In 1988, Bob Stull took the UTEP football team to the Independence Bowl, the Miners first postseason appearance in more than 20 years. He had a staff filled with assistant coaches who were all young and unproven.
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Hope spring eternal, so here are my hopes for the new 2020 year:
Could El Paso host a National Hockey League exhibition game?
Normally, if someone was told they were half the man they used to be, they might consider those fighting words. But for UTEP basketball’s Efe Odigie, they’re taken as a compliment.
It has been an eventful last few weeks for the UTEP men’s basketball team.
I’ll always be thankful to Sun Bowl Association Executive Director Bernie Olivas and his staff for picking me as the 2019 Legend of the Sun Bowl.
As we wind down 2019 and the second decade of the millennium, I am already looking ahead to 2020 and what I would like the sports gods to deliver El Pasoans over the next 10 years.
I just had a horrible thought. What if there was no Sun Bowl?
This year’s Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl is the best possible outcome for El Paso.
Although the Major League Baseball winter meetings run Dec. 8-12 in San Diego, the Padres have already been reshaping their team for new manager Jayce Tingler.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after his former girlfriend accused him of assaulting her during an argument over a man she had begun dating.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dozens of University of Texas football players marched with Austin police officers from campus to the state Capitol to honor the memory of George Floyd on Thursday.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR's All-Star Race will be a midweek event on July 15 at Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of a new revision to the schedule that runs through through the first weekend of August.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A magistrate judge rescheduled a change of plea hearing for a man accused of threatening a shooting at Ohio State University and vowing to hurt players on the football team.
The stars of IndyCar were in Florida preparing to start their season when the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on those plans 48 hours before the green flag.
BEIJING (AP) — Retired Chinese soccer player Hao Haidong has angered the country’s leadership by allying himself with an eccentric billionaire who has called for the downfall of the Communist government.
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese public is being prepared for the reality of next year’s postponed Olympics, where athletes are likely to face quarantines, spectators will be fewer, and the delay will cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
As it turns out, the hard part for U.S. Olympian Gwen Berry hasn’t started yet.
The weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for June 3 and also available on the internet at https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/fishreport.phtml:
The metal detectors every sports fan has become accustomed to at the gate might soon be accompanied by thermal body scanners as part of the gargantuan task of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus and other airborne diseases.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Transitioning from head coach at the college level to the NFL is never easy.
NEW YORK (AP) — Two people familiar with the situation say the WNBA plans to hold games at just one location if there is a season this year and that the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas and the IMG Academy in Florida are the top candidates.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — To those who knew former Indiana University football player Chris Beaty, it was no surprise that he would participate in a protest over the death of George Floyd.
BOSTON (AP) — A former technology executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying $300,000 to bribe his son's way into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit — even though the son didn't play tennis.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Scott Dixon, Alexander Rossi and the rest of the IndyCar drivers were in sunny Florida around spring break ready to start the season.
A law firm released a report Tuesday on allegations of physical and emotional abuse in Rutgers University's softball program that described inappropriate behavior by coaches and a lack of communication on the part of administrators but stoppe…
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