EL PASO, Texas – On June 26, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame will induct 8 new members. One of them will be Bobby Stives. A professional bowler, Stives has competed in several tournaments winning city, state and national championships. The most prestigious trophy in Stives’ collection is the USCB Eagle trophy. He won
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Originally Published: 18 JUN 24 21:15 ET Updated: 18 JUN 24 21:23 ET By Kevin Dotson and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Willie Mays, the dynamic baseball Hall of Famer who shined in all facets of the game and made a dramatic catch in the 1954 World Series, has passed away at the age of
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP took three of the six 2024 Conference USA Track & Field Superlative awards. Jakub Belik (Men’s Field Athlete of the Year), Niesha Burgher (Women’s Track Athlete of the Year) and Jordani Woodley (Male Track Athlete of the Year) earned those honors as announced by league officials on Tuesday. Belik
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ATS.io compiled a ranking of the five most surprising Wimbledon champions of the last 50 years using data from SportsOddsHistory.com.
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ATS.io compiled a list of five of the biggest upsets in Summer Olympics history using research from the IOC, Olympedia, NBC, and other news sources.
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EL PASO, Texas – On June 26, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame will induct 8 new members. One of them will be Kimberly Phillips-Gomez. The longtime track and field coach at Hanks High School has led the Knights to several districts championships in both track & field and also cross country. Phillips-Gomez is
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Albuquerque Isotopes scored in each of their first three innings Sunday night and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 9-3 at Rio Grande Credit Union Field. The Isotopes won four of the six games to claim their first series win of the season. The Chihuahuas’ three runs came on a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Eastlake Falcon, Sarah Dovenbarger, will stay in the Sun City to continue her track and field career at UTEP. The 18-year-old started pole vaulting when she was a sophomore in high school. Dovenbarger translated her extensive experience in gymnastics to pole vaulting. Eastwood didn’t own a pole vaulting mat
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC played out to a 1-1 draw against Phoenix Rising FC Saturday night at Southwest University Park, ending a five-match losing streak at home. POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE, Wilmer Cabrera (EN/SP) and Eric Calvillo (EN): https://www.youtube.com/live/8JBdsoum9yw?si=adRTJCVtUd7bJg7W The Locos would open the scoring in the 13′, with Eric Calvillo running
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Albuquerque Isotopes batted around in two different innings Saturday night and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 13-3 at Rio Grande Credit Union Field. The Isotopes have won three of the first five games of the series. Albuquerque’s Coco Montes and Julio Carreras had four hits each. The Isotopes had
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –The El Paso Chihuahuas are inviting children in the Borderland to take part in their Play Ball Weekend event. This event seeks to encourage children in the community to stay active, make friends, and have fun through baseball. Play Ball Weekend will happen Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 11
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Riverside High School announced Daniel Chavez as the new Athletic Coordinator and Head Football Coach for the Rangers Friday afternoon at Riverside High School main gym. The 39-year old is currently a teacher and offensive coordinator for the Rangers. His teaching career started in 2009 as an alternative education teacher
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Mike Roberts has been named as an assistant coach for the UTEP men’s basketball team, head coach Joe Golding announced Friday. Roberts has ample experience across the board and a proven track record of winning. He most recently coached at Cincinnati from 2021-23. He also previously held full-time coaching positions at his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –Basketball in the Barrio returns to the Borderland for it’s 32nd year. The camp which will be held at the Armijo Center located at 700 East Seventh Avenue. It will take place on June 14-16, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The camp hosts 6-10 year-old girls and boys who live
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP Football Women’s Clinic took place at the Sun Bowl on Thursday, June 13th! Attendees enjoyed an evening of dinner, drinks and fun while learning the ins and outs of the game from the Miner coaching staff. The clinic began at 6 pm. This was UTEP’s first football women’s clinic
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EL PASO, Texas – On June 26, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome the class of 2024. ABC-7 will be getting to learn more about this year’s inductees. Rita Benavides Delnoye was a runner at UTEP from 1987 to 1991. She came to the United States from Holland and had a stellar career
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Students part of UTEP’s Sun City Rocket Team will be preparing for liftoff to this year’s Spaceport America Cup. This year marks the third year the group will attend the competition next week. The team is accelerating from the 10k feet category to the 30k feet category — the first
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Sqore compiled a ranking of the five biggest draft busts in NBA history using Basketball Reference data, including win shares and VORP.
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The preseason all-conference teams have begun to be recognized as twelve UTEP Miners were named to Phil Steele’s 2024 Preseason CUSA Team as announced by the publication on Tuesday. Heading the list for the new UTEP Head Coach Scotty Walden is first team honoree Bandit Maurice Westmoreland. Westmoreland led the Miners with
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Originally Published: 12 JUN 24 09:58 ET By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Jerry West, legendary NBA player and executive, has died, according to the Los Angeles Clippers. He was 86. The Clippers said West died Wednesday morning with his wife Karen by his side. This is a developing story and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™
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AUSTIN, Texas – The playoffs could look a lot different for many high school sports in Texas next season. Tuesday, the University Interscholastic League (UIL) passed an amendment that will split divisions in the postseason for basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and soccer. The change creates two state championship brackets, a division one and a division two bracket.
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Monday evening, Carl Cherenfant made it official that he will be in Crimson and White this fall for the Aggies. Cherenfant spent his freshman season at Memphis before transferring to New Mexico State. Carl Cherenfant | So. | G | 6-5 | Pompano Beach, Fla. |
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SD Bullion used Olympedia data to examine medal designs for the Summer Olympics since 1976 and which countries won the most in each year.
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Way.com reports on what there is to see and where you can stay in Paris for the upcoming Summer Olympics.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After being hired in 2018, Chapin High School boys head basketball coach Rodney Lewis steps down. The 53-year old established himself as one of the greatest high school coaches in El Paso. Lewis led the Huskies to many accomplishments since his tenure as head coach including two back-to-back Final Four
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas beat the Las Vegas Aviators 7-4 Sunday night at Southwest University Park. It finalized a six-game series, with Las Vegas winning the first three games and the Chihuahuas winning the last three. El Paso starter Gabe Mosser pitched six innings and allowed only two earned runs.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas achieved their largest comeback in team history, defeating the Las Vegas Aviators 17-16 after rallying from a 15-1 deficit in the fourth inning by scoring 16 unanswered runs. The Aviators had a remarkable fourth inning, scoring 10 runs, the most given up in an inning by
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EUGENE, Oregon – The UTEP track and field women’s squad wrapped up a memorable 2024 season at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field on Thursday. Niesha Burgher finished in 10th overall in the 200-meter dash, two-tenths of a second short of advancing to Saturday’s final. She clocked
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(Courtesy: Sun Bowl Association) EL PASO, Texas – The Sun Bowl Association, Kellogg’s and CBS announced on Thursday, June 6, 2024 that the 91st Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Game is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. The game will kick-off at Noon (MT)
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) SAN ANTONIO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC picked up a massive result on the road Wednesday night, beating in-state rivals San Antonio FC 1-0 to register its third win of the season. After a scoreless first half, Locomotive would break the deadlock in the 65′. Defender Brandan Craig would
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