EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Parks and Recreation have officially announced registration for the spring season of youth sports will take place later this month. All independent, outdoor youth sports and activities at all county parks will be allowed to resume. To combat the spread of Covid-19, players will only be allowed one parent/guardian to be present
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EL PASO, Texas — Baseball’s minor league teams, including the El Paso Chihuahuas, will shift to regionalized six-game series with a common off day in an effort that cuts scheduled travel mileage by 28-56% and reduces expenses as Major League Baseball takes over running the minors. It was announced Thursday that Triple-A teams are scheduled
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are hoping to end the regular season on a high note. With four games left to play this season, the Miners are preparing for their final two road games of the season against Florida Atlantic University (FAU). UTEP is still currently second to last place in the west
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EL PASO, Texas – Senior outside hitter Cheyenne Jones was named Conference USA’s Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday afternoon. Jones put together a 16-kill performance in five sets on Feb. 14 and another 10 kills the next day in the Miners’ straight-set victory. This is the first Offensive Player of the Week award
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El PASO, Texas – UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel announced the addition of Theron Aych to the staff as the new inside wide receivers coach for the Miners on Monday afternoon. Aych returns to El Paso for a second stint after serving as the wide receivers coach at UTEP during the 2016 season. The 20-year coaching
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El Paso, Texas — “It’s back to the starting line!” A phrase that El Paso runners were eager and excited to hear this past weekend despite challenges posed by mother nature and the coronavirus outbreak. Runners lined up at Ascarate Park to compete in the El Paso Marathon and Half-Marathon, but things looked a lot
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gonzaga and Baylor lead an unchanged quartet atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while Kansas has returned to the rankings at No. 23. Coach Mark Few’s Bulldogs received 59 of 64 first-place votes in the latest Top 25. Scott Drew’s Bears claimed the other five. Those two teams have
Continue Reading J.J. Watt, the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is leaving the Houston Texans after 10 seasons. In a video shared on social media Friday, Watt shared the news that he’d asked for and received a release from the Texans, who drafted him out of Wisconsin with the eleventh pick of the first round
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EL PASO, Texas — Major League Baseball has reorganized its minor leagues in a 120-team regional alignment that impacts the El Paso Chihuahuas. MLB released a plan Friday for two Triple-A divisions, and three divisions each for Double-A, High-A and Low-A. Forty affiliates were dropped from 2019, the last season under the old minor league
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HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Texans have parted ways with three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt. ESPN reported that Watt had asked to be released. He had one year remaining on a 6-year, $100 million contract. The star defensive end was drafted with the 11th overall pick by the Texans in 2011
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans split Friday, ending the tenure of the face of the franchise and adding further turmoil to an off-season of upheaval. “I have sat down with the McNair family and I have asked them for my release and we have mutually agreed to part ways at this
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Marathon is back this weekend with events spanning three days. The 5K Walk/Run will take place Friday. The half marathon will take place Saturday and the full marathon will be held on Sunday. While the pandemic has forever altered our lives, one El Pasoan has used the
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Class 6A: Midland Lee vs. Franklin Postponed Class 5A: Burges 65 Canutillo 66 Final/OT Del Valle 37 Andress 58 Final El Paso 41 Hanks 60 Final Class 4A: San Elizario 43 Andrews 33 Final Greenwood 67 Riverside 45 Final Clint 56 Seminole 100 Final Monahans 28 Mountain View 52 Final Class 3A: Tornillo 48 Muleshoe
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EL PASO, Texas – The partnership between the San Diego Padres and the El Paso Chihuahuas will continue for many more years to come. Thursday, the El Paso Chihuahuas accepted the San Diego Padres’ invitation to continue as their Triple-A affiliate after signing the Major League Baseball Professional Development License. The agreement will extend the
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Click here for updates on this story Dallas (KTVT) — An instrumental version of the Star-Spangled Banner echoed through the American Airlines Center Wednesday night, Feb. 10. It was the first time all season the Dallas Mavericks played the national anthem before a home game. That fact came to light after the first home game
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Locomotive FC announced Wednesday that the team has re-signed defender Andrew Fox. Fox will return to the Locomotive FC for his third season with the club. It’s a two year deal that is still pending league and federation approval. Fox is the 12th Locomotive player returning from the
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Mavericks will resume playing the National Anthem prior to home games having previously not played it in 11 regular season games at American Airlines Center. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban directed the team to stop playing the anthem before the season, according to multiple reports, and a team spokesperson on Wednesday
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball announced the addition of the 2021 Miner Invitational to its schedule this week, Feb. 11 and 12, at Helen of Troy Field which will play host to No. 4 Oklahoma and Abilene Christian. The Miners open its season Thursday at 10 a.m. MT versus the Sooners who finished 2020 with a
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LAWRENCE, Kansas — Kansas dropped out of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 12 years on Monday, ending the Jayhawks’ record streak of 231 consecutive weeks ranked in the Top 25. Gonzaga and Baylor held down the top two spots, just as they have all season, with the Bulldogs getting
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EL PASO, Texas – After an unruly start to their 2020-21 season, it felt like the New Mexico State Aggies just needed a taste of victory to resort back to their standard winning ways. The Aggies got a whole sample of it Saturday night in El Paso. Five different Aggies scored in double figures as
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – UTEP’s struggles on the hardwood continued Friday night in Birmingham Alabama. The Miners lost game one against the UAB Blazers by a final score of 63-51. UTEP was able to keep pace with the Blazers in the first half, going into halftime down four, 32-28. But UAB would break away in the
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EL PASO, Texas — Jerry Armstrong, a key member of Texas Western’s famed 1966 men’s basketball national championship team, passed away Thursday morning. He was 76 years old. Armstrong saw action in 24 games as a senior during the 1965-66 championship season. He scored 45 points and grabbed 33 rebounds. Armstrong led the Miners at the free
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP soccer will kick off its 25th season at Pac-12 opponent Arizona State on Thursday, Feb. 4 in Tempe. The Miners and Sun Devils are set to commence the 2021 Spring campaign at 7 p.m. MT in Sun Devil Stadium. The match will also be streamed on the Pac-12 Network. UTEP Head Coach Kathryn Balogun made an
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s been a rollercoaster of a season for the UTEP Miners, but perhaps their toughest conference opponent awaits them this weekend. UTEP will hit the road to Birmingham, Alabama to take on the first place UAB Blazers. UAB is currently on top of the western division in Conference USA with a
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EL PASO, TEXAS – Ascarate Golf Course will be reopening to the public on Friday after being shut down for months because of the Covid-19 pandemic. El Paso County Commissioner’s Court agreed Monday to open back up the course at Ascarate Park after hearing reports of declining hospitalization rates. The course will reopen at 6
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NEW YORK (AP) — Baylor has overshadowed nearly everything in the Big 12 this season as it tries to complete an undefeated season. Oklahoma has been making a statement of its own. With a win over then-No. 9 Alabama on Saturday, the Sooners became just the second team in 25 years to beat three straight
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans are again trying to limit the ways transgender youth can participate in athletics. Lawmakers have filed legislation that would ban transgender girls and women who attend public K-12 schools, colleges and universities from playing on single-sex sports teams designated for girls and women. One bill filed by Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, is
Continue Reading WACO, Texas — It was just another Saturday for the streaking Baylor Bears basketball team. Second-ranked Baylor is 16-0 after Davion Mitchell had 13 points and seven assists against his former team in an 84-72 victory against Auburn. Adam Flagler led the Bears with a season-high 19 points, while Jared Butler had 16. Matthew Mayer
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s a been a long wait for the UTEP volleyball team, but finally the season is just around the corner. Friday, the UTEP Athletics Department announced UTEP volleyball will be hosting fans in a limited capacity at Memorial Gym for the 2021 Spring season. Season and single-game tickets are available now
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LEXINGTON, Kentucky — Kentucky says its men’s basketball game against No. 5 Texas has been canceled and all team activities have been paused for 48 hours. The school said Friday it took those steps because of a combination of positive Covid-19 tests, contact tracing and quarantining. The decision is consistent with Southeastern Conference Covid-19 requirements.
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