Baylor dominates Houston to advance to NCAA hoops title game
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Baylor has cruised into the NCAA championship game and will wait to see if No. 1 Gonzaga can provide the much-anticipated…
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Why MLB’s decision to move its All-Star Game was surprising
Major League Baseball’s decision to move its 2021 All-Star Game from Georgia after the state changed its voting laws is not an unprecedented…
Continue Reading Premier League: West Bromwich Albion scores five goals against 10-man Chelsea
The contest for the Premier League’s Champions League qualification places got a whole lot more interesting on Saturday after 10-man Chelsea…
Continue Reading Neymar sees red as Lille stuns Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 title showdown
Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian star Neymar sent off late on Saturday as the Ligue 1 champion’s hopes of claiming a fourth successive…
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Philadelphia 76ers’ Danny Green surprises 94-year-old fan with a signed jersey
Philadelphia 76ers’ shooting guard Danny Green surprised a 94-year-old fan with a signed jersey after seeing a tweet from the fan’s…
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MLB’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia will have a $100 million impact on the state
Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game from Georgia in response to a new restrictive voting law is likely to cost the state…
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NBA: Golden State Warriors suffer 53-point blowout loss to the Toronto Raptors
Destroyed. Humiliated. As defeats go this was about as bad it gets. Missing Steph Curry, who was out with a sore tailbone, the Golden State Warriors…
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Friday Scoreboard: Soccer state playoffs (regional quarterfinals)
EL PASO, Texas – On Friday, three El Paso area teams punched their ticket to the sweet 16 of the state soccer playoffs. On the boys side, Eastlake…
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NMSU volleyball cruises past Chicago State in WAC semifinal
(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) OREM, Utah – The New Mexico State volleyball team hit .341 and cruised to a 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 sweep of Chicago State in…
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UTEP volleyball ousted in C-USA semifinals by No. 19 Western Kentucky
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – UTEP volleyball (10-7, 8-4 C-USA) saw its five-match winning streak and record-breaking 2020-21 season come to an end…
Continue Reading Major League Baseball has postponed the rest of the Mets-Nationals series due to Covid-19
The two remaining games of the Washington Nationals’ season-opening series with the New York Mets have been postponed due to Covid-19 concerns…
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Texas 2-step: Baylor, Houston reunite in the Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Somebody will be doing a joyful Texas two-step after Baylor and Houston meet Saturday night in the Final Four. It could be…
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UTEP head basketball coach Rodney Terry rumored as candidate for Texas assistant job
EL PASO, Texas — Could Rodney Terry leave a head coaching job for an assistant role? Sources have told ABC-7’s Nate Ryan that the UTEP head men’s…
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MLB moving All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to voting restrictions
ATLANTA, Georgia — Major League Baseball announced Friday it was moving this summer’s All-Star Game from Atlanta’s Truist Park, a response to…
Continue Reading Baseball’s Opening Day reflects a politicized nation caught between Covid-19 and hope
If baseball is a metaphor for American life, Opening Day brought a tantalizing springtime hint of better days ahead, despite reflecting a nation…
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UTEP volleyball gets first Conference USA Tournament win in more than a decade
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – The Miners are surviving and advancing for the first time in 13 years. UTEP volleyball (10-6, 8-4 C-USA) defeated…
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UTEP soccer making strong push to qualify for C-USA Tournament; Interview with assistant coach Stewart Givens
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team has had their share of ups and downs both on and off the field. But the Miners are still in the mix to…
Continue Reading Legendary UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams retires after 33 seasons
One of college basketball’s all-time coaching greats is calling it a career. Roy Williams, who led North Carolina to three national…
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UTEP loses two more as Verhoeven, Hess enter transfer portal
EL PASO, Texas – These days it might be easier to keep up with who isn’t in the transfer portal than who is. It’s certainly looking like it for the…
Continue Reading Major League Baseball is back with a 162-game schedule and actual humans in the stands
After an abbreviated 2020 season that is now a blur, Major League Baseball returns Thursday with all 30 teams in action before actual human…
Continue Reading Mets-Nationals opener is postponed because of coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON, DC — The New York Mets season opener at Washington has been postponed because of coronavirus concerns. The Nationals issued a statement…
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Japan designates Osaka, 2 other area for new virus control steps as infections rise 4 months before Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has designated Osaka and two other areas for new virus control steps as infections in those areas rise less than four months…
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No. 2 Seed UTEP to face No. 3 seed Marshall in quarterfinals of C-USA volleyball tournament
EL PASO, Texas – No. 2 seed (West) UTEP volleyball (9-6, 8-4 C-USA) squares off with No. 3 seed (East) Marshall (10-4, 8-4 C-USA) in round one of…
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Boxing to return to Haskins Center April 24: Jaime Munguia VS. Maciej Sulecki
EL PASO, Texas — It can certainly be a sign that things are slowly getting back to normal in the Borderland. On April 24, the sport of boxing will…
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NMSU football announces 12 game fall schedule for upcoming 2021 season
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After not having a fall football season in 2020 due to Covid-19, the NMSU Aggies are back. Wednesday, NMSU announced the…
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C-USA names UTEP track & field’s Sean Bailey as male Field Athlete of the Week
EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Sean Bailey was announced as the Conference USA Male Track Athlete of the Week as released by league officials…
Continue Reading Two Black women will be head coaches in the same NCAA women’s Final Four for the first time
This year’s March Madness might have exposed gaps in gender equity in college sports, but for two Black women, the 2021 NCAA women’s…
Continue Reading Utah Jazz ‘shaken, but unharmed’ after team plane forced into emergency landing after bird strike
Players and staff of NBA team Utah Jazz were left “shaken, but unharmed” after a bird strike forced the plane they were on to make an…
Continue Reading How Michael Miraglia completed his own Strongman Marathon on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats
Many have completed a marathon, but no-one has done anything like Michael Miraglia’s Strongman Marathon. The fitness coach and CrossFit athlete…
Continue Reading NCAA Final 4 is set: Gonzaga, Baylor, Houston & UCLA
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Gonzaga’s countdown to perfection has ticked to two. The Bulldogs are back in the Final Four, two wins from becoming the…
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