EL PASO, Texas – Coronado-Franklin. Ysleta-Riverside. Eastwood-Bel-Air. Jefferson-Bowie. Chapin-Andress. The turn of February brings with it District Rivalries in Borderland Basketball, and the atmosphere at last Friday’s Chapin-Andress game was a friendly reminder that this season, high school basketball in El Paso is as good as it’s ever been. “Andress-Chapin games are always hard fought,”
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EL PASO, Texas — As tributes for the sports legend pour in, many are searching for memorabilia to remember Kobe Bryant. Here in El Paso, merchandise is scarce. ABC-7 spoke to Kobe fans who were visibly upset, not just about Kobe’s death, but also upset about having a hard time finding Kobe merchandise to add
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EL PASO, Texas — A visual tribute to the late NBA great Kobe Bryant took place in El Paso on Monday night. The windmills along Interstate 10 at Airway were lit up in honor of the Los Angeles Lakers legend. Those windmills displayed yellow and purple lights, which are – of course – the Lakers
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EDINBURG, Texas — Ivan Aurrecoechea scored 19 points and New Mexico State extended its win streak to nine games, beating Texas Rio Grande Valley 67-62 on Saturday night. Johnny McCants added 12 points and seven rebounds for New Mexico State (15-6, 6-0 Western Athletic Conference). The Lobos were up 10 with 3:17 to play before
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DENTON, Texas — Three days after the UTEP men’s basketball team shook off their road demons, they returned Saturday at North Texas. North Texas raced out an 11-point halftime lead, and held off a late Miners rally to hang for the 67-57 win. UTEP (12-9, 3-5) cut the deficit to 58-53 with three and a
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EL PASO, Texas – Manny Flores is a sophomore at Chapin. He was an All-District performer on last year’s team that won 16 games. But he has already noticed how much things have changed this season. “Everywhere we go is like ‘Oh you play for Chapin,'” says Flores. They’re always saying Hi to us, asking
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EL PASO, Texas – From Eastwood High School to the Big Leagues, Frank Castillo carried El Paso with him wherever he went. Now, he will be immortalized in the city he called home. City Council voted Tuesday to dedicate Frank Castillo Park on El Paso’s east side. Castillo pitched for 13 seasons in the major
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been a roller coaster of a season for the UTEP basketball team, but on Monday some good news for forward Bryson Williams. The redshirt junior was named Conference USA’s co-player of the week. Williams averaged 27.5 points per game 8.5 boards per contest, as Conference USA announced the forward as
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SANTA CLARA, California – With Green Bay’s 37-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the dream season for El Paso native Aaron Jones came to a close Sunday. But Jones did manage to put his name in the Packers’ record books. Jones scored two touchdowns (one receiving and one rushing) to up his season long
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NEW YORK — Jason Garrett is headed to the other side of the Giants-Cowboys rivalry. New York announced Friday night that the former Dallas coach will join new coach Joe Judge’s staff as the offensive coordinator. Garrett was told Jan. 5 he was not being brought back by the Cowboys after coaching the team for
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced that it continues fortifying and building on the success of the club’s inaugural season by bringing back two additional members of the pilot squad that made it to the 2019 Western Conference Final. Memo Diaz and Moses Makinde have re-signed for the 2020 season. Local Gadsen product
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP pulled off the biggest comeback victory in the history of its’ hoops program on Wednesday night. After trailing by as much as 24 points in the second half, the Miners (11-7, 2-3 Conference USA) battled back for an 80-77 overtime win over UTSA (8-10, 2-3 C-USA) at the Don Haskins
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HOUSTON, Texas — Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair were suspended by Major League Baseball for the team’s sign-stealing during Houston’s run to the 2017 World Series title and during the 2018 season. In the sport’s largest scandal since the Biogenesis drug suspensions in 2013, Commissioner
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Incredible moment.Legendary @dallascowboys coach @JimmyJohnson finds out live on TV he is the newest member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame! pic.twitter.com/GK3jlSlWRz— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) January 13, 2020 CANTON, Ohio — Jimmy Johnson, who coached the Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl championships in the 1990s, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes stalked up and down the sideline like a field marshal rallying his troops, the brilliant young quarterback imploring the Kansas City Chiefs to stay together even as the Houston Texans were on the verge of taking them apart. The Chiefs already faced a 24-0 hole, bigger than any
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EL PASO, Texas — A new semi-professional basketball team is taking the court for its very first season. The Southwest Desertcats was established in 2019 by Samantha Stukes and Paris Wall. The team is made up of local players who have made the Skyline Optimist Club their home court. Wall is the head coach of
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EL PASO, Texas – A home opener versus Texas Tech and the Battle of I-10 returning to El Paso are just two of the marquee match-ups that highlight the 2020 UTEP football schedule, which was announced on Wednesday. “We’re excited about entering our third season and putting a team on the field that more closely reflects
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FRISCO, Texas — Mike McCarthy didn’t take long before mentioning that his Super Bowl title came at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The former Green Bay coach then quickly added that he was ready to win his next championship with the Cowboys, who are going on 25 years since their previous trip to football’s
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EL PASO, Texas — Sophomore point guard Jordan Lathon is returning to the UTEP Miners, per a report confirmed from ESPN 600 El Paso. Lathon enterered the transfer portal last Sunday, but now he rejoins the team as they’ve begun their Conference USA schedule. Lathon led the team in assists and rebounds, and had started
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP head basketball coach Rodney Terry spoke at a news conference Monday for the first time since being discharged last week from a Florida hospital, where he was treated for anaphylactic shock. “Everything happens for a reason,” Terry told reporters about spending two days recently hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
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DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys didn’t take long to settle on Mike McCarthy as their coach after waiting a week to announce they were moving on from Jason Garrett. McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl at the home of the Cowboys nine years ago as Green Bay’s coach, has agreed to become the ninth
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jason Garrett will not return as Dallas Cowboys head coach after missing the playoffs with an underachieving team in a make-or-break season. The Cowboys made it official Sunday. Garrett had the second-longest tenure with the franchise at 9½ seasons behind Tom Landry’s 29 years. Garrett took over when Wade Phillips was fired
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HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — Deshaun Watson threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in regulation and then led the winning drive in overtime as the Texans added another comeback to Houston playoff history by rallying from a double-digit second-half deficit for a 22-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the first round of
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BOCA RATON, Florida – With Head Coach Rodney Terry watching from the locker room, the UTEP Miners collapsed down the stretch and fell 59-56 on the road at Florida Atlantic. UTEP led 53-46 with just over three minutes to play, but the Miners were held without a field goal the rest of the way and
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BOCA RATON, Florida — UTEP men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry was seen at pregame practice Saturday ahead of the Miner’s match-up with Florida Atlantic. Jon Teicher, the team’s broadcast announcer, posted a photo on Twitter of Terry on the court watching the team do a shoot-around. Coach Rodney Terry is with the Miners at
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MIAMI, Florida – UTEP head men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry was released from a Florida hospital on Friday, two days after being admitted following an allergic reaction that resulted in anaphylactic shock. “Coach Terry is on the mend and expected to make a full recovery,” said UTEP Athletics Dept. spokesman Jeff Darby, who added that Terry
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — Jason Garrett’s time with the Dallas Cowboys is about to be over, ESPN reported Thursday night. ESPN quoted a source saying that after showing an “abundance of care and respect,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had decided that Garrett’s coaching tenure with the organization is done. Garrett’s contract expires Jan. 14 and his future with
Continue Reading MIAMI, Florida — UTEP head men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry remained hospitalized in Florida and was listed in critical condition on Thursday night, roughly 24 hours after experiencing an allergic reaction to a meal. A spokesperson at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami confirmed to ABC-7 that Terry was being treated in the hospital’s intensive care
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — There’s just something about being away from home that’s not sitting right with the UTEP Miners. For the 16th straight time going back to last season, the Miners dropped another one on the road. This time it was the University of Houston that handed the Miners their second loss of the season
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Nowadays college teams don’t have to wait until National Signing Day in February to announce next season’s signing class. Now they can do it in mid-December as part of the early signing period that begins Dec. 18 and ends Dec. 20. UTEP announced it has signed 11 recruits during the early signing period, while NMSU
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