By Ben Morse, CNN When the Washington Football Team (WFT) started their season 2-6 and the Dallas Cowboys began 6-1, the race for the NFC East division title looked like a done deal. But, as has been the case in the 2021 NFL season, nothing is for certain. Since Week 8, Dallas has split its
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EL PASO, Texas – Serena Patterson hammered home a match-high 18 kills while Paulina Perez Rosas joined her in double figures with 11 kills, but UNLV snuck past UTEP, 3-1, (25-15, 21-25, 18-25, 17-25) in the NIVC Semifinals in front of 2,032 rowdy fans at historic Memorial Gym Thursday. The Miners won the first set convincingly
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is declaring his team will beat Washington as he returns from a 10-day absence because of a positive COVID-19 test. McCarthy’s confidence about winning Sunday comes after a long answer about the team’s offense. Washington is responding as expected.
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DALLAS, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott joins Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones, an El Paso native, among the 32 men chosen as finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. Each of the teams nominates one player for the prestigious honor named for the late Payton, a Hall
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team continues their winning ways in the month of December. Tuesday at UTEP’s Memorial Gym, the Miners defeated the Weber State Wildcats in the third round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. UTEP now advances to the semi-finals of the tournament where they’ll face UNLV. The UNLV Rebels defeated the
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Souley Boum (18 points) and Keonte Kennedy (11 points) both hit double figures in scoring and UTEP (4-4) held No. 8/7 Kansas (7-1) to seven points below its scoring average in a 78-52 setback inside T-Mobile Center Tuesday evening. The Miners played the majority of the game without starting PG Jamal Bieniemy, who
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The Green Bay Packers have nominated running back Aaron Jones for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, ABC affiliate WAOW reported Tuesday. The award recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field, as well as on-field excellence. The El Paso native established the A&A All
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EL PASO, Texas — The Sun Bowl Association just announced that the Miami Hurricanes and Washington State Cougars will play in the 88th Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 with kickoff at 10 a.m. The game is a rematch of the 2015 Sun Bowl — nicknamed the Snow Bowl after a rare
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The UTEP Miners are bowl-bound for the first time since 2014 and they will face Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque on Sat., Dec. 18 with kickoff set for 12:15 p.m. “We are proud to accept the invitation to participate in this year’s New Mexico Bowl,” UTEP head football
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dezmon Jackson came up inches short on a desperate, fourth-down dive with 24 seconds remaining and fifth-ranked Oklahoma State fell to ninth-ranked Baylor 21-16 in the Big 12 championship game. That knocked the Cowboys and the Big 12 out of contention for a playoff spot.
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By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sincere McCormick rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and the UTSA Roadrunners escaped another prolific outing by Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe to beat the Hilltoppers 49-41 and claim their first Conference USA championship at the Alamodome. Zappe completed 36 of 59 passes for 577
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners came close, but it still wasn’t enough to take down the New Mexico State Aggies. NMSU defeated UTEP Friday night at the Don Haskins Center by a final score of 72-69. The win for the Aggies completed the 2 game sweep against UTEP this season after NMSU defeated
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NEW ORLEANS — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy was some 530 miles away from the Caesars Superdome in Frisco, Texas, watching from a hotel because he is in Covid-19 protocols. Five other coaches and two players were not in New Orleans either because of the virus. The Cowboys met virtually before and after practices leading into Thursday
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CALI, Colombia – An El Paso boxer continues to add to her list of accolades in just her short boxing career. Kayla Gomez, 17, won the Gold medal Wednesday at the Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia. Representing Team USA, Gomez defeated a boxer from Mexico in the Gold medal fight in the 112
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Two of the best teams in the Borderland met on the hardwood Tuesday night in Las Cruces. One from Texas, the other from New Mexico. The Chapin Huskies paid a visit to Las Cruces to take on the Las Cruces Bulldawgs in a matchup that certainly lived up to the
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Dianna Russini reported Monday morning that Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, McCarthy will have to miss Thursday night’s game against the New Orleans Saints. Schefter tweeted that a source told him there could be up to eight more positive
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By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Breece Hall rushed for 242 yards and scored four touchdowns in Iowa State’s win over Texas Christian and set an FBS record for consecutive games with a rushing touchdown. Hall ran 39 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, giving him 24 consecutive games with
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The UTEP Miners wrapped up the regular season Friday in Birmingham, Alabama as they took on Conference USA rival, University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB). The Miners were looking for their 8th win of the season in what could have been their first 8 win season since 2005. However the Blazers had other plans
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas — If you watched the whole game, you’ve probably done enough yelling and throwing your arms up that you have room for more dessert. On Thanksgiving Day, the Dallas Cowboys dropped their second-straight game against the Las Vegas Raiders in a matchup filled with penalties and struggles for the offense and defense. Daniel
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team scored the first 11 points on the way to a wire-to-wire 67-53 win against FAMU in front of 4,000-plus fans on Thanksgiving Eve at the Don Haskins Center Wednesday night. Jamal Bieniemy (21 points, five assists, five rebounds), Jorell Saterfield (career-high 14 points, career-best five rebounds), Keonte Kennedy
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By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have fired offensive coordinator Jason Garrett after a dreadful performance in a nationally televised game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Giants tweeted the decision Tuesday afternoon, saying the former Dallas Cowboys head coach had been relieved of his duties.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Missouri — For the Dallas Cowboys offense on Sunday, things went from bad to worse really quick, reports ABC affiliate WFAA. Dak Prescott and the offense just couldn’t get any points on the scoreboard in a 19-9 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. And to pour salt on the wound, Dallas also lost
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor ran for two touchdowns and threw for 107 yards and the Houston Texans snapped the NFL’s longest active skid by beating the Tennessee Titans 22-13 on a wet and rainy Sunday. The Texans came in having lost eight straight since winning
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EL PASO, Texas – Gavin Hardison threw for a career-high 366 yards and Ron Awatt ran for 119 yards as UTEP defeated Rice 38-28 on Saturday and snapped a three-game losing streak. Hardison completed 23 of 35 passes and threw for two touchdowns. Jacob Cowling caught a career-high 11 passes for 170 yards. After trailing
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UPDATE: The Associated Press quoted the Texas Dept. of Public Safety as saying a third victim died Friday night as a result of a wrong-way pickup truck that slammed into a bus carrying members of a high school band on a west Texas highway. DPS Sgt. Justin Baker said those killed included two adults from
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Mikal Bridges and Devin Booker each scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 18 points and 14 assists and the Phoenix Suns ran their winning streak to 11, rallying to beat the Dallas Mavericks 112-104 on Friday night. The winning streak is the Suns’ longest since the
Continue Reading By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — UTSA hosts defending Conference-USA champion UAB on Saturday at the Alamodome. The Roadrunners’ dream season and the league’s West division title are on the line. No. 15 UTSA (10-0, 6-0) are seeking their first C-USA title but have lost four straight to the Blazers (7-3, 5-1).
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UPDATE: Mark Lowry’s resignation as head coach of the El Paso Locomotive FC comes as he is reported by The Athletic to have accepted the same position with the Indy Eleven in the USL Championship soccer league. The Indianapolis club also has plans for a new stadium in that city’s downtown district. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL
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DALLAS — If the Dallas Cowboys mission on this Sunday afternoon was to show the rest of the NFL that last week’s ugly loss to the Broncos was a fluke, they succeeded – Times 1,000, reports ABC affiliate WFAA. Dak Prescott completed 24-of-31 passes for 296 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for a third
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Gerry Bohanon threw a touchdown and ran for two more scores as 18th-ranked Baylor won 27-14 to end fourth-ranked Oklahoma’s FBS-best 17-game winning streak. Bears fans swarmed the field twice. They had gone on the field when they thought the game was over. But there
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