23 victory over UTEP in front of a Saturday night Sun Bowl crowd of 31,658, the second highest for a Conference USA game since 2010. The Miners fall to 6-3 on the season, while the Roadrunners at
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Canelo Álvarez became the first undisputed four-belt super middleweight world champion in boxing history when he stopped Caleb Plant in the 1tth round with two dramatic knockdowns. Álvarez added Plant’s IBF title to his own WBC, WBA and WBO belts with a steady tactical performance
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By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Running back Breece Hall ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns as the Cyclones improved to 6-3, 4-2 Big 12 and earned their third straight win over the Longhorn. Iowa State also became bowl eligible for the fifth consecutive season. Xavier Hutchinson caught eight passes for
Continue Reading HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Isaiah Johnson and Ikaika Ragsdale combined for over 200 yards rushing and three touchdowns and North Texas beat Southern Mississippi 38-14. Johnson ran the ball 17 times for 119 yards and Ragsdale added 112 yards on 15 carries. Johnson’s 8-yard touchdown run pulled North Texas (2-6, 1-3) to 14-7 at halftime.
Continue Reading CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Breylin Smith passed for 410 yards and five touchdowns _ including two to Tyler Hudson that covered 118 yards _ and Central Arkansas rolled to a 63-3 victory over NAIA-member Texas Wesleyan. Smith connected with Tobias Enlow for a 30-yard TD on Central Arkansas’ first possession and _ after a 2-yard
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Logan Bonner passed for 359 yards and four touchdowns _ including two to Deven Thompkins _ and Utah State pulled away in the second half to beat New Mexico State 35-13 in nonconference play. After New Mexico State’s Aggies jumped out to a 10-0 lead after one quarter, Bonner and
Continue Reading COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Micheal Clemons scored the game’s only touchdown on a 24-yard fumble return early in the fourth quarter, and No. 13 Texas A&M beat No. 12 Auburn 20-3. Clemons’ scoop-and-score came after defensive tackle Jayden Peevy poked the ball away from scrambling Auburn quarterback Bo Nix. The 6-foot-5 Clemons picked up
Continue Reading SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Jahmyl Jeter scored an uncontested touchdown with 1:43 to play to secure a 27-19 win for Texas State over Louisiana-Monroe. The Bobcats were sitting on a 20-19 lead courtesy of a missed extra point and tried to ice the game on fourth-and-1 from the ULM 4. After making the stop
Continue Reading JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Malachi Wideman and JD Martin ran 51 yards for a score as Jackson State broke a 21-21 third-quarter tie to earn a 41-21 win over Texas Southern to remain unbeaten in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. Jacorey Howard carried just two times
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (Western Quarterfinals) bowed out of the 2021 USL Championship playoffs with a 1-0 loss against Oakland Roots SC. Locomotive closes out a historic 2021 season that saw the club go 25-games undefeated at Southwest University Park, including a 13-0-3 record at home.
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Continue Reading UPDATE, Nov. 5: In a unanimous 5-0 vote on Friday, the New Mexico State University Regents decided to join Conference USA for all their athletics programs. The move will take place on July 1, 2023. Then, for the first time since the old Border Conference in 1961, NMSU and UTEP will compete in the same
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OLBG investigated the correlation of sports and gambling and compiled a list of the biggest match-fixing scandals of all time.
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Stacker counts down the history of the National Football League from 1920 to today.
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EL PASO, Texas — Have you ever noticed how many Australians are punters for college football teams? Did you know that UTEPs punter Josh Sloan is Australian? Or that there’s a program in Australia specifically designed to train Australians to be punters? Come January 2022, that program titled ‘Prokick Australia’ will have sent 180 players
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A Los Angeles high school is apologizing after facing criticism that its football team didn’t simply defeat an opponent but rather trounced the opposing squad by a score of 106-0. Inglewood High School Principal Debbie Tate issued the statement on Monday, saying that her school’s team did not conduct themselves
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP (6-2, 3-1 Conference USA), after coming off a tough loss at FAU, will face its biggest challenge yet of 2021. Undefeated and no. 16/18-ranked UTSA (8-0, 4-0 C-USA) comes to El Paso for a nationally televised game against the Miners on Saturday night in the Sun Bowl. The contest, sponsored
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The winner of the sweet play of the week for week 10 went to the Las Cruces Bulldawgs. The winning play was a quarterback keeper by Dallas Boyd. As winners of the sweet play, the entire Las Cruces football team received a box of cupcakes courtesy of Albertsons.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A naughty pet monkey has tongues wagging in Austin and the sports world. According to Sports Illustrated, the Capuchin monkey belonging to the stripper girlfriend of Texas Longhorns assistant football coach Jeff Banks bit a child on Halloween night at a haunted house set up by the girlfriend. Banks was an assistant
Continue Reading Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was traveling more than 150 mph — his alcohol level more than twice the legal limit — before his car rear-ended another car, killing a 23-year-old woman, prosecutors said during a bond hearing.
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol and will miss Sunday’s game at Kansas City. Coach Matt LaFleur confirmed Wednesday that Rodgers was in the protocol but would not say if Rodgers had tested positive. The reigning NFL MVP is the
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school volleyball playoffs got underway Tuesday with teams looking take that first step toward a state title. The scores below are from the bi-district round of the playoffs that took place on Tuesday. 6A Franklin defeated Odessa Permian in straight sets, 3-0 Eastlake defeated Midland High in 4 sets,
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — The Atlanta Braves have won the World Series for first time since 1995 by hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park. The Braves once again homered their way to an early lead. In the top of the third, Braves Jorge Soler hammered the eighth
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN The Las Vegas Raiders released wide receiver Henry Ruggs III Tuesday night after he was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) resulting in a death after his car rear-ended another car and left one person dead, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD responded to
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock. CNN The Atlanta Braves are just one victory away from clinching a first World Series in 26 years tonight but must overcome the rejuvenated Houston Astros and home advantage as the matchup shifts to Minute Maid Park. Seeking their first championship since 1995, the Braves looked set to have it wrapped in
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