Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul has been sidelined following his placement on the league’s Covid-19 health and safety protocols, the team announced on Wednesday. Suns head coach Monty Williams said the team will approach Paul’s circumstance like they previously have with other players who have entered the league’s Covid-19 protocols this season. “It’s like anything
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Some of the brands sponsoring Euro 2020 — Europe’s ongoing international football tournament — aren’t having an easy time of it. First it was Cristiano Ronaldo with two bottles of Coca-Cola, then it was Paul Pogba with a Heineken. Before Portugal’s game against Hungary, Ronaldo moved the two drinks on display out of view as
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EL PASO, Texas – Hanks High School has produced some of the best wrestlers in the state of Texas. The Knights have won several state titles in wrestling, and it’s no surprise that many of them would continue their wrestling careers in college. Monday, four wrestlers from Hanks signed to wrestle at the next level.
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OMAHA, Nebraska – Will Licon’s journey toward redemption continues. Wednesday, at the Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the El Paso native qualified for the final race in the 200 meter breaststroke. It was five years ago when Licon barely missed qualifying for the Olympics in the 200 meter breaststroke. He placed third in the
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP is once again in search for a men’s golf coach. Sources confirmed to ABC-7, Derek Plucienski has left the program after only one season at UTEP. Details on why Plucienski is leaving are not known at this time. Plucienski was an All-Conference USA player at Southern Miss before rising through the
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s the beginning of a new era at El Dorado High School. Wednesday, the school made it official presenting Frank Martinez as the next head football coach for the Aztecs. Martinez was also named the school’s athletic director. He was previously the defensive coordinator at Franklin High School since 2016. He
Continue Reading Long-serving captain Sergio Ramos is to leave Real Madrid after 16 years at the club. The central defender joined from Sevilla in 2005 and went on to enjoy a glittering career with Real, winning four Champions League trophies and five La Liga titles. He made 671 appearances and scored 101 goals from defense, many of
Continue Reading Christian Eriksen continues to be very much in the thoughts of players at Euro 2020. Warming up for their game on Wednesday, Finnish and Russian players wore “Get well Christian!” T-shirts as they showed their solidarity for Denmark star who is continuing his recovery from a cardiac arrest. Later on Wednesday, Eriksen’s Inter Milan teammate
Continue Reading Warming up for their Euro 2020 game on Wednesday, Finnish and Russian players wore “Get well Christian!” T-shirts as they showed their solidarity for Denmark’s Christian Eriksen. Finland won their opening Group B game against Denmark on Saturday, but the match was overshadowed by Eriksen’s collapse during the first half in Copenhagen after the Dane
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Survivors of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of a former University of Michigan athletics’ doctor called for an investigation by the state’s attorney general at a news conference Wednesday into school employees who may have known of the abuse and allegedly did nothing. Dr. Robert Anderson, who worked at the university from 1966 to
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says Scott Brooks is out as coach of the Washington Wizards.. The spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t publicly announced the decision. Brooks and the team were unable to come to an agreement on a new contract.
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Pelicans basketball operations chief David Griffin says Stan Van Gundy is out as coach following just one season at the helm. Van Gundy was hired last October about two months before the start of a pandemic-delayed and shortened season. He coached a Pelicans squad led by All-Star Zion Williamson
Continue Reading Cristiano Ronaldo became the greatest goalscorer in the history of the European Championship finals after netting a brace in Portugal’s 3-0 win against Hungary on Tuesday. The 36-year-old had been level with Michel Platini on nine goals ahead of Euro 2020 but overtook the France great after scoring a penalty in the 87th minute. He
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – The Oklahoma City Dodgers scored seven runs after the seventh inning stretch and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 8-3 Tuesday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Chihuahuas split the six-game series with the Dodgers and went 6-6 on their 12-game road trip to Round Rock and Oklahoma City. Nick
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EL PASO, Texas — Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya knows just how passionate El Pasoans are about boxing. That was just one of the reasons he wanted to bring a boxing event back to the Sun City. It was back in 1998 that a young De La Hoya fought before a packed house at
Continue Reading A protester parachuted into Munich’s Allianz Arena moments before the start of the Euro 2020 match between Germany and France on Tuesday, injuring several people who were hospitalized, according to European football governing body UEFA. The yellow parachute had the words “KICK OUT OIL” and “GREENPEACE” emblazoned on it. Footage circulated on social media showed
Continue Reading Olympic runner Shelby Houlihan said she has been banned from the sport for four years following a positive test for anabolic steroids that she attributes to eating a pork burrito. Houlihan said she was devastated to learn of the suspension from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body that combats doping, after she tested
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21. The commissioner’s office is responding to record strikeouts and a league batting average at its lowest since 1968. It says major and
Continue Reading The image of Christian Eriksen lying motionless on the pitch during Saturday’s Euro 2020 game is one that “will never go away,” according to Finland captain Tim Sparv. Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest towards the end of the first half of the game between Finland and Denmark before being resuscitated. On Tuesday, Eriksen said he
Continue Reading Have we already seen the best goal of Euro 2020? Czech Republic striker Patrik Schick scored a stunning long range effort on Monday to inspire his side to a 2-0 win over Scotland in the teams’ first game of the tournament. Having already given his country a first-half lead, Schick doubled his tally with a
Continue Reading OMAHA, Nebraska – El Pasoan Will Licon is hoping to keep his Olympic dreams alive, but that took a hit Monday night in Nebraska. Despite qualifying for the final race in the 100 meter breaststroke, Licon finished in 6th place with a time of 1:00.39. Only the swimmers who finish in first and second place
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) El Paso Chihuahuas starting pitcher Daniel Camarena has been named Triple-A West Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 7-13. He is the first Chihuahuas player to win a weekly award in 2021. Camarena was the winning pitcher for El Paso on June 8 at Round Rock, allowing only one hit in
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EL PASO, Texas – The Ysleta Boys’ Basketball team’s incredible 2020-21 season run continues to pay off, as one of the team assistants is getting a promotion elsewhere. Rick Sapien, who has been an assistant on the Indians’ bench, has been hired as the next Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at Austin High School and was
Continue Reading A Pekingese named Wasabi won Best in Show at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday. The reserve slot, or runner-up, was given to Bourbon the whippet. The Westminster Dog Show is the second-oldest continuous sporting event in the United States, after the Kentucky Derby. It has run through world wars, previous
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated press has learned that the New York Rangers have reached an agreement to hire Gerard Gallant as their next coach. Gallant was a highly sought-after coaching candidate three years after leading Vegas to the Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural season. He is fresh off coaching Canada to the
Continue Reading Denmark striker Martin Braithwaite has criticized UEFA, European football’s governing body, for forcing the players to play their Euro 2020 match against Finland on Saturday after teammate Christian Eriksen’s collapse. The match was suspended following prolonged efforts from the medical staff to resuscitate Eriksen with CPR and a defibrillator. Players from both teams were visibly
Continue Reading OMAHA, Nebraska – For one of the driest cities in America, El Paso certainly was well-represented in the pool Sunday at the Team USA Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. El Paso native Will Licon’s 2021 Olympic dream is still alive after a strong showing in the 100m Breaststroke Sunday. Licon’s time of 1:00:33 earned
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LUBBOCK, Texas – After two hyper-productive seasons with the UTEP Miners, Bryson Williams officially has his third and final home. Williams announced his commitment to Texas Tech Sunday, where he will spend his extra year year of NCAA eligibility playing for recently promoted head coach Mark Adams and the Red Raiders. https://twitter.com/Bwillington11/status/1404224782925590531?s=20 Williams announced his
Continue Reading Christian Eriksen “was gone” before being resuscitated from cardiac arrest, Denmark’s team doctor said at a press conference Sunday. The Danish soccer player collapsed on the pitch during his team’s opening Euro 2020 match against Finland. “Well, what should I say? He was gone. And we did cardiac resuscitation and it was cardiac arrest. How
Continue Reading Novak Djokovic came back from two sets down in a grand slam final for the first time in his career, as he narrowly got the better of Stefanos Tsitsipas in a thrilling French Open final. The 22-year-old Greek star, appearing in only his first grand slam final, displayed experience and poise beyond his years to
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