OMAHA, Nebraska (KVIA) — Elusive return man and first-year Aggie TK King is among 16 student-athletes to be named to the 2025 Preseason Jet Award Watch List, the foundation announced. The Jet Award, Sponsored by KRT Muscle Cream, honors the most outstanding return specialist in college football. The award, named in honor of Heisman Trophy
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The college rivalry game between New Mexico State and UTEP will be put on pause in 2026 due to UTEP’s shift from Conference USA to the Mountain West Conference which will take effect in 2026. The Battle of I-10 rivalry game has been going for over 100 years and NMSU’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Las Cruces High graduate and 16-time USA National Champion, Joscelyn Olayo-Muñoz, claimed a gold medal in the Brandenburg Cup Youth Under-19 Tournament in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday. Olayo-Muñoz battled it out with Italy’s Amelia Sula in the 106-pound division and by a unanimous decision she was crowned champion.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This season UTEP’s defense will be led by new defensive coordinator, Bobby Daly, after the departure of J.J. Clark to join the Dallas Cowboys staff. UTEP’s head coach Scotty Walden is excited about the depth and leadership from the linebacker and defensive line groups. “We are very blessed to have
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ROUND ROCK, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas beat the Round Rock Express 5-2 Saturday night at Dell Diamond to win their second straight game. The Chihuahuas have won three of the first five games in the series. Miguel Cienfuegos started for El Paso and pitched three shutout innings. Cienfuegos has allowed only one
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On a record-breaking night at Southwest University Park, El Paso Locomotive FC took down Las Vegas Lights FC 6-0 on Saturday evening to move up to fourth place in the Western Conference. Five different Locos chipped in for the six goals which are the most scored by Locomotive in club
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are gearing for the start of the 2025 season, and on Thursday the team kicked off fall camp. UTEP head coach Scotty Walden enters his second season with the Miners following a 3-9 record in 2024. On the first day of practice during fall camp, Walden said he
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (KVIA) — UTEP football’s Kam Thomas was recognized on the 2025 Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List on Thursday. The Paul Hornung Award, presented by Texas Roadhouse, honors the most versatile player in major college football. Thomas, who started in all nine games played in 2024, is coming off his first season with
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The college football season is just around the corner and that mean it’s time for the start of fall camps. The NMSU Aggies were the first in the Borderland to take the field Wednesday morning to begin fall camp. UTEP kicks off their fall camp Thursday. NMSU head coach Tony
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former UTEP forward, Otis Frazier III, pushed through an irregular heart condition entering his freshman year in college and will now get ready to begin his professional career in Israel. Frazier will play for Elitzur Briga Netanya, a professional basketball club that plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which
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EL PASO (KVIA) – We are just over a month away from the annual “Swing For a Cause” fundraiser put on by “Special Olympics Texas” to raise important funds for special athletes right here in the El Paso area. Please tune into ABC-7 at ten p.m. for an XTRA Depth report in another edition of “People,
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SACRAMENTO, California – El Pasoan Darell Hernaiz is making his return to “The Show.” Tuesday, the Athletics recalled the former Americas Trail Blazer from their Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas Aviators. This will be Hernaiz’s first time joining the main club this season. Hernaiz made his MLB debut in 2024 when he joined the Athletics
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Patrick Foley was announced as a 2024-25 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar on Tuesday. To be eligible for the Cobalt All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior, both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their associate’s degree and in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Redshirt senior Dakerric Hobbs has been tabbed as one of the top players in all of college football entering his final campaign in Las Cruces. The lockdown cornerback has been named to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Watchlist, recognizing the top 1000 NFL prospects across the college football ranks. Hobbs
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — If you’ve spent any time on social media lately, chances are you’ve seen it: a group of baseball players showing off their best dance moves in front of a packed stadium. It’s not just any baseball game — it’s called Banana Ball. Choreographed dances. Players doing backflips on the field.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Chapin’s senior and starting quarterback Josh Martel moved from Phoenix, Arizona to El Paso, Texas his sophomore year after losing his mom to cancer. Honestly, it feels like something’s missing all the time,” Martel said. “She was battling cancer since I was a little kid, I’ve seen her battle cancer,
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PAPILLION, Nebraska (KVIA) — In their final match of the USL Jägermeister Cup group stage, El Paso Locomotive FC held on for a 1-0 victory against Union Omaha on Saturday evening at Werner Park. Locomotive controlled the first half for the most part and created several scoring chances early on. Los Locos finally broke through
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EL PASO, Texas – El Pasoan and Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton will miss the remainder of the WNBA season while she recovers from knee surgery. Earlier in the week, Thornton injured her right knee during practice. The team said Thornton had successful surgery to her knee Friday, but that she’ll be out the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deion Hankins is getting a chance to make an NFL Roster. Hankins begins training camp with the Chicago Bears this week. The first day of practice is Wednesday. “Being at this point where I have this opportunity with the Bears, looking back at my story all the times I wanted to quit, it just makes
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Professional wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, died on Thursday at the age of 71, according to World Wrestling Entertainment. Bollea is widely recognized as the biggest wrestling star of all time and helped WWE become the behemoth that it is today. In the 1980s and 1990s,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — New Mexico State men’s head basketball coach Jason Hooten and his staff have rebuilt nearly an entirely new squad, once more. The Aggies will have only two returning players, Gabe Pickens and Jae’Coby Osborne, who will look to lead a group of veteran players as sophomores. Six of the newcomers
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EL PASO, Texas – Stephanie Han is gearing up for her next match. Wednesday it was made official, the El Paso boxer and current WBA lightweight world champion will defend her title next month in Orlando, Florida. The match is scheduled for August 23 against Colombian challenger Paulina Angel. This will be Han’s first title defense since winning the
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(Courtesy: Eddie Morelos) LORDSBURG, NM – In a town of 2,200 people where the streets seem calm for most of the year, Lordsburg seems to gain a big spark of life when the Jessie Darnell 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament rolls around. The 16th Annual Jessie Darnell 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament was held on July 11-13, 2025 in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Hanks High School graduate Desirae Spearman held day one of her second annual “Desirae Spearman” camp at Hanks High School on Monday. In June, Spearman announced that she would be transferring from New Mexico State to Texas Tech after two seasons with the Aggies. “Las Cruces, New Mexico will
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FRISCO, Texas – The college football season is just around the corner and Tuesday was Conference USA Football Media Day. UTEP took part for the final time as members of Conference USA as next year they’ll join the Mountain West Conference. UTEP head coach Scotty Walden was joined by wide receiver Cam Thomas and defensive
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OLBG reports that summer sports betting thrives with increased wagers on horse racing, baseball, cricket, tennis, and golf, surprising many.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Conference USA unveiled the final results of the 2025 Bowl Confidence Index that is voted by a panel of media members who cover the programs to vote on which teams will qualify for a bowl game. Both Liberty and Western Kentucky casted 100% of votes. The UTEP Miners appeared on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has signed forward Christian Sorto for the remainder of the 2025 season, pending league and federation approval. He will be available for selection this weekend against Union Omaha. Sorto started this season with Loudoun United playing in four matches across all competitions
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TACOMA, Washington (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas beat Tacoma 5-3 Sunday afternoon to end the Rainiers’ five-game winning streak. The Chihuahuas won one and lost two in the three-game series. Chihuahuas starter Jackson Wolf matched his season high with nine strikeouts and allowed only one run in his five-inning start. Second baseman Nate Mondou
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The legendary Coronado Head Coach Don Brooks was honored once again. He was posthumously inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in San Antonio. Brooks led the T-Birds to 229 wins over 35 years as head coach, including multiple district and bi-district championships. He was at
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