12-year-old boy who designed Aaron Jones’ lucky cleats dies from cancer
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A 12-year-old boy who designed what turned out to be lucky cleats for Green Bay Packers star running back and El Paso native…
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UTEP Basketball preps for conference home opener vs. Rice
EL PASO, Texas – UTEP basketball generated plenty of buzz from their December road win at Arizona State, their first road non-conference victory…
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Jones, Packers clinch top playoff seed with 35-16 win over Bears
CHICAGO, Illinois — El Paso native and former UTEP standout Aaron Jones rushed for 85 yards and ran for a score in the closing minutes as the Green…
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UTEP men & women notch wins over Southern Miss on Saturday
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — Jamal Bieniemy had 20 points as UTEP topped Southern Miss 77-62 on Saturday. Souley Boum had 17 points for UTEP (5-3,…
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El Paso native with UTEP & NMSU ties is hired as Boise State Athletic Director
BOISE, Idaho – In what turned out to be good news for sports fans in El Paso and Las Cruces, Boise State hired Jeremiah Dickey as their next Athletic…
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UTEP melts down at Southern Miss, falls 74-66 in OT
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – In what is the most painful loss of their season to date, UTEP blew a seven-point lead with 45 seconds to play in…
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UTEP to open C-USA play at Southern Miss New Year’s Day
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will ring in the new year by opening up Conference USA play at Southern Miss. The Miners (4-2, 0-0 C-USA) and Golden…
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UTEP Women’s basketball team prepares for the start of Conference USA play
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team is ready to turn the page to conference play this season. UTEP will begin C-USA play when they host…
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Packers blow out Titans 40-14 as El Paso’s Jones surpasses 1,000 yards for the 2nd straight season
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Former UTEP standout and El Paso native Aaron Jones surpassed 1,000 rushing yards for the second-straight season as the…
Continue Reading UTEP basketball game vs. Our Lady of the Lake cancelled due to Covid-19 issues
EL PASO, Texas — UTEPs Monday basketball game has been cancelled due to a player for opponent Our Lady of the Lake player testing positive for…
Continue Reading UTEP Prepares to host Our Lady of the Lake Monday; fans still not allowed at games
EL PASO, Texas – After a short winter break the UTEP Miners will return to the court Monday at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP will host Our Lady of the…
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UTEP wide receiver Devaughn Cooper enters transfer portal
EL PASO, Texas — Another UTEP football player has decided to leave the program. On Tuesday, wide receiver Devaughn Cooper announced on Twitter he’s…
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El Paso’s own Aaron Jones selected for the 2021 NFL Pro Bowl roster
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…
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2 UTEP football players named 2nd team All-CUSA, 2 named All-Freshmen
EL PASO, Texas – Two UTEP football players were named to the second team All-Conference USA squad and two were named to the All-Freshmen team. UTEP…
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Agnew scores 16 to carry UTEP past Benedictine Mesa 79-59
EL PASO, Texas — Christian Agnew came off the bench to score 16 points to lift UTEP to a 79-59 win over Benedictine Mesa on Sunday. Tydus…
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El Paso’s Jones rushes for 144 yards and a TD as Packers outlast Panthers 24-16 for 4th straight win
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…
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UTEP men add final nonconference home game vs. Our Lady of the Lake
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team has added its final nonconference home game. The Miners will host Our Lady of the Lake at 7 p.m.…
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UTEP football fires offensive, defensive coordinators after 3-5 Covid-impacted season
EL PASO, Texas – Third-year UTEP football coach Dana Dimel shook up his staff Friday. Both offensive coordinator Mike Canales and defensive…
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UTEP closes non-conference schedule with loss at Northern Arizona, 83-75
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…
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As cuts are made to UTEP athletics, top 2 coaches have yet to take promised salary reductions
EL PASO, Texas — UTEP’s two highest-paid head coaches have yet to take salary reductions, but UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter says…
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Williams, UTEP explode in 2nd half for 76-63 win at Arizona State
TEMPE, Arizona – Rodney Terry emphasized the need for his team to be physical on the interior if they were to hang around with Arizona State prior to…
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Rodney Terry, UTEP look to slow uptempo Arizona State
EL PASO, Texas – Arizona coach Sean Miller and UTEP coach Rodney Terry were very cordial in their postgame farewell following UTEP’s 69-61 defeat in…
Continue Reading UTEP men’s hoop team to host Benedectine University on Sunday at The Don
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team has added a new home opponent and will host Benedictine University at Mesa on Sunday at the Don…
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Packers top Lions 31-24 to clinch NFC North as El Paso’s Aaron Jones rushes for 69 yards
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…
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Fouls mount as UTEP comeback falls short at Arizona 69-61
TUCSON, Arizona — UTEP proved in the opening ten minutes that they had the talent to compete with college basketball blue blood Arizona Saturday in…
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UTEP defense gashed at North Texas in 45-43 loss with backup QB
DENTON, Texas – Playing with their backup quarterback on the road, UTEP’s offense scored enough points to win. The only problem was the Miners’…
Continue Reading Aaron Jones named NFL’s Ground Player of the Week as Packers on verge of clinching NFC North
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…
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UTEP Football Coach Dana Dimel looks to even record at North Texas
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…
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Foul trouble comes back to hurt UTEP in 73-61 loss to St. Mary’s
MORAGA, California — Bryson Williams’ status as the UTEP Miners’ go-to scorer was validated Tuesday night. Unfortunately for UTEP, it was evident…
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Miners pick up game against Arizona on date that was originally set for NMSU
EL PASO, Texas – UTEP appears to be the beneficiary of a Covid-19 outbreak that has resulted in New Mexico State “pausing” its men’s basketball…
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