She wears dozens of butterfly clips in her hair — each unique in size and color. Her clothes and table tennis paddle case are decorated with vibrant butterfly wing designs. Her wheelchair is lined with butterfly stickers. Even her nails pay homage to the insect, sparkling like butterfly wings. No wonder the 73-year-old Paralympic legend
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KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina — Phil Mickelson has made history at the PGA Championship as the oldest, at 50, winner in major championship history. Mickelson finished off his 73 with a simple par on the 72nd hole to the wild cheers of fans at the Ocean Course on Sunday. Mickelson raised his arms in triumph and
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EL PASO, Texas – It was rather dry 90 minutes of soccer Saturday night at Southwest University Park. Fortunately for Locomotive FC, the opening 30 seconds provided all the fireworks needed for Mark Lowry and company as Luis Solignac’s opening minute goal off a botched RGV communication gave Locomotive their first victory of the 2021
Continue Reading MONACO (AP) — Lille won 2-1 at Angers to secure its first French league title in 10 years and beat defending champion Paris Saint-Germain by one point. Neymar missed a penalty before Kylian Mbappe netted his league-leading 27th goal as PSG won 2-0 at Brest. Canada forward Jonathan David opened the scoring early for Lille
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Army Spc. Alec McGee is taking life lessons from his childhood to shape his roles as a professional boxer, solider, and father. McGee’s parents were both drug addicts. His father went to prison and McGee even spent some time in foster care. But the hardships he faced as a youth
Continue Reading Max Verstappen produced an assured performance at the Monaco Grand Prix to move to the top of the Formula One drivers’ championship standings for the first time in his career. The Red Bull driver finished almost nine seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in second place to claim his second win of the 2021 season.
Continue Reading We’ve all been there: You think you’ve picked out the best club for the shot, you think you’ve judged the conditions perfectly and you prepare like you would any other shot. But then, the ball just doesn’t go where you wanted it to. The rage, frustration and anger that flows through you is almost bursting
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Defending world champion gymnast Simone Biles became the first woman to land the Yurchenko double pike vault move in competition at the GK US Classic in Indianapolis on Saturday. The Yurchenko double pike — a high-difficulty skill historically only done by men — is a roundoff onto the springboard, followed by a back handspring onto
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EL PASO, Texas – Riverside may have dropped classes from 5A to 4A, but that has meant nothing to the Rangers baseball program who just continue to win games. Faced with a 4-2 6th inning deficit in Game 3 against Lubbock Estacado, the Rangers scored three runs in two innings to stun the Matadors and
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The National Basketball Association will no longer require head coaches who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to wear masks during games, according to a memo obtained by CNN. The memo, sent to all teams on Saturday, says coaches don’t have to wear masks to “facilitate in-game coaching duties, and in light of vaccination rates among
Continue Reading After a drama-filled final day of the La Liga season, Atletico Madrid was eventually crowned champion for the first time since 2014. Needing to better city rivals, Real Madrid’s result, Atletico won 2-1 away at Real Valladolid while Real won 2-1 at home to Europa League finalists Villarreal. It wasn’t plain sailing for Diego Simeone’s
Continue Reading With fans back at the majors, players are looking to entertain after so long without them. Joel Dahmen, after holing a crucial putt in his third round at the PGA Championship, turned to the crowd, hands aloft and asked the famous question: “Are you not entertained?” READ: ‘Do I have to get it?!’: Sebastián Muñoz
Continue Reading He would’ve liked to have done it earlier in the day, but eventually, Robert Lewandowski was a history maker. In the final minute of Bayern Munich’s 5-2 victory over Augsburg on Saturday, the Polish striker collected the rebound of Leroy Sane’s shot to tap home his 41st goal of the season. In doing so, he
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FORT STOCKTON, Texas – The Riverside Rangers couldn’t have asked for a better start to their regional quarterfinal series against Lubbock Estacado. In game one of the best-of-three series, the Rangers dominated winning game one by a final score of 9-3. Riverside leads the series 1-0, with game two and game three (if necessary) scheduled
Continue Reading Sixteen years after winning his PGA Championship title, Phil Mickelson is roaring back — with a chance at history. The five-time major winner carved out a two-shot lead for himself on Friday at the 103rd edition of the competition. And, annoyingly for Mickelson, it could have been even better. The 50-year-old birdied six of his
Continue Reading He ended up on the beach, but Shane Lowry was looking for his ball rather than where he put his towel and flip-flops. The Irishman’s ball, after a wayward drive on the 16th hole of his second round at the PGA Championship, found the ultimate sand-trap — the beach of the Ocean Course on Kiawah
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC has signed Minnesota United goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas on loan, pending league and federation approval. “As we enter a period of uncertainty with lots of games coming up and the transfer window closing on June 1, it was important for us to cover all possibilities,” started Mark Lowry, Locomotive
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EL PASO, Texas – Paul Benavides never pushed pole vaulting on his son Paulo. Honestly, he didn’t have to. “He kinda found some old tapes in the closet one time, some VHS tapes that type of stuff,” says a modest Paul, who after a collegiate pole vaulting career at UTEP and New Mexico set 12
Continue Reading Y.E. Yang, the man who overcame a two-shot deficit in 2009 to beat Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship, has been disqualified from this year’s edition of the major. The South Korean golfer was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard following the second round on Friday of the 103rd PGA Championship at The Ocean Course,
Continue Reading Seven medical professionals in Argentina have been charged with homicide over the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona. The Argentine great died from heart failure in November 2020, the same month he underwent successful surgery for a subdural hematoma, more commonly known as a blood clot on the brain. A damning investigation into his death
Continue Reading The 2021 Copa América will no longer feature games in co-host Colombia after CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation, announced on Thursday it would move games away from the country. The tournament, delayed by a year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, was due to be jointly hosted for the first time its 105-year history, with matches
Continue Reading Canada’s Corey Conners tamed a windswept Ocean course on Thursday, carding the round of the day to lead by two shots after the opening of the PGA Championship, with former winners Brooks Koepka and Keegan Bradley giving chase. Trying to join Masters champion Mike Weir as the only Canadians to win one of golf’s four
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EL PASO, Texas – Only three El Paso area teams are left in the hunt for a state title in baseball, Clint, Riverside and Tornillo. Thursday, two of those teams took the field to begin their best of three series in the regional quarterfinals. In Class 4A it was the Clint Lions taking on the
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC has signed former Reno 1868 FC starting goalkeeper Benjamin Beaury for the 2021 USL Championship season, the club announced today. The signing is pending league and federation approval. “Bringing Ben on board makes a lot of sense in the current situation,” explained Head Coach and Technical Director, Mark
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EL PASO, Texas — Imagine choosing to put an end to the pursuit of a lifelong dream when it’s closest to becoming a reality. That’s exactly what former UTEP football player Stephen Forester did. “It was a lot easier than I think it seems,” Forester said. Like most Division I college football players, his dream
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EL PASO, Texas – After serving on the Miner coaching staff for nine seasons from 2004-12, UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel announced the return of Aaron Price to the staff as the new special teams coordinator for the Miners on Thursday. Price, the son of former UTEP head coach Mike Price, returns to El Paso
Continue Reading It was a rubbish tee shot, wasn’t it? Sebastián Muñoz hit the rarest form of hole-in-one on Thursday at the 2021 PGA Championship, and one that he appeared to be unwilling to retrieve his ball from. On the 18th hole at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course, the Colombian golfer hit his drive off to the left
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UPDATE, May 20: El Paso native and NFL star Aaron Jones’ plans to host a charity softball game next month in the Sun City featuring sports celebrities is now being postponed until next year due to a scheduling conflict, a spokeswoman for Jones’ A&A All The Way Foundation told ABC-7 on Thursday. “A little over a week
Continue Reading The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars have signed former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, the team announced on Thursday. The 2007 Heisman Trophy award winner will reunite with his former college coach Urban Meyer in Jacksonville, where he will transition to tight end. “I want to thank the Jaguars for the opportunity to compete and earn
Continue Reading For over four decades, a doctor from Florida avidly collected baseball cards and sports memorabilia with some items dating back to the 1880s. Now, his collection, which is valued at $20 million, is going up for auction. Dr. Thomas Newman, a neurologist, died following complications from Covid-19 in January, according to his wife, Nancy. He
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