EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame announced its next inductees for the Class of 2026. Five new members will be inducted during an induction ceremony Wednesday, June 24. ABC-7 will be livestreaming the ceremony at kvia.com. One of the inductees in the posthumous category is Paul Njoroge who was a
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football, in conjunction with Will Hernandez, will host a Youth Football Camp on Saturday, June 20. The UTEP Football Youth Camp will run from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Sun Bowl Stadium for grades eight and below. Registration opens at 7 a.m. Preregistration for campers is available online: https://www.utepfootballcamps.com/camps/youth-camp-x-mijo. Hernandez, who’s currently with
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EL PASO, Texas – Tropicana Homes has made a $500,000 gift to the UTEP football program. The gift will support competitive excellence by providing essential resources to aid the program’s transition to the Mountain West this fall. “We would like to thank Bobby and Randy Bowling and Tropicana Homes for their generous gift,” UTEP Vice
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EL PASO, Texas – It was the highly anticipated rematch between Stephanie Han and Holly Holm. The fight took place before a sold-out crowd at the El Paso County Coliseum. Han defeated Holm by a majority decision retaining her WBA Lightweight Championship. The judges scores were 96-94 & 96-94 in favor of Han. A third
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC fell 4-1 to Lexington SC at home on Saturday night, moving to 4-4-2 in regular season play. Lexington struck first after a strong save inside the box led to an own goal. As Sebastian Mora Mora attempted to clear the rebound, his pass deflected off Álvaro Quezada
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EL PASO, Texas – Quintin Demps (football), Luster Goodwin (men’s basketball), Mickael Hanany (track and field), Alix Moncada (rifle), and Esther Otieno (track and field) form the 23rd induction class into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. This year’s class will be inducted on Friday, Oct. 16, at the Larry K. Durham Sports Center, and will
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EL PASO, Texas – The Sun City is inching closer to fight night. Thursday, a news conference was held to promote Saturday’s boxing event at the El Paso County Coliseum. The event will be headlined by El Paso’s Stephanie Han defending her WBA Lightweight Championship against Holly Holm. It is a rematch between the two
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EL PASO, Texas – Open workouts were held Wednesday night in preparation for Saturday’s boxing event at the El Paso County Coliseum. The main event will be El Paso’s Stephanie Han defending her WBA lightweight championship against Holly Holm. The workouts were held before a packed crowd at Han’s martial arts gym in west El
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC improved to 2-0 in the Prinx Tires USL Cup on Wednesday night after their 2-0 win over AV Alta FC at Southwest University Park. Despite having 10 shots in the opening half, Locomotive found themselves heading into the halftime break tied 0-0 with AV Alta. Alta’s goalkeeper
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The Mountain West Conference, in conjunction with its national broadcast partners, revealed UTEP’s 2026 football broadcast schedule on Wednesday. The Miners have six games scheduled on national television. UTEP will play six games on MW+: Sept. 12 vs. Texas Southern (7 p.m. MT) Sept. 26 vs. Oregon State (7 p.m. MT)
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive defender Nicolás Cardona has been called up to represent the Puerto Rico National Team during the upcoming international window. Cardona will join Puerto Rico as the team heads to Texas and Arizona for a pair of friendlies. “Nico’s selection to the Puerto Rico National Team highlights the talent
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MARANA, Arizona – UTEP’s No. 137 Dylan Teeter shot 4-under par 68, finishing tied for sixth overall, but came up short of advancing to the championships in the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Marana Regional at The Gallery Golf Club (par 72 | 7,317 yards) on Wednesday. Teeter (70-67-68) was impressive in the three-day, 54-hole
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP historian and longtime supporter of UTEP athletics, Joe Gomez has died. Gomez was 78 years old. UTEP confirmed his death Tuesday with a post on social media: “For 65+ years, Joe Gomez ‘70 gave his heart, soul & time to support the Miners. He was a ‘66 team historian &
Continue Reading MARANA, Arizona – UTEP’s No. 137 Dylan Teeter shot 2-under par 70 after round one and sits tied for 15th at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Regionals at the Gallery Golf Club (par 72 | 7,317 yards) on Monday. Second-seeded Teeter shot 3-under on the front nine, penciling in three birdies at holes two,
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EL PASO, Texas – Kaleb Jackson (Kingdom Collegiate Academy) has signed with the UTEP men’s basketball team, head coach Joe Golding announced Monday. A brief profile on Jackson and a quote from Golding follows below. Kaleb Jackson Guard 6-7, 185 Kingdom Collegiate Academy Duncanville, Texas PREP Two-year starter for Kingdom Collegiate Academy who amassed more
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ODESSA, Texas – The Americas Trail Blazers are moving on to the Elite 8 of the UIL high school baseball playoffs. The Blazers won the best-of-three series against Birdville High School 2-1. Americas is the only El Paso team remaining in the playoffs. In the Class 5A Division 1 playoffs, Americas faced the Birdville Hawks
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Dylan Teeter punched his ticket to his second straight NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Regionals at the Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Ariz., on May 18-20. Teeter is the first Miner since Charles Corner (2017 and 2018) to advance to back-to-back NCAA Regionals. Corner was the last Miner to advance to the NCAA Championships
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EL PASO, Texas – Janusz Ratowski (Stetson) has signed with the UTEP men’s basketball team, head coach Joe Golding announced Tuesday. The 6-11 post spent one year with Texas A&M (2024-25). He also previously played for multiple teams in Poland and was invited to U20 Poland national team in 2024. A brief profile on Ratowski and a quote from
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EL PASO, Texas – The Locomotive FC are teasing a major signing for Tuesday morning. While they haven’t said who the player is, it appears to be someone very well known to fans of a popular television show. The Locomotive also released a video on social media Monday that gives fans a big clue. It shows the player walking
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EL PASO, Texas – The Lone Star Brahmas were just too much for the El Paso Rhinos to handle as they defeated the Rhinos 4-1 Thursday night at the El Paso County Events Center. The Brahmas completed the sweep over the Rhinos winning the Robertson Cup South Division Final best-of-three series, 3-0.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Dylan Teeter punched his ticket to his second straight NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Regionals at the Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Ariz., on May 18-20. Teeter is the first Miner since Charles Corner (2017 and 2018) to advance to back-to-back NCAA Regionals. Corner was the last Miner to advance to the NCAA
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – El Paso Locomotive FC remained undefeated on the road in league play after a 2-2 draw against New Mexico United in Albuquerque, N.M. on Wednesday. Rubio Rubín got the scoring started in the 12th minute, slotting one past the goalkeeper after collecting a pass from Alex Méndez. New Mexico found a
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EL PASO, Texas – Jordan Medina is one of the best athletes in the Sun City. The Andress High School senior capped off the football season by being selected to play in a all-star game alongside some of the best football players in the country. “I started sending out my film and I started posting a lot
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EL PASO, Texas – The Kentucky Derby is Saturday, and this year the Borderland has a vested interest in this year’s race. Sunland Derby winner Pavlovian will be one of the horses to compete in the Kentucky Derby. Pavlovian enters Saturday’s race at the number 16 post position and is a huge underdog at 52-1
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TEXARKANA, Arkansas – No. 1 UTEP, after beating No. 4 Middle Tennessee to advance to its third straight match-play final, came up short against No. 3 Liberty 3-1-1 at the 2026 Conference USA Men’s Golf Championship at Texarkana Country Club (par 72 | 6,969 yards) on Thursday afternoon. Liberty’s Ike Joy sank a putt on hole 17 to
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EL PASO, Texas – Leif Moeller (Evansville) has signed with the UTEP men’s basketball team, head coach Joe Golding announced Thursday. Moeller is a 6-7 point guard who also previously competed professionally in Germany. A brief profile on Moeller and a quote from Golding follows below. Leif Moeller Point Guard 6-7 Evansville Wedel, Germany AT
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Locomotive FC suffered another loss at home Wednesday night against FC Tulsa. It was their second consecutive league loss at home as the Locos fell to FC Tulsa by a final score of 4-1 The contest had a gritty edge to it from the opening whistle, with El
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TEXARKANA, Arkansas – UTEP (-31) captured the No. 1 seed, beating out rival NM State (-29) by two strokes following the final round in stroke play at the 2026 Conference USA Men’s Golf Championship at Texarkana Country Club (par 72 | 6,969 yards) on Wednesday afternoon. The Miners will be the No. 1 seed and
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TEXARKANA, Arkansas – UTEP (-26) tops the leaderboard, leads rival NM State (-20) by six strokes, and #143 Dylan Teeter fired a 9-under par 63, one short of the course record, in round-two stroke play action at the 2026 Conference USA Men’s Golf Championship at Texarkana Country Club (par 72 | 6,969 yards) on Tuesday
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BALTIMORE, Maryland – Former New Mexico State quarterback Diego Pavia will be a getting a shot to make an NFL roster. Despite not being drafted in the 2026 NFL Draft, it was reported Tuesday by ESPN that Pavia will sign a three-year deal with the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens at first invited Pavia to tryout
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