TOKYO, Japan — Chase Kalisz won the first American medal of the Tokyo Games when he captured gold in the men’s 400-meter individual medley. Jay Litherland made it a 1-2 finish for the powerhouse U.S. team. He rallied on the freestyle leg to take the silver. Brendon Smith of Australia claimed bronze. Kalisz is a
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN The torch has been lit at the Tokyo Olympics and the opening weekend will feature competition in men’s gymnastics, women’s soccer, swimming, tennis and more. Here’s how to watch the games in the US and key events to tune in for. 5 events to watch Tennis: Serbian player Novak Djokovic is
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team is still getting into the swing of things under new head coach, Joe Golding. But Golding is bringing tons of energy that his players are gravitating towards. Practices have been ongoing all Summer, but on Friday, members of the media got to attend an open basketball
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Former New Mexico State women’s basketball star and Las Cruces native Paulina Blunt passed away Tuesday, July 20, her family has announced. A graduate of Onate High School, Blunt played for the Aggies from 1989-1994. During that time, Blunt racked up 1,148 points and 848 rebounds, good for
Continue Reading TOKYO, Japan — Yang Qian of China won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday in women’s 10-meter air rifle. Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina when the Russian missed the center two rings for an 8.9 on her final shot. Yang had a 9.8 on her final shot and finished with an Olympic
Continue Reading TOKYO, Japan — Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame’s long journey from Greece to these delayed Olympics. The cauldron sat atop a peak inspired by Mount Fuji. It’s a sphere that opened like a flower, “to embody vitality and hope,” organizers said.
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CLEVELAND, OHio — Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians. The ball club announced the name change on Twitter, ending months of internal discussions triggered by a national reckoning by institutions and teams to permanently drop logos and names considered racist. The choice of Guardians will undoubtedly
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Homero De la Fuente and Kevin Dotson, CNN The Cleveland Indians are changing their name next season to the Cleveland Guardians, the Major League Baseball club announced Friday morning, after the current moniker drew criticism for decades from Native Americans. “You see, there’s always been a Cleveland — that’s the best part
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — At long last, the Tokyo Olympics have officially been declared open by Japan’s Emperor Naruhito. The games, delayed for a year by the pandemic, have had competition taking place since earlier in the week, but are not considered officially having started until the opening ceremony. Seiko Hashimoto is the president of the
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) —The parade of athletes at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has taken place. Organizers said about 5,700 athletes took part in the parade. Some will skip it because of early competitions on Saturday or to avoid risk of exposure to the coronavirus. And this parade differs from most others in the
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was held. It began with a single female athlete at the center of the stadium, kneeling. As she stood, the shadow behind her took the shape of a seedling, growing as she walked. A number
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas opened their six-game homestand with a 9-4 win over the Albuquerque Isotopes Thursday night. Chihuahuas starter Caleb Boushley allowed only one run in six innings, while striking out seven, his most in a Triple-A game this season. Taylor Kohlwey went 3-for-5 with three triples for
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso figure skating club doesn’t let the city’s desert climate deter them from the passion they have for the sport. On the contrary, the club is finding success on the ice. Ally Ye is one of the coaches for the El Paso Figure Skating Club, she always had a
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jacob Lev and Homero De la Fuente, CNN If a National Football League game cannot be rescheduled and is canceled due to a Covid-19 outbreak among unvaccinated players, that team will have to forfeit and will be credited with a loss, the NFL said in a leaguewide memo obtained by CNN. The
Continue Reading Armand “Mondo” Duplantis holds the world record in pole vault and he’s sharing his tips on managing stress in competition to help the rest of us manage stress in everyday life.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Despite being selected by the Miami Marlins in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft, Ivan Melendez has decided to stay in Austin. Wednesday, Melendez announced via Twitter that he will be returning to the Texas baseball program. Melendez, a graduate of Coronado High School, is coming off a stellar first season with
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Softball Head Coach T.J. Hubbard announced another major offseason addition Wednesday afternoon bringing in former Delaware State Softball Pitching Coach Lena Springer. Springer, an Ohio State softball alumna, spent the past two years in Dover, Del., leading the Hornets’ pitching staff. “(Springer) has experience at a high level playing in the Big
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — Brisbane has been picked to host the 2032 Olympics. The Australian city was the inevitable winner of a one-candidate race steered by the IOC to avoid rival bids. The Games will go back to Australia 32 years after the popular 2000 Sydney Olympics. Melbourne hosted in 1956. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — The Milwaukee Bucks won their first NBA championship in 50 years, downing the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in Tuesday night’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Milwaukee, as seen on ABC-7, to win the series 4-2. Star Giannis Antetokounmpo capped one of the greatest NBA Finals ever and led the Bucks with
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN With the Milwaukee Bucks seeking their first NBA championship in 50 years, their superstar guided the way, putting up 50 points in a legendary NBA Finals-clinching win Tuesday night against the Phoenix Suns. Led by MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who also had 14 rebounds and five blocked shots, the Bucks pulled away
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – For the second straight week, El Paso Locomotive Defender Eder Borelli has earned a nod on the USL Championship Team of the Week. Borelli’s inclusion on the shortlist of players continues the trend of Locomotive players earning the weekly accolade. Last Saturday, Borelli put on a defensive clinic
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden honored the Super Bowl champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the White House Tuesday in a ceremony that featured quarterback Tom Brady cracking a joke about those who continue to deny that the President won the 2020 election. “Not a lot of people think that we could have won.
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson, CNN Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind American swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she said the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) denied her request to bring her mother to serve as her Personal Care Assistant. “I’ve had to make the gut-wrenching decision to withdraw from
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s no surprise the UTEP Miners are getting no respect right before the start of the college football season. Monday, Conference USA released its predicted order of finish for the two divisions in the conference, Conference USA East, and Conference USA West. The Miners are predicted to finish in 7th place
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP had a total of five players named to Conference USA’s 2021 preseason watch list, as selected by the league’s 14 head coaches. Five student-athletes from each of the conference’s 14 member institutions are recognized as key players to watch ahead of the 2021 season. UTEP’s Jacob Cowing (WR), Bobby DeHaro
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EL PASO, Texas – Without bowling, Daunte rribari might not be here! Now, the sport that connected his parents in taking him to college. Uribari, a rising senior at Eastwood High School, signed last week to bowl collegiately at Division-I University of Texas-San Antonio in front of family and UTSA coaching staff at Oasis Lanes
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A high school football coach who was banned from taking a knee for a brief personal prayer after football games is taking his challenge back to the Supreme Court, the latest such dispute to reach a conservative court that has moved to expand greater protections for religious
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OAKLAND, California – New Mexico State alum Daniel Johnson clearly feels comfortable at home. The Oakland, CA area-native hit his first career home run Sunday, a solo shot to right-center field to break 2-2 tie in the 7th inning to help key the Cleveland Indians past the Oakland A’s 4-2. Johnson, who was the WAC
Continue Reading American tennis hopeful Cori “Coco” Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after announcing on Twitter she tested positive for coronavirus. CNN’s Andy Scholes reports.
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN American tennis hopeful Cori “Coco” Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after announcing on Twitter Sunday she tested positive for Covid-19. The 17-year-old is currently the 25th ranked woman in the world. “It has always been a dream of mine to represent the USA at the Olympics, and
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