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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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP announced their list of football recruits for next season. Head coach Dana Dimel spoke about his newest recruits at a news conference Wednesday that you can watch in the video player below. The 11 UTEP recruits are as follows: Dennis Barnes, DB, Fort Scott CC Willie Eldridge, RB, Cy Ranch
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners are champions of their own tournament once again. On Tuesday night the Miners recaptured the Weststar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational title by defeating UC-Irvine, 67-61. The last time the Miners won the Sun Bowl Invitational was back in 2014. In the first half of the game,
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EL PASO, Texas — Jennifer Han steps back into the ring after almost two years off. She was busy in those two years, Han took the time to start a family. Ryan Moses is Jen’s newest and biggest fan. Born with all ten fingers and toes, Ryan Moses will be cheering in between naps. Han’s
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NEW YORK (AP) — Here’s one poll position no team may want: Louisville is the latest No. 1-and-done in an upset-crazed college hoops season. Davide Moretti scored 18 points and hit successive 3-pointers that helped Texas Tech knock off undefeated No. 1 Louisville 70-57 on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Louisville became the fourth
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The Conference-USA league office announced it’s All-Conference teams Tuesday, and UTEP was well recognized on both the C-USA Second Team and the C-USA All-Freshmen Team. Representing the Miners on the All-Conference Second Team were senior offensive lineman Derron Gatewood and senior defensive end Denzel Chukwukelu, while defensive end Praise Amaewhule and
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FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have waived struggling kicker Brett Maher and replaced him with eight-year veteran Kai Forbath. Maher is the only kicker in NFL history with three field goals of at least 60 yards, but the Cowboys couldn’t count on him for the shorter ones that are often more critical. In his
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EL PASO, Texas — Arizona State, which finished 7-5, will face Florida State, 6-6 on the season, in the Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl from El Paso’s Sun Bowl Stadium on New Year’s eve. This will mark the third time in the last six seasons that the Pac-12’s Sun Devils have played in the Sun
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CHICAGO, Illinois — Ezekiel Elliott surpassed 1,000 rushing yards for the season Thursday night, but Dallas still couldn’t muster enough offense and came up short against the Chicago Bears 31-24. Elliott’s milestone moment came just a few minutes into the game on an eight-yard run by the highly-paid star running back, who also scored the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State scored its eighth straight win over UTEP at the Pan American Center, 59-56, as the Aggies also handed the undefeated Miners their first lost of the season on Tuesday night. New Mexico State (5-4) rebounded in this season’s second Battle of I-10 game to recover from their
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — – Three weeks after UTEP knocked off New Mexico State in the Don Haskins Center, the I-10 rivals will lace ‘em up again, this time at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces. The Miners (5-0) and the Aggies (4-4) will meet for the 219th time on Tuesday at 7
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FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts — The Dallas Cowboys defense gave them a final chance to rally past New England, but the offense couldn’t make it happen. Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass and the Patriots’ defense held the Cowboys’ top-ranked offense without a TD for the first time this season as New England beat Dallas 13-9 on
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The thing that ties the Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots is an intense dislike shared by the rest of the league. It’s the one strand that binds two franchises with opposite trajectories. The Cowboys were one of the most dominant teams of the 1970s and built a fan base that helped them remain
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP sophomore transfer Kaden Archie will be ready to suit up in a UTEP uniform as the 6’6″ guard was announced immediately eligible for competition late Friday afternoon after getting an NCAA waiver. Archie, a transfer from TCU, will be ready to play on Nov. 27 as the Miners will host
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DETROIT, Michigan — Dak Prescott threw for 444 yards and three touchdowns, lifting the Dallas Cowboys to a 35-27 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The Cowboys (6-4) have won three of four games, leaning on the league’s top offense. Dallas has had balance with the ball, but Prescott was passing with such ease
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EL PASO, Texas — Here are the high school football scores for week 12 of the Borderland Blitz: 11/14 & 11/15 Montwood 32 Midland Lee 65 Chapin 7 Amarillo 14 Hanks 34 Austin 14 Andress 9 Canutillo 27 Fabens 7 Seminole 35 Frenship 35 Americas 36 Lubbock Coronado 54 Eastwood 41 Bowie 28 Parkland 64
Continue Reading Ellie Goulding will perform during the Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving, despite earlier threats to drop out, the Salvation Army told CNN. The Thanksgiving halftime show is a Cowboys tradition kicking off the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, which collects donations to benefit poor and homeless people through the holidays. Earlier
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EL PASO, Texas – For the first time in its storied history, the Sun Bowl will bear a new sponsor. And Sun Bowl Association Executive Director Bernie Olivas thinks its “Grrrr-eat!” The city of El Paso will host the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl for the 86th season on December 31, 2019, keeping its streak
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — UTEP’s defense shut down New Mexico State on Tuesday evening as the Miners claimed a 65-50 victory in basketball’s “Battle of I-10.” UTEP never trailed throughout the second half of the game – their smallest lead was ten points – as the Miners brought their series losing streak against the Aggies
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