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NFL Fantasy football starts and sits for week 5

NFL Fantasy football starts and sits for week 5

Eddie Velazquez, Contributor October 4, 2018

It is suspension-return week in the NFL this week and there are some key players such as New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman and New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram coming back. These two could give their respective offenses a completely...

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Invest now, benefit later: UTEP men's basketball continues to strike gold

Invest now, benefit later: UTEP men’s basketball continues to strike gold

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor October 2, 2018

As Miner fans have been preoccupied with the winless football team, basketball season is getting closer and closer. For the athletic program, it’s a chance to wipe the slate clean from an abysmal new era of football. They get to debut a new style...

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Miners hope to end losing streak with a homecoming win

Miners hope to end losing streak with a homecoming win

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor October 2, 2018

The longest active losing streak in college football was extended to 17 games this past weekend when the UTEP football team lost to the UTSA Roadrunners 24-21 at the Alamodome. The Miners  (0-5, 0-1) are desperate for a win as they return home for...

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Sophomore midfielder April Pate and Middle Tennessee junior defender Casey River chase after a lose ball.

UTEP falls to Middle Tennessee

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 30, 2018

The UTEP Miners soccer team dropped its second consecutive game in Conference USA play when they lost 3-0 to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Sunday night at University Field. UTEP (6-6-1) were unable to get things going as Middle Tennessee (7-2-1)...

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NFL Fantasy football starts and sits for week 4

NFL Fantasy football starts and sits for week 4

Eddie Velazquez, Contributor September 27, 2018

With the first quarter of the NFL season coming to a close, the standings in your fantasy league should start to reflect who needs to scour the waiver wire and who is rolling comfortably to the playoffs. There were also some key injuries and surprising...

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UTEP Looks To Repeat Success on the Ice

UTEP Looks To Repeat Success on the Ice

Isaiah Ramirez, Reporter September 26, 2018

The 2018 season is one the UTEP Men’s Hockey team hopes will be as successful as their inaugural season’s campaign in 2016 where the Miners captured the Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference Championship. Last season the Miners could not repeat their...

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UTEP football head coach Dana Dimel walks his team out of the MIne Shaft before they First Light Credit Union Battle of I-10 against NMSU, on Saturday Sept. 22nd.

Miners need to find where they stand before facing UTSA

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor September 25, 2018

In the midst of a 16-game losing streak and an 0-4 start to the season, the UTEP football team is relying on pure desperation and faith in order to secure their first win going into conference play. UTEP joins UCLA (0-3), Nebraska (0-3) and San Jose...

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UTEP goalie to stand alone in the record books

UTEP goalie to stand alone in the record books

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 25, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEkYLL1_DmQ&feature=youtu.be When senior goalkeeper Alyssa Palacios started her first game as a freshman she allowed two goals in defeat, but little did everybody know then that Palacios would leave UTEP with the...

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Senior goalkeeper Alyssa Palacios and senior defender Payton Ross celebrate as the miners score a second goal against NMSU.

Miners outlast NMSU 4-1

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 23, 2018

UTEP soccer defeated the NMSU Aggies 4-1 on Sunday, Sept. 23rd at University Field. "We prepared for this game because we wanted to get back at them for last year,” said sophomore Anna Jimmerson. “Battle of I-10 in general and then plus our football...

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Head Coach Dana Dimel gives directions to the team.

Miners lose 16th straight in a heartbreaker against NMSU

Isaiah Ramirez, Staff Reporter September 23, 2018

https://youtu.be/HEUS9TaXs24 In what looked to be the end of a losing streak that has been attached to the UTEP Miner football team for over a year now, turned out to end with a heartbreaking 27-20 loss against the New Mexico State Aggies. “Way...

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Defender Senior Payton Ross and Senior goalkeeper Alyssa Palacios celebrate their fourth goal against their opponent.

UTEP falls to Marshall in overtime

Daniel Mendez, Sports Editor September 20, 2018

The UTEP Miners (5-4-1) lost in an overtime thriller 2-1 to the Marshall Thundering Herd (3-4-2), Thursday night, at University Field.  After a scoreless first half, the Miners struck first early in the second half. When sophomore Vic...

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NFL Fantasy football stars and sits for week 3

NFL Fantasy football stars and sits for week 3

Eddie Velazquez, Contributor September 20, 2018

As the weeks go by, the NFL fantasy landscape starts to take a more distinguishable shape. New fantasy superstars like Patrick Mahomes (a guy I completely whiffed on) are starting to emerge and fantasy castoffs like Larry Fitzgerald are starting to wane...

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