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People held up signs behind the media  during the press conference at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry.

Separating families is the American (Christian) way

Jason Green, Contributor June 27, 2018

Separating families is nothing new for the U.S. Government. In 1619, slave ships from West Africa hit eastern shores in the U.S., starting the routine process of separating children from their families as they arrived at Jamestown Colony. Not seen as...

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Shootin’ The S#!T w/ Big Boy & The Bear: Episode Three

Shootin’ The S#!T w/ Big Boy & The Bear: Episode Three

Jason Green, Contributor June 5, 2018

https://soundcloud.com/user-479248766/bigboyandthebear-episode-3-drew-bonney-mixdown The Hosts: Senior multimedia majors Javier Cortez and Jason Green. The Episode: Big Boy (Cortez) and The Bear (Green), are joined by UTEP Associate Media Relations...

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An old guy goes to Neon Desert 2018

An old guy goes to Neon Desert 2018

Jason Green, Contributor May 30, 2018

Well, I did it. I finally went to Neon Desert. I had tickets last year and for one reason or another ended up selling them about a week before the show to a woman who wanted them for her teenage daughter. This year, I had an almost-teen of my own to take....

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Shootin’ The S#!T w/ Big Boy & The Bear: Episode Two

Shootin’ The S#!T w/ Big Boy & The Bear: Episode Two

Jason Green, Contributor May 29, 2018

https://soundcloud.com/user-479248766/shootin-the-st-w-big-boy-and-the-bear-episode-2-jonbalaya   The Hosts: Senior multimedia majors Javier Cortez and Jason Green. The Episode: Big Boy (Cortez) and The Bear (Green), talk about the NHL and...

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Shootin' The S#!T w/ Big Boy & The Bear: Episode One

Shootin’ The S#!T w/ Big Boy & The Bear: Episode One

Jason Green, Contributor May 21, 2018

https://soundcloud.com/user-479248766/shootin-the-st-w-big-boy-the-bear-a-sports-and-food-podcast-episode-1 The Hosts: Senior multimedia majors Javier Cortez and Jason Green. The Episode: Big Boy (Cortez) and The Bear (Green), talk about the El...

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Tirus Smith’s career-high at UTEP was a 17 point performance against Howard on Dec. 21.

Terry, Wade and Smith speak out about transfers

Jason Green, Contributor April 23, 2018

During the Tim Floyd era at UTEP, basketball players transferring to other schools hit record numbers. In seven seasons at the helm of the Miners, Floyd saw 24 players transfer away from the school. During the 2017-18 offseason and preseason, eight players...

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Nash would have been UTEP women’s basketball’s senior leader on the court in 2017, instead, she found herself in federal court.

Former UTEP star faces thirty years in prison after guilty plea

Jason Green and April 5, 2018

Former UTEP women’s basketball star Jenzel Nash has pled guilty to “aiding and abetting false statements to credit and loan applications.” It is unclear whether pleading guilty prior to her April 9 trial in Federal Court means that Nash has avoided...

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Gloria Trevi should not be allowed to tour

Gloria Trevi should not be allowed to tour

Jason Green, Contributor April 2, 2018

On Wednesday night, Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi will perform at the Don Haskins Center on UTEP’s campus as part of the Gloria Trevi vs. Alejandra Guzman Tour. Ten hours away, former Telemundo El Paso multimedia journalist Karina Yapor will probably...

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The Prospector Sports Weekly Podcast - Monday, March 26

The Prospector Sports Weekly Podcast – Monday, March 26

Adrian Broaddus, Mike Flores, and Jason Green March 26, 2018

https://soundcloud.com/user-479248766/the-prospector-sports-podcast-monday-march-26     Join The Prospector Sports Weekly Podcast, featuring copy editor Adrian Broaddus, reporter Mikey Flores and special guest Jason Green. They talk...

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Change starts now with the democratic primaries

Change starts now with the democratic primaries

Jason Green, Contributor February 26, 2018

According to the El Paso Times, early voting numbers for the Democratic Party primary in El Paso are up 86 percent from 2014 and 170 percent from 2016. It is probably safe to assume that the turnout, as has been the case in almost every election since...

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 Junior Kacey Duffield attempts to advance on base.

Miner softball falls in Battle of I-10

Jason Green, Contributor February 21, 2018

The UTEP softball team lost their home opener on Tuesday, despite out hitting the rival New Mexico State Aggies 10-9. It was the Miners fourth straight game with double digit hits. The Miners were unable to overcome the Aggies in the run column...

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Military weapons are for war, not civilians

Military weapons are for war, not civilians

Jason Green, Contributor February 19, 2018

I was a senior in high school in 1999 when the massacre at Columbine High School took place. We were already home from school because of the time difference, I was on the East Coast, and I remember watching it all unfold on TV. It seemed at the time...

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I’m not afraid to call an orange an orange

I’m not afraid to call an orange an orange

Jason Green, Contributor January 15, 2018

I recently finished reading the bombshell new book by Michael Wolff, “Fire and Fury,” which reportedly has the West Wing at each other’s throats. Wolff reported numerous people inside the White House saying Trump is not very smart. Additionally,...

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NC State running back Nyheim Hines scored three touchdowns as he led his team to victory.

Wolfpack hang on to beat emotional Sun Devils 52-31 in Hyundai Sun Bowl

Jason Green, Contributor December 29, 2017

Although there were a few defensive lapses, untimely penalties and the occasional mesmerizing play to keep the Arizona State Sun Devils in Friday afternoon’s Sun Bowl, the North Carolina State Wolfpack looked the better team from start to finish in...

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Tirus Smith utilizes his footwork to get away from a Howard defender for two points.

Smith leads Miners to victory in first round of Sun Bowl Invitational

Jason Green, Contributor December 22, 2017

The depleted Miners continued to roll on Thursday night in front of 6,013 Don Haskins Center fans, taking out the visiting Howard University Bison in the first round of the Weststar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational by a final score of 69-56. Since...

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Interim head coach Phil Johnson exits the court as he is thrown out of the game.

Men’s basketball takes down Incarnate Word 72-66

Jason Green, Contributor December 20, 2017

[aesop_gallery id="29447" revealfx="off" overlay_revealfx="off"] The first half of Tuesday night’s match up between the UTEP Miners and the visiting Incarnate Word Cardinals was slow-paced, low scoring and heavy on the foul calls. The second half...

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2017 was a  year to forget

2017 was a year to forget

Jason Green, Contributor December 4, 2017

Remember when 2016 was coming to a close and all of those celebrities were dying and we all said, “OMG, I can’t wait for this year to be over so we can get to 2017 and it’ll be so much better”? Well, 2017 is coming to a close and it’s time...

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Miners blown out by hot shooting Lamar, Floyd retires following game

Miners blown out by hot shooting Lamar, Floyd retires following game

Jason Green, Contributor November 28, 2017

In what the assembled media would find out post-game was head coach Tim Floyd’s final game in charge of the UTEP men’s basketball team, the Miners were defeated by Lamar 66-52 and dropped to 1-5 on the season. Floyd dropped the retirement bombshell...

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Men's basketball finishes last in Puerto Rico Tip-Off

Men’s basketball finishes last in Puerto Rico Tip-Off

Jason Green, Contributor November 19, 2017

In their final game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in Myrtle Beach, the Miners were playing to salvage one win from the three games in the tournament. The Appalachian State Mountaineers, who had also lost two games, had other ideas. The hot shooting...

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Head coach Tim Floyd and the men's basketball team struggled in their second game of the Puerto Rico Tip-off in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Men’s basketball hammered by South Carolina 80-56

Jason Green, Contributor November 17, 2017

Perhaps the travel caught up to the Miners men’s basketball team on Friday or maybe it was the 8:30 a.m. mountain time zone start. Regardless, UTEP started slow and finished slower in a 80-56 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday morning. The...

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Miners fall in 58-56 heartbreaker to Boise State

Miners fall in 58-56 heartbreaker to Boise State

Jason Green, Contributor November 16, 2017

The UTEP men’s basketball team began the Puerto Rico Tip-Off at Myrtle Beach with an exciting match up against the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. When the dust – or sand, if you will – settled on the opening round game, UTEP...

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The best international restaurants to visit in El Paso

The best international restaurants to visit in El Paso

Jason Green, Contributor November 13, 2017

One of the best things about living in a city the size of El Paso is the plethora of food options. Of course, we all know that El Paso claims to be the “Mexican food capital of the world,” which has always made me wonder why any place in Mexico wouldn’t...

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UTEP men’s basketball opens season with big win

UTEP men’s basketball opens season with big win

Jason Green, Contributor November 11, 2017

  For the second season in a row, the UTEP men’s basketball team opened the regular season against Louisiana College. Also for the second season in a row, the visiting Wildcats were routed by the Miners—this year by a final score of 100-50. From...

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Mass shooting results in another cry for national policy

Mass shooting results in another cry for national policy

Jason Green, Contributor November 6, 2017

In 2008, my unit was preparing to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Saddam Hussein had been captured five years earlier and the U.S. mission had become vague and the enemy even more so. We were warned prior to leaving home that almost...

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Miners rout Western New Mexico as they approach the start of the season

Miners rout Western New Mexico as they approach the start of the season

Jason Green, Contributor November 4, 2017

Five UTEP players scored double-digits in the Miners’ final tune-up before opening the season a week from Friday against Louisiana College. This Friday however, the opponent was Western New Mexico who was dispatched by a final score of 98-50....

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Football’s coaching search depends on new athletic director

Football’s coaching search depends on new athletic director

Jason Green, Contributor October 23, 2017

When fans began calling for head coach Sean Kugler’s firing after the first few–not so unexpected–losses this season, they may not have taken a few very important things into account that would take place following the firing. First, there was...

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It’s time to turn off and tune in

It’s time to turn off and tune in

Jason Green, Contributor October 16, 2017

I am a liberal. I am anti-Trump. I am pro-LGBTQ. I am an atheist. I am pro-gun control. Those are all things that I stand for and up until about two weeks ago, all my Facebook and Twitter accounts really showed that as I posted meme after meme affirming...

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The Dirty River Boys performed at Ardivino’s Desert Crossing to fundraise for the Salvation Army, with proceeds going to the hurricane relief.

A concert for hurricane relief: a view of humanity

Jason Green, Contributor October 9, 2017

“We never thought about cancelling it.” Four days after Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival in Las Vegas, Ardovino’s Desert Crossing in Sunland Park, N.M., was the site of a country music...

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Not protesting is what  is really un-American

Not protesting is what is really un-American

Jason Green, Contributor September 25, 2017

Almost one year ago today, I wrote a column about Colin Kaepernick and the stand–or knee–that he was taking in response to his perceived racial inequality and police brutality toward African-Americans in the United States. This was during the Obama...

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Boxing is changing and not for the better

Boxing is changing and not for the better

Jason Green, Contributor September 18, 2017

On Saturday, my social media feeds were full of talk about the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. This was supposed to be the “fixer” after the debacle that was the Mayweather-McGregor “super fight” a few weeks earlier. Instead,...

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Texas 12: The Horned Frogs stay hot and at the top

Texas 12: The Horned Frogs stay hot and at the top

Jason Green, Contributor September 14, 2017

A lot of teams across Texas faced off in week two and helped to split up the standings a little. After a postponement in week one, UTSA and Houston saw their first game action in week two also. The top-3 has not changed since week one, but beneath that,...

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Handicapping the new athletic director

Handicapping the new athletic director

Jason Green, Contributor September 11, 2017

With the announcement that athletic director Bob Stull would be leaving UTEP after 19 years at the helm of the athletic department, speculation from all corners began. In the end, the only real opinion that matters is that of university president Diana...

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Texas 12: Can we just start at number six and below?

Texas 12: Can we just start at number six and below?

Jason Green, Contributor September 6, 2017

On the opening weekend of college football, no team really looked as if they wanted to reach up and grab that brass ring – the coveted first place spot in “The Prospector’s” Texas 12 Rankings – thus the title. My Dad actually just suggested...

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Why Stull needed to go

Why Stull needed to go

Jason Green, Contributor September 5, 2017

When one walks around the UTEP campus, it would be hard to miss Athletic Director Bob Stull’s fingerprints – for better or worse. Stull announced his retirement last week and it has been a long time coming. The fingerprints of the former football...

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Prospy Podcast: Football edition

Prospy Podcast: Football edition

Adrian Broaddus, Jason Green, and Mike Flores September 4, 2017

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Aaron Jones speaks with Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy while Vurgess sobs.

Aaron Jones: mama’s boy, father’s man, Green Bay Packer

Jason Green, Sports Editor May 2, 2017

Day Two Disappointment The crowd had shown up on Friday night at the Jones’ house in Northeast El Paso, hopeful and exuberant. The second and third round of the draft would be televised and there was plenty of expectation in the air following a first...

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The El Paso Chihuahuas have vaulted into second place due in large part to their hitting. Prior to the season, hitting was thought to be a weak point for a team with several star pitching prospects.

Hot-hitting Chihuahuas return home to face rival Isotopes

Jason Green, Sports Editor May 2, 2017

The El Paso Chihuahuas have vaulted into second place in the Pacific Coast League’s Pacific Southern Division following a double-header sweep of the first-place Salt Lake Bees on Sunday afternoon, April 29, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Bees had been...

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Café Istanbul is located at 3501 Sun Bowl Drive and open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Café Istanbul offers the freshest Mediterranean food in town

Jason Green, Sports Editor April 25, 2017

The new restaurant at 3501 Sun Bowl Drive, behind the empty Krispy Kreme building, is more than just an outstanding place to get Mediterranean food at a great price; it is the culmination of one man’s life’s work, his drive to succeed and if need...

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Chihuahuas lose to 51s on late home run

Chihuahuas lose to 51s on late home run

Jason Green, Sports Editor April 8, 2017

The Chihuahuas stranded 15 runners on base on Friday night, only managing to bring two home, while the Las Vegas 51s sent the right pinch hitter to the plate at the right time to secure a 4-2 win in the second game of the season opening five game set. El...

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Chihuahuas win big on opening day

Chihuahuas win big on opening day

Jason Green, Sports Editor April 6, 2017

  The strength of the defending PCL Champion El Paso Chihuahuas roster heading into the home opener against the always tough Las Vegas 51s, appeared to be the pitching. That held true on Thursday night in front of an opening day crowd of 9,761,...

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Chihuahuas roster takes shape prior to opening game

Chihuahuas roster takes shape prior to opening game

Jason Green, Sports Editor April 6, 2017

When El Paso Chihuahuas pitcher Walker Lockett throws out the first pitch of the 2017 season to a Las Vegas 51s batter on Thursday evening, the book will officially be closed on the Chihuahuas’ 2016 Pacific Coast League championship season. Gone...

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Adams interviews for Wichita State head coaching vacancy

Adams interviews for Wichita State head coaching vacancy

Jason Green, Sports Editor March 28, 2017

According to multiple reports, UTEP women’s basketball head coach Keith Adams has been interviewed for the women’s basketball head coaching vacancy at Wichita State University, in her home state of Kansas. Adams, who has been at UTEP since 2001,...

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Elton John mesmerizes capacity crowd with non-stop hits

Elton John mesmerizes capacity crowd with non-stop hits

Jason Green, Sports Editor March 24, 2017

Two days before his 70th birthday, Elton John filled up the Don Haskins Center with music -- and fans -- for what could be the last time, and nobody seemed to leave disappointed. John has had nine number one hits on the US Billboard charts and the...

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Predictions, expectations and numbers of the C-USA tournament

Predictions, expectations and numbers of the C-USA tournament

Jason Green and Mike Flores March 7, 2017

The Conference-USA men’s basketball tournament kicks off in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday, March 5, with eighth-seeded Western Kentucky (15-16 overall, 9-9 C-USA) facing off with ninth-seeded UT-San Antonio (13-18 overall, 8-10 C-USA) at 10:30 a.m....

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The sticky path to legalization in Texas

The sticky path to legalization in Texas

Jason Green, Sports Editor February 28, 2017

A bill currently being introduced by Representative Joe Moody of El Paso, House Bill 81, would reduce marijuana possession up to one ounce to a civil penalty—a fine of up to $250 and court-ordered community service or drug education. Moody’s stance...

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Miner women take crucial win over Florida Atlantic

Miner women take crucial win over Florida Atlantic

Jason Green, Sports Editor February 24, 2017

One down. One more to go. UTEP women’s basketball head coach Keith Adams told her team that this was going to be a big week and her team played like it on Thursday night. The Miners defeated the visiting Florida Atlantic Owls by a final score...

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Should we care who our athletes vote for?

Should we care who our athletes vote for?

Jason Green, Sports Editor February 21, 2017

As Tom Brady continues to make the media rounds following his record-breaking fifth Super Bowl victory, the incessant amount of questions from the endless number of talk-radio hosts has led to more and more political talk outside of the realm of sports....

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The El Paso Chihuahuas are coming off of their most successful season on the field, however the 2017 roster will look drastically different.

Chihuahuas roster takes shape at Padres spring training

Jason Green, Sports Editor February 21, 2017

On Valentine’s Day, pitchers and catchers reported to the San Diego Padres’ sprawling training camp in Peoria, Arizona. Pitchers and catchers from every level of the massive system that it takes to build a Major League Baseball team reported at once,...

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UTEP women lose single digit affair to Rice

UTEP women lose single digit affair to Rice

Jason Green, Sports Editor February 18, 2017

As the UTEP women’s basketball team watches their season come down to crunch time, the Miners lost another single digit game to an opponent above them in the tight Conference-USA standings on Saturday. The Rice Owls left the Don Haskins Center with...

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Randi Zuckerberg to make a stop on campus

Randi Zuckerberg to make a stop on campus

Jason Green February 14, 2017

New York Times best-selling author, Harvard graduate, Emmy-nominated television anchor, early Facebook marketing manager and current media mogul, Randi Zuckerberg, will be speaking on campus at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the Undergraduate Learning Center,...

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Texas veterans in college can’t win for losing

Texas veterans in college can’t win for losing

Jason Green, Sports Editor January 31, 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Jan. 9 not to hear the case of a Georgia man, who moved to Texas after his discharge from the military, then sued for inclusion in the state’s Hazlewood Act of 1923. The piece of legislation waives tuition at public...

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Nash would have been UTEP women’s basketball’s senior leader on the court in 2017, instead, she finds herself in federal court.

EXCLUSIVE: Nash speaks out about fraud indictment

Jason Green, Sports Editor January 31, 2017

On Monday, Jan. 30, former UTEP women’s basketball star Jenzel Nash, her fiancée Terrance Yelder and five others were taken into custody by federal agents. A federal grand jury recently indicted former Nash, Yelder and the five on charges of conspiracy...

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Football to announce 2017 signings during luncheon

Football to announce 2017 signings during luncheon

Jason Green, Sports Editor January 31, 2017

The UTEP football team will hold a signing day luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 1, where members of the Miner Athletic Club and other members of the public and media will hear head coach Sean Kugler talk about the players who have committed that day to play...

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Speakers posed together after the press conference, where they discussed future plans for the Chihuahua's

Chihuahuas to host 2019 Triple-A Baseball All-Star Game

Jason Green, Sports Editor January 26, 2017

The El Paso Chihuahuas held a press conference on Thursday afternoon at Southwest university park to announce that the team has been chosen to host the 2019 Triple-A All-Star Game between the best players from the Triple-A International League and...

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Is the “Fire Floyd” movement justified?

Is the “Fire Floyd” movement justified?

Jason Green, Sports Editor January 17, 2017

A new chapter in UTEP lore was written a few weeks ago when former Miner football head coach Mike Price stormed into the stands to rip a “Fire Floyd” sign out of the hands of UTEP basketball fan Louis Cepeda. Price had been sitting with UTEP Athletic...

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Miners lose to hot shooting Golden Eagles

Miners lose to hot shooting Golden Eagles

Jason Green, Sports Editor January 7, 2017

The UTEP women never led in their fourth Conference-USA game as the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the Miners 79-68 to bring the team’s record to 2-2 in conference and 4-12 overall. At times on Saturday afternoon USM looked as if they could...

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El Paso Coyotes still winless despite major overhaul

El Paso Coyotes still winless despite major overhaul

Jason Green, Sports Editor January 7, 2017

The El Paso Coyotes brought in a new head coach earlier this week along with several new players, but it was the same result as fan's have come to expect from the Sun City's first year Major Arena Soccer League franchise on Friday night. The still...

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Aaron Jones leans on his father, Alvin Jones Sr., during his emotional announcement.

Opinions: should Jones stay or leave?

Jason Green and Mike Flores January 1, 2017

Miner redshirt junior running back Aaron Jones announced on Saturday afternoon that he would be heading to the NFL as part of the NFL draft at the end of April. Sports editor Jason Green and reporter Mike Flores weigh in on whether they think that...

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Stanford hangs on to win Sun Bowl

Jason Green, Sports Editor December 30, 2016

For the Stanford Cardinal football team to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Sun Bowl on Friday afternoon, the Cardinal defense was going to have to contain junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky and the Tar Heel passing game. They did not do that. Trubisky...

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The Sun Bowl: by the numbers

The Sun Bowl: by the numbers

Jason Green, Sports Editor December 29, 2016

Whether it is for your fantasy bowl picking game or for other more nefarious reasons, any edge can help this time of year. Here is a look at how Stanford and North Carolina match-up from a numbers standpoint. Offense: The North Carolina Tar Heels rank...

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Stanford begins Sun Bowl preparation minus star running back

Stanford begins Sun Bowl preparation minus star running back

Jason Green, Sports Editor December 27, 2016

The Stanford Cardinal football team began their Sun Bowl practices in the Sun City minus star running back Christian McCaffrey on Tuesday, Dec. 27. The team looked crisp following the Christmas break, but there was no doubt that the missing McCaffrey...

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Streaky shooting dooms Miners against rival Aggies

Streaky shooting dooms Miners against rival Aggies

Jason Green, Sports Editor December 16, 2016

Much like the El Paso weather can swing from hot to cold at a moment’s notice, the UTEP women’s basketball team saw their shooting percentage swing all over the chart on Thursday, Dec 15, in the Don Haskins Center. The inconsistency would eventually...

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Forward Terry Winn decided to part ways with the team after feeling like he was unjustly attacked by the staff.

The Prospector’s exclusive interview with Terry Winn on his departure from UTEP

Jason Green, Staff Reporter November 29, 2016

Sophomore forward Terry Winn is joining the growing list of players to transfer away from the UTEP basketball program during head coach Tim Floyd’s tenure after he was abruptly sent back to El Paso during the Gildan Charleston Classic on Nov. 19. Winn...

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UTEP women’s basketball team is currently starting their second-worst start under head coach Keitha Adams (1-5).

Women’s basketball prepares for Houston Baptist

Jason Green, Staff Reporter November 29, 2016

Leading into the 2016-17 season, UTEP women’s basketball head coach Keitha Adams knew that there would be growing pains with eight new additions to the team. Perhaps she did not anticipate it taking quite this long. The team is off to the second-worst...

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Coyotes fall short in comeback bid, 12-6

Coyotes fall short in comeback bid, 12-6

Jason Green, Reporter November 27, 2016

The crowd never thinned and never wavered on Saturday night at the El Paso Convention Center on Saturday, Nov. 26, but the “Si se puede” chant would only bring the Coyotes to within three goals of the visiting San Diego Sockers before three late...

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Men's basketball sophomore Winn plans to transfer from UTEP

Men’s basketball sophomore Winn plans to transfer from UTEP

Jason Green, Reporter November 26, 2016

Pending a meeting on Monday with the basketball team’s compliance director, sophomore forward Terry Winn plans to transfer away from UTEP as soon as possible. This news is following Winn being sent home by the team from the Gildan Charleston Classic...

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Miners run away from WNMU Mustangs

Miners run away from WNMU Mustangs

Jason Green, Reporter November 17, 2016

  The UTEP women’s basketball team (0-2) came out on Thursday, Nov. 16, trying to avoid their second worst start under 16-year head coach Keitha Adams and emphatically put an end to their losing streak with a 93-46 win over the visiting...

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UTEP women’s basketball team lost two games during their opening weekend debut to Northern Arizona and Texas Southern, respectively.

Women’s basketball still looking for first win

Jason Green, Staff Reporter November 15, 2016

Before heading to the Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam Tournament over the Thanksgiving break, the UTEP women’s basketball team (0-2) has one more chance to head into the tournament with a victory. Head coach Keitha Adams’ young team has struggled...

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Jakeria Ford dives after the ball, with only seconds left in the fourth quarter

UTEP women’s basketball struggles in absence of Nash

Jason Green, Reporter November 13, 2016

Senior guard Sparkle Taylor did her best to perform double-duty during the UTEP women’s basketball season opener on Friday night in the absence of the only other senior on the Miners’ young squad, fellow guard Jenzel Nash; however, Taylor’s...

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Fahrenheit 32 serves up unique treat from the East

Jason Green, Staff Reporter November 11, 2016

If there’s one thing people in El Paso are very fond of, it’s things that are rolled. Chico’s Tacos can attest to that. In the short time that the new ice cream purveyor, Fahrenheit 32, has been open at 2500 N. Mesa St., El Pasoans are once...

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The best, worst and memorable tattoos from the artists themselves

Jason Green, Staff Reporter November 8, 2016

The popularity of television shows such as “Miami Ink,” “Inked” and “Ink Master” brought tattooing into the mainstream media. They have made tattoos less taboo and more recognized as a true art form. El Paso has seen a boom in tattoo studios...

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