Steve Kaplowitz

Although their fight is just three days away, the trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios staged their own main event in Macau. Earlier today, Freddie Roach (Pacquiao) and Robert Garcia (Rios) squared off in what was first a verbal and then a physical confrontation at a gym beneath the Venetian Macau, the site for Saturday night's clash

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Earlier today on Sportstalk, we asked everyone to send us their best "selfie" in honor of the Oxford dictionary naming "selfie" the word of the year. Oxford's official definition is "A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website

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Thomas Howard, one of the greatest linebackers ever to wear a UTEP jersey, died earlier this morning from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Oakland, California. Howard was only 30 years old

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The Dallas Cowboys are back from their bye week and travel to play the New York Giants in a key NFC East showdown. On Saturday, UCLA and Arizona State will face each other in a game that could have big Hyundai Sun Bowl implications

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Congratulations to one of my favorite sportswriters, Ray Sanchez, who just released his eighth book, “The Good, The Bad, and The Funny of El Paso Sports History.” Every book for Ray is a labor of love and I know this latest project took him a few years to research and complete

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The Dallas Cowboys are off this week, so high school football gets center stage. It's the start of the bi-district playoffs and Football Friday Night hosts Mark Miller and Tony Grijalva will be on location from the Sun Bowl

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The New England Patriots were happy to finally get a healthy Rob Gronkowski back on the field a few weeks ago. The Pro Bowl tight end has dealt with numerous injuries the last few seasons and is arguably the best tight end in the NFL

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George Brett spent his entire career in Kansas City and is arguably one of the greatest third basemen to ever play the game of baseball. In 21 seasons with the Royals, Brett hit .317 with 317 home runs and 1596 RBI's

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Let me just start by saying I love this move by the UTEP coaching staff. When your team is 1-7 and out contention for a postseason bowl game, it is time to look towards the future. For the UTEP football team, they are wasting no time to see what they have at the quarterback position for the next three years

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Tiger Woods took a break from his normal golf routine to participate in a special promotional campaign on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey. Woods stood on a platform with his Nike driver and proceeded to tee off from Europe to Asia (the bridge connects both continents). The

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