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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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Dallas Cowboys long snapper L.P. Ladouceur ahead of his 251st NFL game, which will set a record for a Canadian-born player. When Ladouceur takes to the field against the San Francisco 49ers at Arlington Sunday, he will surpass the 250 games of Canadian-born former kicker Eddie Murray, who
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BIG SPRING, Texas — Only three teams from El Paso remained in the high school football state playoffs. By the end of Friday night, there would be zero El Paso teams left in the hunt for a state championship. All three teams from the Borderland were eliminated in the area round of the state playoffs.
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ODESSA, Texas – The area round of the high school football playoffs was anything but kind to teams from El Paso. Thursday, two Borderland teams took the field hoping to punch their ticket to the regional round of the 5A Division 2 state playoffs. The Parkland Matadors showed the heart and determination to get through
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FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – UTEP women’s basketball (3-2, 0-0 C-USA) dropped its final game of 2020 and non-conference play to Northern Arizona (3-2, 2-0 Big Sky) in the Lumberjacks’ home-opener at the Rolle Activity Center in Flagstaff, Ariz., Thursday evening. The all-time series now rests in the NAU’s favor, 14-9. Senior forward DejaNae Roebuck scored four consecutive points
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EL PASO, Texas – As soon as the ball bounces off the rim, the Chapin Huskies are out and running. The 16th-ranked Huskies started on an 18-2 run to bury El Paso High in an EPISD clash at Chapin. KJ Lewis led Chapin with 22 points, and Antwonne Holmes and Many Flores chipped in 16
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EDINBURG, Texas — A Texas high school football player who ran onto the field and blindsided a referee who had ejected him from a game has now learned that the attack will cost him the rest of his high school athletic career. Senior defensive lineman Emmanuel Duron of Edinburg High School, who faces assault charges
Continue Reading Football fans, get ready to win a dream job like no other. Pickwise, a sports betting site, is offering three fans a chance to become the company’s NFL Game Day Guru. The lucky winners will get $500 in cash, get $100 worth of food delivery vouchers and a chance to pick a chair of their
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DETROIT, Michigan — Aaron Rodgers ran for a tie-breaking score in the third quarter and threw three touchdown passes and the Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions 31-24 Sunday and clinched the NFC North title. Former UTEP standout and El Paso native Aaron Jones carried the ball 15 times, rushing for a total of
Continue Reading CINCINNATI, Ohio — Andy Dalton was good enough in his return to Cincinnati, tossing two touchdown passes and helping lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 30-7 win over the Bengals on Sunday. Cincinnati greatly contributed to the cause of its longtime quarterback, who was playing in Paul Brown Stadium for the first time since he
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FORT STOCKTON, Texas — Eastwood simply ran out of time. A furious comeback from the Troopers in the 4th quarter fell 60 yards short as Eastwood’s season came to an end in a 42-35 loss to Abilene High in the 6A Division II Bi-District playoffs in Fort Stockton. Eastwood trailed 42-14 entering the 4th quarter,
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DENTON, Texas – Playing with their backup quarterback on the road, UTEP’s offense scored enough points to win. The only problem was the Miners’ defense, also playing a rotation made up of backups, was exposed all night. Jaelon Darn accounted for 4 total Mean Green as North Texas hung on for a 45-43 victory. UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas – Andress High School’s football team finished the 2020 regular season a perfect 5-0, but their season will come to an end prematurely after they had to forfeit their Bi-District playoff game with Canutillo due to Covid-19 exposure. The toughest pill for Andress to swallow is that their exposure came from an
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — El Paso native and former UTEP standout Aaron Jones’ of the Green Bay Packers was named the FedEx NFL Ground Player of the Week on Wednesday following the running back’s star performance of this past weekend. Jones’ selection was voted on by fans. It came after he rushed for 130 yards and
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EL PASO, Texas — For the first time in almost a month, UTEP is planning on a football game. And though the Miners will technically “host” North Texas, the game will be at the Mean Green’s home in Denton. UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel confirmed in the “ABC-7 UTEP Coaches Show presented by Speaking Rock”
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BALTIMORE, Maryland — Lamar Jackson ran for 94 yards and a touchdown as the focal point of a relentless rushing attack that amassed 294 yards, and the Baltimore Ravens emerged from a Covid-19 outbreak to beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-17 on Tuesday night. Returning from a one-game absence after testing positive for the potentially deadly
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have placed offensive lineman Zack Martin on injured reserve with a calf injury, sidelining the four-time All-Pro for at least three of the five remaining games – including Tuesday evening’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. Dallas downgraded cornerback Anthony Brown (ribs) and safety Donovan Wilson (groin) to out for
Continue Reading Where’s James Harden? It’s a question being asked by the Houston Rockets as they prepare for the new NBA season, with the team’s coach Stephen Silas describing Harden’s absence from Sunday training as a “holdout.” Silas, in his first ever head coaching job, said: “As far as timetable, there is no timetable, as far as
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Aaron Jones rushed for 130 yards and delivered a game-clinching 77-yard touchdown run with 2:36 left as the Green Bay Packers withstood a fourth-quarter comeback attempt to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 30-16 on Sunday. Aaron Rodgers connected with Davante Adams on two of his three touchdown passes and reached a couple
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NBA players and staff will be prohibited from visiting bars and clubs under new Covid-19 health and safety guidelines, according to a memo sent to teams Saturday ahead of the start of the 2020-2021 season. While at home, players, coaches and staff who work closely with them will not be allowed to enter bars, clubs,
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