By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Baylor had three interceptions, Abram Smith rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns, and the Bears defeated the Texas State Bobcats 29-20. Baylor was playing its first regular season game outside the Big 12 in 715 days after its 2020 non-conference games were canceled due
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HOUSTON (AP) — Tyler Shough accounted for two touchdowns, Tahj Brooks rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and Texas Tech beat Houston 38-21 in the season opener for both teams. Shough finished 17 of 24 for 231 yards passing with a touchdown and ran for another score in his debut for the Red Raiders.
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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bijan Robinson scored twice and Hudson Card threw two touchdown passes in his first career start, leading No. 21 Texas to a 38-18 victory over No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday in coach Steve Sarkisian’s Longhorns debut. Robinson caught a touchdown ad ran for another and
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Rattler passed for 304 yards, and No. 2 Oklahoma beat Tulane 40-35 in a game that was relocated from New Orleans because of Hurricane Ida. Oklahoma led by five in the fourth quarter and Tulane had possession, but quarterback Michael Pratt ran for 12
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CNN’s Carolyn Manno looks at women’s professional athletes’ push for equal pay.
Continue Reading By David Williams and Wayne Sterling, CNN Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin won’t be on the field for his team’s season opener on Monday night after testing positive with a breakthrough case of Covid-19. Kiffin confirmed on Saturday in a statement on Twitter that he would not be traveling with his team to Atlanta
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EL PASO, Texas – Here are the scores from week 2 of the high school football season. Andress 24 Parkland 20 San Angelo Central 34 Montwood 29 Franklin 20 Midland Christian 51 Bryan Rudder 44 Americas 7 Ysleta 35 Socorro 34 Pebble Hills 31 Del Valle 45 Burges 56 Bel Air 38 Eastwood 75 Hanks
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) El Paso Locomotive (12-2-6, 42 points) earned a point on the road with a 2-2 draw against Orange County SC at Championship Soccer Stadium on Friday night. MidfielderNick Ross opened the scoring in the 20th minute while forward Leandro Carrijo closed out the game in the 90th minute to take the point. El Paso
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By Kevin Dotson and Steve Almasy, CNN Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya has been hospitalized with Covid-19, according to social media posts from the fighter. De La Hoya, who says he is fully vaccinated, also announced that his planned return to the ring after nearly 13 years away will be put on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The UTEP volleyball team (4-0) dropped the first two sets to Pacific 12 power Arizona (3-1) before rallying to win three straight for the 3-2 victory (23-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 15-6) in its opening match of the Borderland Invitational inside the Pan-American Center Friday afternoon. It affords the Miners their first win
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson, CNN David Patten, who helped the New England Patriots clinch three Super Bowls between 2001 and 2004, died Thursday, according to a statement from the Patriots. A South Carolina native, Patten was 47 years old. According to The State newspaper, the Richland County (SC) Coroner confirmed that Patten died in a motorcycle
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar De La Hoya’s return to the ring will have to wait after the fighter said he tested positive for COVID-19. The 48-year-old De La Hoya was scheduled to fight on Sept. 11 against former MMA fighter Vitor Belfort in a pay-per-view event from Staples Center in Los Angeles. It would
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – Round Rock stranded the tying run at third base in the ninth inning Thursday, as the El Paso Chihuahuas hung on to beat the Express 2-1. It was El Paso’s second straight win. El Paso starter Jesse Scholtens pitched four shutout innings and struck out five. Scholtens has
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EL PASO, Texas – Week two of the high school football season kicked off with only one game in the Borderland Thursday night. The Austin Panthers paid a visit to the SISD Student Activities Complex to take on the El Dorado Aztecs. Austin would come away with the victory after scoring a touchdown in the
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Terry Wilson Jr. completed 20 of 26 passes for 174 yards and three touchdowns and New Mexico, playing its first home game in 642 days, made a winner of second-year head coach Danny Gonzales in his home debut with a 27-17 victory over Houston Baptist. Wilson tossed a pair of first-quarter
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EL PASO, Texas- If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, The Southwest Desertcats men’s minor league basketball team; is hosting the New Mexico Bullsnakes. Coach Jesus Aragon and the Desertcats are closing out the season with the Pro Basketball Association. They finish their season with a record of 10-0 in the
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EL PASO, Texas – The cupcakes are back! The Sweet Play of the Week returns with our cupcake presentation courtesy of Albertsons. The winner for week 1 of the high school football season went to Austin High School’s Jayden Wilson. Wilson delivered a monster hit in the season opener against Horizon last Friday. The Panthers
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DETROIT, Michigan – When one door closes, another one opens, but in the NFL that’s not always the case. Sometimes it takes a little bit of luck to get an opportunity elsewhere, and that’s exactly what happened to Steven Montez. Wednesday, the former Del Valle quarterback was signed to the practice squad of the Detroit
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EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7 is the official home of the UTEP Miners, and every week the ABC-7 sports department goes one-on-one with UTEP football head coach Dana Dimel. This week coach Dimel previews the team’s upcoming game against Bethune Cookman. It will be UTEP’s first home game of the 2021 season. The Miners are
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Quarterback Deshaun Watson remained on the active roster as the Houston Texans made cuts to reduce their roster to 53 players. Watson’s future with the team is in question after 22 women filed lawsuits alleging that he sexually assaulted or harassed them. Houston police and the
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s football game day website is now live for the 2021 season with all the information Miner fans will need on Saturdays this fall in one convenient location. UTEP supporters can find all game day protocols, the 2021 Fan Guide and more information by visiting www.UTEPMiners.com/FootballGameDay or by clicking HERE. “The football game day
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer USA Basketball will face Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba in the first round of qualifying for the 2023 Basketball World Cup. The Americans won a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in Tokyo but finished only seventh at the most recent Basketball World Cup two years ago. They found out
Continue Reading David Brown is the first completely blind athlete to run 100 meters in under 11 seconds. Competing in the T11 category for vision impairment, Brown will defend his 100m Paralympic title in Tokyo.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC – El Paso native Steven Montez was waived Monday by the Washington Football Team, failing to make the 53-man NFL roster out of the preseason. Montez still could be re-signed to Washington’s practice squad, where he spent a majority of last season. He is also free to sign with another team. https://twitter.com/AroundTheNFL/status/1432438723975675907?s=20 In
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CINCINNATI, Ohio – There was never any doubt about Kai Locksley’s athleticism during his time as UTEP’s starting quarterback. But after a strong showing at wide receiver in an NFL preseason game, maybe Locksley was playing the wrong position! Locksley, who is attempting to make the Miami Dolphins roster as a wide receiver, hauled in
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for a pair of touchdowns in the preseason finale after Jacksonville’s rookie No. 1 overall pick was named the starter, and the Jaguars beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-14. Lawrence completed 11 of 12 passes for 139 yards against Dallas backups. The
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FINAL REPORT: LAS CRUSES, New Mexico — Jacob Cowing had a career-high 158 yards receiving, including a 59-yard score, and UTEP opened the season with a 30-3 victory over New Mexico State on Saturday night. Cowing’s yardage came on just five catches, including one for 72 yards, as he finished with his sixth career 100-yard game.
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FINAL REPORT: LAS CRUSES, New Mexico — Jacob Cowing had a career-high 158 yards receiving, including a 59-yard score, and UTEP opened the season with a 30-3 victory over New Mexico State on Saturday night. Cowing’s yardage came on just five catches, including one for 72 yards, as he finished with his sixth career 100-yard game.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Two weeks after Locomotive FC defender Matt Bahner took his shirt off in celebration of a last second-goal, El Paso got a taste of their own medicine Saturday night in San Antonio. Justin Dhillon scored a go-ahead goal in the 93rd minute to power San Antonio FC to 2-1 win over
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN As football season kicks off this weekend, stadiums across the Southeastern Conference (SEC) return to full capacity with eager and nostalgic fans who might have missed games due to the pandemic. Dania Kalaji, a 20-year-old junior at the University of Georgia, told CNN that one of the reasons
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