EL PASO, Texas – Rodney Terry has the utmost trust in Jamal Bieniemy to run the UTEP Offense. It’s why he recruited the Oklahoma transfer this past offseason. “He’s made shots at Oklahoma. I think he had a game where he made four or five threes against West Virginia.” Terry says of Bienemy, who played
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HOUSTON, Texas – The UTEP women’s team will have less than 24 hours to try and rebound after suffering their first loss in conference play. Despite a late comeback attempt, the Miners lost to the Rice Owls, 74-68. The opening game of the weekend series was a competitive battle that featured nine lead changes and
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EL PASO, Texas – Allyson Little’s love for cross country came much later in her high school career. The Franklin senior played soccer for the Cougars, but this past season she decided to give cross country a try. Her hard work and accomplishments in the sport led to Little signing a scholarship with the University
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball program has reached a major milestone this season. Its 100th season of men’s basketball. As Conference USA play continues over the next two months, UTEP will celebrate all of the great players, coaches and moments of the storied program. The Miners won the historic 1966 national championship,
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Arkansas State (3-6, 0-2) vs. Texas State (7-4, 1-1) Strahan Coliseum, San Marcos, Texas; Friday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Texas State looks for its 10th straight win in the head-to-head series over Arkansas State. In its last nine wins against the Red Wolves, Texas State has won by an average of 8 points. Arkansas
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP women’s basketball team has started the season on the right foot. Two back-to-back victories against Southern Mississippi has the Miners at 2-0 in Conference USA play, 5-2 overall. But perhaps their toughest challenge of the season awaits them this weekend in Houston. UTEP will face the 6-1 Rice Owls
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A 12-year-old boy who designed what turned out to be lucky cleats for Green Bay Packers star running back and El Paso native Aaron Jones has died from a rare cancer, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports. Ethan Haley, who gave Jones the colorful, custom-made cleats in November, has now died just weeks
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NEW YORK (AP) —While Gonzaga and Baylor remain firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, Shaka Smart and the fourth-ranked Texas are making a push into the rankings’ top tier, too. The top-ranked Zags and second-ranked Bears remained 1-2 in Monday’s latest Top 25 as they have all season. But the Longhorns jumped four spots
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CHICAGO, Illinois — El Paso native and former UTEP standout Aaron Jones rushed for 85 yards and ran for a score in the closing minutes as the Green Bay Packers clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC by beating the playoff-bound Chicago Bears 35-16 on Sunday. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns, breaking
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — Dallas’ playoff hopes are over after losing to New York 23-19 Sunday. In what was in essence a playoff elimination game, the loser no longer had a shot at the postseason. Despite sub-.500 records, both Washington and Dallas had been tied for first place in the division headed into the
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MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher pulled a hamstring as he tried to avoid the players who wanted to give him a celebratory Gatorade bath. Luckily, Fisher didn’t have to run in the Orange Bowl. Devon Achane did more than enough of that for the Aggies. Achane had two touchdowns in the
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BOISE, Idaho – In what turned out to be good news for sports fans in El Paso and Las Cruces, Boise State hired Jeremiah Dickey as their next Athletic Director on Saturday. Dickey is an El Paso native, having graduated from Franklin High School, and goes to Boise State after serving as Baylor University’s Associate
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas fired Tom Herman because it was tired of waiting for him to deliver a Big 12 title and turn the Longhorns back into national championship contenders. Next up: Steve Sarkisian, the architect of the Alabama Crimson Tide’s offense and its tsunami of points this season. Texas fired Herman on Saturday after
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will ring in the new year by opening up Conference USA play at Southern Miss. The Miners (4-2, 0-0 C-USA) and Golden Eagles (4-3, 0-0 C-USA) will tipoff at 6 p.m. MT in Reed Green Coliseum. Game two of the series will tipoff at 3 p.m. on Saturday as
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team is ready to turn the page to conference play this season. UTEP will begin C-USA play when they host Southern Miss Friday and then again on Saturday. The Miners are 3-2 this season with wins against NMSU and Incarnate Word. The two losses this season came
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Former UTEP standout and El Paso native Aaron Jones surpassed 1,000 rushing yards for the second-straight season as the Green Bay Packers trounced the Tennessee Titans 40-14 for their fifth consecutive victory on a snowy Sunday evening. Davante Adams caught three of Aaron Rodgers’ four touchdown passes for the Packers (12-3),
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ARLINGTON, Texas — From the gruesome ankle injury that ended their star quarterback’s season to the sudden death of their conditioning coach, the Dallas Cowboys faced difficulties few NFL teams could match in this pandemic-altered year. They still have a chance going into Week 17. Andy Dalton threw for 377 yards and three touchdowns, two
Continue Reading University of Utah star freshman running back Ty Jordan has died at the age of 19, the school announced on Saturday. Jordan was named the Pac-12 Conference Offensive Freshman Player of the Year last week. The native of Mesquite, Texas, rushed for 597 yards and scored six rushing touchdowns in a shortened, five-game season for
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – After a short winter break the UTEP Miners will return to the court Monday at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP will host Our Lady of the Lake at 7 p.m. While the Miners will be the ones returning to the hardwood, fans will still not be allowed at home games. UTEP
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — On the second day of the new NBA season, a game has been postponed due to Covid-19 — and a league star got hit with a fine for violating protocol. The NBA announced Wednesday that the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center in Houston
Continue Reading On the second day of the new NBA season, a game has been postponed due to Covid-19 — and a league star has violated protocol. The NBA announced Wednesday that the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center in Houston has been postponed in accordance with the league’s
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EL PASO, Texas – Bill Macatee has painted the scene of sport for over four decades from behind the microphone as a sportscaster. You may know Macatee from golf’s biggest stage where last month he said farewell to the Masters at Augusta National, capping one of the most successful runs by any broadcaster in sports
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The Green Bay Packers are among four NFL teams that each have seven players selected to the Pro Bowl. Among those Packers making the roster is their star running back Aaron Jones, an El Paso native and former UTEP standout. It’s his first time being named to the Pro Bowl roster.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gonzaga has strengthened its hold on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll after beating Iowa. The Zags received 61 of 64 first-place votes from a media panel and No. 2 Baylor got the remaining three. No. 3 Kansas moved up 2 spots this week, with
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LANDOVER, Maryland — The Washington football team promoted and activated two practice squad quarterbacks in light of injured starter Alex Smith’s absence, but neither El Paso native Steven Montez nor Taylor Heinicke got an opportunity to play Sunday. Instead, Dwayne Haskins started at quarterback and struggled for much of the game. Haskins threw two interceptions,
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Pollard ran for two touchdowns with Ezekiel Elliott sidelined by an injury for the first time in the two-time rushing champion’s career, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the San Francisco 49ers 41-33 on Sunday. Four of the seven Dallas scores were set up by turnovers from the 49ers (5-9), who guaranteed
Continue Reading GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Notre Dame was picked Sunday over Texas A&M for the final College Football Playoff spot and will face No. 1 Alabama in the semifinals while Clemson and Ohio State were paired in the CFP for the third time. The Fighting Irish and Crimson Tide will meet Jan. 1 at AT&T Stadium
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The Rose Bowl will no longer host of one of this season’s College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Day due to Covid-19 restrictions in Southern California, the College Football Playoff and the Tournament of Roses announced Saturday. The game will be relocated to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, because families of the football teams
Continue Reading After a regular season replete with stops, starts and multiple schedule changes, the College Football Playoff picture is coming into focus. Saturday concluded the conference championship schedule — in addition to other regular-season games. Entering the day, Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State held the top four spots — in that order — in
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A fast start helped the Green Bay Packers overcome a shaky second-half performance and remain on pace to earn the top seed in the NFC playoffs. Former UTEP standout Aaron Jones rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown as the Green Bay Packers reached the end zone on their first three
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