By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge have been named Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Players in unanimous fashion by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Thursday. Ohtani captures the third MVP award of his career and first in the National League
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AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was tinted green on Thursday, when President Joe Biden — Secret Service code name: Celtic — welcomed “Coach Joe” Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics to the South Lawn to celebrate the franchise’s unprecedented 18th NBA championship. In a tradition believed to have begun when Bill Russell’s
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By Andy Rose, Josh Campbell and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — At least three professional sports leagues warned their teams this week that organized and skilled groups are targeting the homes of athletes for break-ins, including while the players are away at games. The warnings came after recent reports of burglaries at the homes of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Pistol Pete is engaged! The man who represents NMSU’s mascot is set to tie the knot with a fellow Aggie. NMSU posted the happy news to its official Facebook page this week, along with photos of Pete with his cheerleader fiancé. In the engagement photos, Pistol Pete is wearing
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From Dan Reeves to Chuck Noll, Stacker ranked the 10 coaches with the most wins in NFL history using Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP volleyball team (26-4, 16-2 Conference USA) will host the 2024 Conference USA Volleyball Championship this weekend, November 22-24, at Club Memorial. As the No. 2 seed, the Miners will take on No. 7 seed Liberty in the quarterfinals on Friday, November 22, at 5 p.m. MST. TICKETS Tickets can
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The postseason has arrived for NM State Volleyball. The Aggies don’t have to travel far for this year’s Conference USA Championship as UTEP will host all seven matches across three days. For Head Coach Mike Jordan’s squad, the action begins on Friday at approximately 7:00 PM with a battle against
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Following its bye week, UTEP (2-8, 2-5 Conference USA) will step out of league action to play at no. 10/11 Tennessee (8-2, 5-2 SEC) in Knoxville on Saturday afternoon. The Miners and Volunteers are set to kick off their fourth meeting at 11 a.m. MST/1 EST in Neyland Stadium (101,
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CNN By Amanda Davies and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — It’s fair to say 2024 has been quite a year for Italian tennis. And in particular for Jasmine Paolini, who capped the best season of her career by winning the decisive match in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals against Slovakia to secure Italy’s first
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SANTA BARBARA, California (KVIA) — The UTEP men’s basketball team blitzed unbeaten UC Santa Barbara from the get-go with a 14-2 game-opening run on the way to a 79-76 win against the Gauchos at the Thunderdome Monday evening. It marks the first nonconference road victory for the Miners (3-1) since a 77-69 triumph at New
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — Conference USA announced its Volleyball All-Conference Awards Thursday, highlighting standout performances ahead of the 2024 CUSA Volleyball Championships. UTEP’s Kaya Weaver headlined the honors, earning CUSA Defensive Player of the Year, while the Miners placed two players on the All-CUSA First Team, three on the Second Team, and two on the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NM State Women’s Basketball wrapped up its three-game homestand with a dominant win on Wednesday, cruising past Western New Mexico. The home team controlled the paint with 46 rebounds to the Mustangs’ 20, outsourcing the visitors 40-14 in the paint. Three Aggies logged double-digit point totals as the Aggies
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DAYTON, Ohio (KVIA) — After coming off a nail-biting win at home against Texas A&M Corpus Christi, the Aggies (3-1, 0-0) hit the road to take on an undefeated Dayton squad (5-0, 0-0), aiming to extend their winning streak. Despite a resilient push to trim the Flyers’ lead to just one point at halftime, NM
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA-TV)—The Greater El Paso Football Showcase All-Star Draft will occur Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 5:00 pm at the El Paso Community College Administrative Services Center Auditorium, Building A, 9050 Viscount, El Paso, TX 79925. The GEPFS will hold the Mentor Program on Saturday, December 7, 2024, from 8:00 am to noon
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (2-1) will play at undefeated UC Santa Barbara (4-0) at 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT Wednesday. The Miners have been idle since knocking off Division II foe UTPB, 78-58, on Nov. 12. The Gauchos preserved their perfect record to start the season with a 64-59 victory
Continue Reading CNN By Don Riddell and Jonny Velasquez, CNN (CNN) — To some, he’s the promoter behind the fight that “broke the internet” – the man responsible for bringing the controversial bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson to an audience of millions. But Nakisa Bidarian has referred to himself as “just an accountant” alongside his
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AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Things were literally falling from the sky even before the Dallas Cowboys lost yet another home game. The roof at AT&T Stadium can be fixed. As for the problems plaguing the Cowboys this season, especially in their home building, maybe not after a 34-10 loss to the Houston
Continue Reading By Don Riddell and Jonny Velasquez, CNN (CNN) — To some, he’s the promoter behind the fight that “broke the internet” – the man responsible for bringing the controversial bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson to an audience of millions. But Nakisa Bidarian has referred to himself as “just an accountant” alongside his business
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AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with the “Showtime” Lakers of the 1980s. Riley
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EL PASO, Texas – In the mid 1970s a group of young girls from Anthony High School made history after they won a state championship in volleyball. To this date no El Paso area team has won a UIL state title in volleyball. The Anthony Wildcats are the only local team to accomplish that feat. The Wildcats won not one, but two
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Bulldawgs topped La Cueva 3-0 to claim its second straight State Championship title in Rio Rancho on Saturday. The Bulldawgs finished its season with a perfect 27-0 record. According to the New Mexico Activities Association, the Las Cruces High School volleyball team now has seven state championship
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Athletics is thrilled to announce that tickets are available for the 2024 Conference USA Volleyball Tournament, hosted at Memorial Gym in El Paso, Texas, from November 22-24, 2024. This event will showcase the best teams in the conference as they compete for the championship title. TICKETSTickets can be purchased through the Eisenberg Family Ticket Office by
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso native and Americas’ two-sport athlete Lexee Salas flourished on the volleyball court and running course in her final year as a high school athlete and will now begin a new chapter as a UTEP Miner. Salas got involved in cross country her freshman year after her sister Jacquee
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COLLEGE STATTION, Texas (KVIA) — NM State (2-8, 1-5 CUSA) was outmatched on Saturday evening at Kyle Field as Texas A&M (8-2, 5-1 SEC) defeated the Aggies 31-0. In the game, Texas A&M managed scoring drives on each of its first four possessions to jump out to a 24-0 lead which would prove to be
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (KVIA) — The 2024 regular season came to a thrilling conclusion for NM State Volleyball on Saturday. The Aggies played their 30th match on the campaign in a road contest against Middle Tennessee as both sides jockeyed for positioning in next weekend’s Conference USA Championship. The match was an intense battle for nearly three
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Volleyball rallied from an early deficit to defeat Kennesaw State 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-10) on Saturday afternoon at Club Memorial, wrapping up the regular season on a high note. The Senior Day victory secured the Miners the #2 seed in the upcoming Conference USA Tournament. UTEP improves to 26-4
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP women’s basketball (2-1) dropped a nailbiter to UTSA (3-1) 78-73 Saturday in the Don Haskins Center. The Miners led by as many as 11 in the contest, but a strong second half from the visitors was the difference maker. UTEP shot 46.4 percent (26-56) from the field and
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The Salt Lake Tribune spotlights Jake Retzlaff, the only Jewish Brigham Young University quarterback in history.
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Volleyball’s Ema Uskokovic was selected to the 11-member 2024 Conference USA Volleyball All-Academic Team, the league announced Friday afternoon. Ema Uskokovic | 3.93 GPA, Kinesiology A key player for UTEP, Uskokovic started all 28 matches this year, competing in all 96 sets. She leads the team with 297 kills (3.09 per set) on
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (KVIA) — The final series of NM State Volleyball’s regular-season schedule got off to a rocky start on Friday. The Aggies visited Middle Tennessee for the opener of a two-match stint from Alumni Memorial Gymnasium in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Behind 17 kills and five digs from Adri Rhoda, the Blue Raiders took the match
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