SEATTLE, Washington — Russell Wilson threw for 315 yards and five touchdowns without an interception as the Seattle Seahawks edged the Dallas Cowboys 38-31. Wilson’s five touchdown passes set a record for most scoring passes in the first three games of a season with 14. Patrick Mahomes threw for 13 TDs in his MVP season of 2018.
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FRISCO, Texas — Mike McCarthy watched as a kid when the customers in the bar his dad owned would lose money on the two poker machines. So ask him to characterize the fake punts and risky fourth-down try in his first two games as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and there’s one word McCarthy won’t
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EDMONTON, Alberta — The Dallas Stars have earned themselves at least two more days in the Edmonton bubble. The Stars have forced a Game 6 in the Stanley Cup finals by getting a goal from Corey Perry in double-overtime to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2. Anton Khudobin made 39 saves and Perry prolonged the
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LUBBOCK, Texas — Sam Ehlinger threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Moore in overtime, sending No. 8 Texas to a wild 63-56 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday that saw the Longhorns rally with two touchdowns in the final 3 minutes of regulation. Moore’s second touchdown catch came with 40 seconds left and Ehlinger’s
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Ryan Pressly had no interest in waiting to see if the Astros would get the help they needed to clinch the last spot in the expanded American League playoffs after the Houston reliever couldn’t finish it himself when he was a strike away. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitched in anyway by beating
Continue Reading EDMONTON, Alberta — Kevin Shattenkirk scored in overtime on a questionable power play, Brayden Point had two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 Friday night to take a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final and move to the cusp of winning the title. With Game 5 Saturday night,
Continue Reading EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Stanley Cup final is knotted at a game apiece after the Tampa Bay Lightning rediscovered their power-play touch. The Lightning scored three goals in a 3:53 span of the first period to beat the Dallas Stars, 3-2, on Monday night. Tampa Bay netted back-to-back power-play goals to go ahead for
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Texas Tech reported no positives among 360 Covid-19 tests conducted for football players and staff during three testing periods last week, which followed its first game. The latest numbers released Monday showed no active cases for the Red Raiders, who are scheduled to open Big 12 play Saturday at home against No. 8 Texas. During
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“Prime Time” is back. Deion Sanders, the NFL Hall of Fame defensive back, is returning to the sidelines, this time as the head coach of Jackson State University’s football program. Sanders, 53, made the announcement on his podcast, “21st & Prime.” “A lot of people are going to say, ‘Why?’” Sanders said. “But honestly, man,
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ARLINGTON, Texas — One gamble after another failed for coach Mike McCarthy in his home debut with the Dallas Cowboys. A successful onside kick made them all moot. Greg Zuerlein kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired, and the Cowboys overcame four fumbles and a 20-point deficit in the first quarter to beat the
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EL PASO, Texas — When El Paso Locomotive FC get hot, steer clear of the tracks. The Locos won their 5th straight match Saturday night, dominating possession en route to a 1-0 victory over Real Monarchs at Southwest University Park. Eder Borelli’s header in first half stoppage time proved the decider, and El Paso held
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners returned home Saturday for their third game of the season. UTEP playing host to the Abilene Christian University Wildcats, an FCS school out of the Southland Conference. UTEP was able to squeak out a victory over Abilene Christian, 10-7 For the third week in a row, the Miners
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EL PASO, Texas — Jenny Chiu’s dream was to play professional soccer, but her journey toward that goal went another direction. In high school, Chiu was one of El Paso’s best soccer players. She played at Franklin High School for a couple of years, and after graduation in 2013, Chiu headed to the University of
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HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Astros pitching ace Justin Verlander will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of the season. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner announced the news Saturday on his Instagram account. He said he felt something in his elbow during a recent simulated game, consulted with doctors and determined that
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s tough enough for high school volleyball teams to prepare for a season, but it’s even tougher when that season is being played during a pandemic. Friday, the high school volleyball season officially began in El Paso. It was a day many thought would never come because of the concerns over
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols has passed Willie Mays for fifth place on the career home run list by hitting No. 661. Pujols went deep during the fifth inning on Friday night against the Texas Rangers. The 40-year-old Pujols hit Wes Benjamin’s fastball on a 1-2 count over the wall
Continue Reading The Baylor Bears and Houston Cougars will not be playing college football on Saturday due to Covid-19 concerns on Baylor’s team. The postponement comes after Baylor was unable to meet the Big 12 conference Covid-19 game cancellation thresholds. The teams have agreed to honor their planned “home and home” games and will look for future
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EL PASO, Texas — College basketball teams and fans are ecstatic to hear they will have a season. But with the NCAA pushing back the start of the season by two weeks, they also now may have to re-piece together their schedules. As part of the NCAA’s decision to tip the college basketball season on
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso’s Parks and Recreation Department announced Thursday evening that it will resume City Sports Leagues as of this weekend. The decision to resume sports leagues on Saturday comes after public health officials signed off on the plan, which the city said said was done in accordance with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s guidelines
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EL PASO, Texas – They say good things come to those who wait, but the wait wasn’t very long for Jamal Bieniemy, a point guard transfer from Oklahoma. Wednesday, Bieniemy received news that he will be immediately eligible to suit up for UTEP this upcoming season. Bieniemy received a waiver from the NCAA and will
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EDMONTON, Alberta — Denis Gurianov scored on a one-timer during a power play 3:36 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Monday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2000. The Stars forced overtime in Game 5 of the Western Conference final with
Continue Reading LIVE: Coach McCarthy press conference presented by @WinstarWorld #DallasCowboys https://t.co/mMeikZNiYx— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) September 14, 2020 INGLEWOOD, California — Mike McCarthy lost his debut as coach of the Dallas Cowboys in part because of a curious fourth-down decision that didn’t work. He might have won a quarterback with the move. Dak Prescott’s pass to rookie receiver
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INGLEWOOD, California— Malcolm Brown rushed for a career-high 79 yards and two touchdowns, Jared Goff passed for 275 yards and the Los Angeles Rams opened SoFi Stadium with a 20-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. Robert Woods had six catches for 105 yards to help the Rams improve to 4-0 in season
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, California — It’s the inaugural game at SoFi Stadium, the centerpiece of Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s $5 billion arena development. The ultramodern new arena is frequently compared to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was an ardent supporter of Kroenke’s bid to bring the Rams home to Los Angeles. Jones’
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AUSTIN, Texas — Sam Ehlinger threw a 78-yard touchdown to Joshua Moore on the first play and had career-high five scoring passes in the first half, as No. 14 Texas rolled to a 59-3 season-opening win over UTEP Saturday night. Ehlinger finished with 426 yards. He left the game midway through the third quarter with
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — David Flores, a University of Texas at Austin alumnus who’s had Longhorn football season tickets for the past six years, said he couldn’t find anyone to take his tickets for the Saturday season opener against The University of Texas at El Paso. None of his friends wanted them. Like him, they didn’t
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AUSTIN, Texas — For Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger, each day of summer workouts and training camp felt like uneasy steps toward a season that might never come. Even with his team’s first kickoff coming Saturday night, Ehlinger holds his breath worrying that the coronavirus pandemic could still derail everything. “I still have my fingers crossed
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It’s been over seven months since Super Bowl LIV, and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs picked up right where they left off with a 34-20 win over the Houston Texans. However, this was far from a typical start to an NFL season. The last time the NFL played, life in the US was still
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just about the only thing that looked familiar about the NFL’s long-awaited return Thursday night was the sight of Patrick Mahomes effortlessly leading the Kansas City Chiefs up and down the field. The Super Bowl MVP thew for 211 yards and three touchdowns, Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran through the rain for 138
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EL PASO, Texas – It will be tough for UTEP to slow down Tom Herman this Saturday. The 4th-year Texas head coach has led the Longhorns to three straight bowl wins. Herman is a college football giant. He’s the highest paid coach in the Big-12 and his just under 7-million-dollar salary outweighs that of the
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