Parents’ attendance at sporting events is normally for supportive measures. And while he might’ve been looking to give moral support for his son Rory, Gerry McIlroy proved a physical obstruction instead. In the opening round of the Masters, Rory was in the trees to the left on hole No. 7 after his tee shot had
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HOUSTON, Texas – Homestanding Rice (10-2, 5-1) scored two early goals and UTEP (3-6-2, 2-3-1) could never fully recover in a 2-0 road loss Thursday evening. Emily Parrott was credited with four saves in the match. The Miners finished with eight shots, including two on goal. The Owls got on the board first, with Catarin Albuquerque finishing
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EL PASO, Texas – Some slight changes have been made to this month’s boxing event at the Don Haskins Center. One of the fighters scheduled for the main event has pulled out of the fight, and the date of the event has been bumped up by just one day. The event has been moved from
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP tennis team (2-5) will play three matches in as many days this weekend, including the first two at home. The Miners will play host to Division II UT Tyler (9-3) at 10 a.m. MT Friday and welcome NAU (8-4) to town at 12 p.m. MT Saturday. UTEP will then conclude the weekend
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina — The gunman who killed five people including a prominent doctor in South Carolina was former NFL player Phillip Adams, who killed himself early Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, said Adams’
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This year’s French Open tennis tournament has been postponed by a week due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced on Thursday. The second grand slam of the year was originally scheduled to take place from Monday 17 May to Sunday 6 June. However, France has recently entered a new lockdown with
Continue Reading PSG defeated Bayern Munich 3-2 in a thrilling, end-to-end Champions League encounter on Wednesday thanks to two goals from star striker Kylian Mbappe. In a repeat of last year’s final, which Bayern won 1-0, this proved to be a much more open affair in the swirling snow of Munich’s Allianz Arena. Bayern enjoyed more possession
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EL PASO, Texas – Kasey Flores’s 10-RBI weekend featuring two go-ahead grand slams versus Southern Miss last weekend earned her Conference USA Player of the Week honors, the league announced Wednesday afternoon. This is Flores’s second time receiving the award and first since 2019. In game one of April 2’s double-header, Flores went 2-for-4 with a double and
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso native and NFL star Aaron Jones is mourning the death of his father, Alvin Jones, Sr., saying his “heart (is) torn into a million pieces.” The Green Bay Packers star running back, and former UTEP standout, disclosed his father’s passing in a social media post on Wednesday. “Can’t even
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, California — Speed was the cause of the rollover car crash that left Tiger Woods seriously injured, Los Angeles County authorities said Wednesday. Woods was driving at an estimated 84 to 87 mph – nearly twice the speed limit – during the Feb. 23 accident in Southern California, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a
Continue Reading Santos forward Angelo Gabriel became the youngest goalscorer in Copa Libertadores history on Tuesday as he scored his side’s final goal in a 3-1 victory against San Lorenzo. Aged 16 years, three months and 16 days, Angelo broke Juan Carlos Cardenas’ record that had stood for 59 years with his stoppage-time goal after a save
Continue Reading Real Madrid overpowered Liverpool 3-1 in the first leg of the sides’ Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday, while Borussia Dortmund was left frustrated by a disallowed goal in its 2-1 defeat to Manchester City. Despite being without starting center-back pairing Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane, Real Madrid looked a class above the reigning Premier League
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso entered the day with two teams left in the high school soccer playoffs. By the end of Tuesday night, those two teams remained, still in the hunt for a state championship. Eastlake and Del Valle both won their regional semi-final matches on Tuesday and will now advance to the
Continue Reading Bryson DeChambeau has muscled his way to becoming a major winner, and he’s now hoping it’ll bring him success at golf’s most famous competition. As he prepares for the Masters, which begin on Thursday, the 2020 US Open winner has brought a new weapon with him: a new driver. DeChambeau had contemplated using a 48-inch
Continue Reading A slick-looking Real Madrid overpowered Liverpool 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday night. Despite missing their starting center-back pairing of captain Sergio Ramos and Raphaël Varane, Madrid looked a class above the reigning Premier League winners. First-half goals from Vinicius Junior and Marco Asensio shot the hosts into the
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s official. UTEP Men’s basketball is looking for their 21st coach in program history. With Rodney Terry departing for an assistant role on Chris Beard’s staff at the University of Texas, the Miners have a vacancy to lead the program for the first time in three years. The UTEP basketball job
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EL PASO, Texas — After days hours of speculation, UTEP will now be looking for their 21st head basketball coach in school history. Rodney Terry on Tuesday afternoon confirmed what sources had told ABC-7 earlier in the day: He will leave the Miners to join new University of Texas coach Chris Beard’s staff in Austin.
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — As many as 40,000 fans were inside Globe Life Field in Arlington Monday for the Texas Rangers’ home opener. The full capacity crowd is one of the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago. There was lots of energy and excitement at the ballpark for the team’s
Continue Reading Besides the green jacket, the adulation and the acclaim, one of the greatest honors for a Masters winner is putting on a spread for his fellow champions at the next year’s tournament. Although he’s had a shorter time to prepare than most — the 2020 Masters was held in November rather than its typical slot
Continue Reading Coors Field in Denver — home of Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies — will be the new host of this year’s All-Star Game. “Major League Baseball is grateful to the Rockies, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado for their support of this summer’s All-Star Game,” MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. said
Continue Reading Sports trading cards are super popular thanks to the craze over non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. That’s one reason why Topps, the company synonymous with baseball cards and bubble gum, is looking to go public again. Topps announced Tuesday plans to merge with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in a deal that values Topps
Continue Reading Besides the green jacket, the adulation and the acclaim, one of the greatest honors for a Masters winner is putting on a spread for his fellow champions at the next year’s tournament. Although he’s had a shorter time to prepare than most — the 2020 Masters was held in November rather than its typical slot
Continue Reading Rebecca Welch made history on Monday as she became the first appointed female referee to take charge of an English Football League (EFL) game. The 37-year-old, who has previously refereed high-profile women’s matches, oversaw Port Vale’s 2-0 win against Harrogate Town in the third tier of men’s English football. Back in 2010, Amy Fearn became
Continue Reading ESPN fired NBA analyst Paul Pierce after the Boston Celtics legend posted a racy Instagram Live video over the weekend. The video featured Pierce in a room with exotic dancers. The cable sports network ended its working relationship with Pierce Monday, an industry source told CNN Business. ESPN declined to comment on Pierce leaving the
Continue Reading We could be set for one of the most thrilling La Liga finales in history, after Ousmane Dembele’s injury-time goal gave Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Valladolid on Monday and moved the Catalan club to within a point of league leader Atletico Madrid. With Real Madrid just two points further back, it means Spain’s
Continue Reading With golf’s Masters tournament getting underway this week, the sight of patrons returning to Augusta National is a sure sign that parts of the sporting world are slowly returning to normal. The 2020 event took place in November and was staged without spectators amid the pandemic, but this week a limited number of fans are
Continue Reading North Korea has reportedly decided drop out of the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics due to concerns its athletes could contract coronavirus. North Korea decided to sever almost all of its ties with the outside world in 2020 to prevent an influx of coronavirus cases. The country has not reported a major outbreak of Covid-19, and there
Continue Reading Whether it’s because of his funky clothing, eccentric personality or highly distinctive swing, Moe Norman — dubbed golf’s “Rain Man” — didn’t fit into the sport’s traditional mold. “Like Raymond [Babbitt], Moe spoke in staccato bursts,” golf coach and author Tim O’Connor, who has written a book about Norman, told CNN Sport, as he compared
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Baylor is on top of the college basketball world, winning its first national championship while denying perfection for Gonzaga. All-American guard Jared Butler had 22 points and seven assists for the Bears in 86-70 victory Monday night. His backcourt mates did plenty as well. MaCio Teague had 19 points and Davion Mitchell
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AUSTIN, Texas – El Paso native Ivan Melendez had a circuitous path to the University of Texas baseball team. But now that he’s there, he’s taken full advantage. The former Coronado High School baseball star was named Big-12 Co-Newcomer of the Week Monday after going 8-13 in a weekend series sweep of Kansas. Melendez powered
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