There’s no such thing as loyalty in sports. It’s a business—and rightfully so. Players in all sports should have the right to leave or do what they please without being bashed on, since owners and coaches all around will trade or release them the...

Forget about the first winless season (0-12) in school history, the UTEP football program has never been worse than it is right now; it’s deeper than not winning a single game this year. First, UTEP’s former head coach Sean Kugler decided to call...

After a strong fall start to the 2017-18 season, Lily Downs is using the winter break part of the schedule to perfect her already talented set of skills. As a sophomore, Lily Downs led the UTEP golf team in scoring average (75.1), was the Miners’ top...

The UTEP men’s basketball team will kick off the 2017 Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament against their old Western Athletic Conference rival Boise State on Thursday, Nov. 16, at noon at the HTC Center in Conway, SC. The game will be televised on ESPNU. The...

The life of an international student isn’t easy. Since my first semester, I was put under a lot of pressure by my family, my friends and my high school teachers to succeed in this “great opportunity to study with the best,” as they would say.  My...

The UTEP women’s basketball added some firepower for next year’s team with the addition of the 6-foot-1 forward out of Houston, Texas, Ariana Taylor, which head coach Kevin Baker announced today. Taylor is what every basketball team hopes to add—a...

With eight newcomers (five of them being freshmen), the departures of Kelvin Jones and Joey St. Pierre and the loss of All-Conference second teamer in Dominic Artis from last year, the Miners will be looking at one basketball player that has brought consistency...

With only one week off from a busy 17-week NFL season, Aaron Jones decided to spend it in El Paso, the city that saw him grow as a player. The former Burges Mustang and all-time leading rusher in UTEP football history, was picked in the 2017 NFL draft...

After an encouraging first half by UTEP, UTSA lived up to their conference-leading defense and shutout the Miners to secure a 31-14 win. The game seemed to be on the brink of a blowout with UTSA (5-2, 2-2 Conference USA) putting up the first 17...

Head coach Tim Floyd created a spark for his Miners—a spark that eventually led the Miners to their first exhibition win of the season over Sul Ross State, 78-70 at the Don Haskins Center on Saturday afternoon. The spark that Floyd lit was a...

In preparation for the 2017-18 men’s basketball season, UTEP will be hosting two exhibition games at the Don Haskins Center. The Miners will welcome Sul Ross State University on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m., and then on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m., UTEP will battle Western...

Over the years of the Tim Floyd era, many players left the UTEP basketball program, and one more can be added to the list—sophomore center Kelvin Jones. In what was supposed to be a deeper team at the frontcourt position, UTEP lost one of their 7-footer's...