EL PASO, Texas – It is Major League Baseball All-Star week, and on Tuesday MLB stars will take the field for the All-Star Game. Keep in eye out for some former El Paso Chihuahuas. Three former Chihuahuas will play in the All-Star Game in Atlanta, but all of them are no longer with the San Diego Padres
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025-26 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP women’s basketball team was announced by head coach Keitha Adams on Friday. The Miners will have 18 league contests on the docket, challenging seven teams twice while locking up once with FIU, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State and WKU. Delaware and Missouri State became members of CUSA for
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025-26 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP men’s basketball team was revealed by head coach Joe Golding on Friday. The Miners will play a school-record tying 20 league contests (also happened 2022-23), facing nine teams twice and Kennesaw State and Sam Houston once. Delaware and Missouri State joined the conference for the ’25-26 season.
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EL PASO, Texas – Another member of the 1966 Texas Western national championship team has died. Dick Myers, 80, played in 14 games during the 1966 championship season. After graduating from UTEP in 1967, Myers spent 20 years in El Paso working for Farah Manufacturing. He retired in 2007 as the Vice President/Planning and Logistics
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP offensive lineman Tyrone McDuffie has always been a fan of the Miners. It all started at an early age when he and his family would attend UTEP football games. The Parkland grad was one of the best high school players from El Paso in the class of 2023. McDuffie signed with Colorado
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EL PASO, Texas – When UTEP men’s basketball coach Joe Golding begins his 5th season with the Miners, he’ll do so under a new contract. In June, UTEP announced Golding would receive a contract extension, but they didn’t release the details of that contract such as Golding’s salary. Through an open records request, ABC-7 was
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EL PASO, Texas – In the highest attended home match in club history, El Paso Locomotive FC lost a heartbreaker in 2-1 fashion against San Antonio FC on Friday night at Southwest University Park. Gabi Torres set up Wahab Ackwei on an early cross for his second goal of the season before Andy Cabrera turned
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EL PASO, Texas – An update to a story the ABC-7 sports department has been following. Last month, ABC-7 brought you the story of the El Paso Surf. A girls soccer team compromised of high school players from around the Borderland. They recently competed at a national tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and happy to report
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC prepare for some on-field fireworks as they take on San Antonio FC on Friday, July 4 in a Copa Tejas clash at Southwest University Park at 7 p.m. MT. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ along with KVIA.com and the KVIA News App. HOW TO WATCH EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC
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EL PASO, Texas – Miner fans can now purchase single-game tickets for UTEP football, soccer and volleyball. “El Paso’s Teams” will commence the 2025-26 athletic season on Aug. 14 with UTEP soccer hosting Abilene Christian. The UTEP football team will have its home opener on Sept. 6 against UT Martin, and UTEP volleyball will leap into action in the 915 on Sept. 11 against
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson was named the 2025 Conference USA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year as announced by league officials on Friday. The league’s head coaches vote on the awards and consider the student-athletes’ performances from both the 2025 indoor and outdoor seasons. It’s Simpson’s second CUSA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso’s Aaron Jones is back home in the Sun City doing what he loves, giving back to the El Paso community. He and his brother Alvin will host a series of free sports camps this weekend. This year the Minnesota Vikings running back is teaming up with one of his former
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Track and Field Head Coach Mika Laaksonen, who has led the program for 15 years, announced his retirement on Thursday. Laaksonen has been a member of the Miner staff for 28 years, serving as an assistant coach from 1997-2011 prior to taking over the reins of the team. Laaksonen was
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EL PASO, Texas – One of the best college softball players in the country has found a new home. Hanks graduate Desirae Spearman announced via X Wednesday that she’s transferring to Texas Tech. Spearman spent her first two seasons at New Mexico State. She was the Conference USA Player of the Year following her freshman
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony is June 24th. A member of the Class of 2025 is hockey player and head coach, Cory Herman. Herman will make history as he’ll be the first hockey player to ever be inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame. Herman
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EL PASO, Texas – One of El Paso’s best high school football players in the class of 2026 has made a decision on where he plans to suit up at the collegiate level. El Dorado running back Ryan Estrada announced via X Tuesday that he’s committing to the Minnesota Gophers out of the Big Ten
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso boxer Stephanie Han is taking her talents to the next level. Monday, it was announced Han had signed with Most Valuable Promotions (MVP). MVP is an organization founded by professional boxer, influencer and actor, Jake Paul. The company has signed talent from both men’s and women’s boxing. Some of
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC look to extend both their home and league unbeaten streaks as they face off against Orange County SC in a USL Championship clash on June 14 at Southwest University Park at 7 p.m. MT. HOW TO WATCH EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC VS ORANGE COUNTY SC – SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2025 @ 7:00 P.M.
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso soccer club is headed to a national tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota. El Paso Surf is a team comprised of soccer players from various high schools across the Borderland. Players for the El Paso Surf Soccer Club are from Parkland, Eastlake, Montwood, El Dorado, Del Valle, Riverside, Franklin, Canutillo,
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EUGENE, Oregon – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson (100H) and Loubna Benhadja (400H) came up short in the semifinals at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in historic Hayward Field on Thursday evening. Simpson finished a spot short of advancing to Saturday’s 100-meter hurdles final. The senior placed 10th with a time of
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson (100H) and Loubna Benhadja (400H) will compete in the semifinals at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in historic Hayward Field on Thursday evening. Simpson is scheduled to compete in the women’s 100-meter hurdles semifinal at 5:08 p.m. PT/6:08 MT, and Benhadja will run the 400-meter hurdles
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame announced its next inductees for the Class of 2025. Eight new members will be inducted during an induction ceremony Tuesday, June 24. ABC-7 will be livestreaming the ceremony at kvia.com. One of the inductees will be longtime sportswriter, Joe Muench. A 40-year career of
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EL PASO, Texas – UPDATE: Ja’Net Esparza has been located. Shortly after this story was posted on social media, friends and relatives reached out to Esparza. UTEP then informed ABC-7 they finally got ahold of Esparza to let her know about her upcoming induction into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. (Thursday 06/05/25) The UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC head west to square off against Oakland Roots SC in a USL Championship clash on June 7 at Oakland Coliseum at 8 p.m. MT. The match will be streamed on ESPN+. KEY STORYLINES El Paso Locomotive FC suffered their first home defeat in 2025 in a 1-0
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Softball Head Coach T.J. Hubbard announced the addition of a highly decorated and versatile athlete to the Miners’ 2025 recruiting class: Tatyana Vega, a standout from Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Arizona. Vega arrives in El Paso as one of Arizona’s most well-rounded and competitive prep athletes, bringing with her a
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas left the tying run at second base in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night in their 3-2 loss to the Albuquerque Isotopes. It was the opening game of the Chihuahuas’ six-game homestand. First baseman Trenton Brooks hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the
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EL PASO, Texas – It was another solid pickup for UTEP head football coach Scotty Walden and the Miners. The team landed a highly sought after wide receiver from the division 2 ranks. Tuesday, Clarion University wide receiver Trevon Tate announced via X that he has committed to the Miners. Clarion University is a division 2 program
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Athletics, in collaboration with Athletics Admin and Uni Watch, proudly announces the UTEP Miners Fan Edition Uniform Design Contest – a groundbreaking opportunity for fans to create the first-ever fan-designed jersey for men’s basketball in the NCAA. Fans can submit jersey designs for both the UTEP men’s and women’s basketball teams.
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EL PASO, Texas – Not one, but two runners from Burges high school will be joining UTEP’s cross county and track teams. Friday afternoon, seniors Malin Arnoldussen and Jacob Yeager put pen to paper during a signing ceremony. Arnoldussen was a state qualifier this past season, while Yeager won a medal at the regional track
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EL PASO, Texas – Students at Lamar Elementary School were surprised with a ball giveaway Thursday morning. It was made possible by a fellow EPISD student, Lane Frank. Frank is a student at Coronado High School and is the host of the podcast, “Schoolyard Sports.” It’s a podcast Frank started when he was just 12-years-old. He’s also
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