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On Wednesday night, December 21st, the UTEP Miners women's basketball team hosted UC Santa Barbara at the Don Haskins Center. More than 2,000 fans were in attendance, but the Miners loss their first game of the regular season 49-48

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The Miners turned in yet another impressive performance to stay undefeated for the season and moved to 9-0 first time in school history with a 74-51 beat down of Northern Colorado.

Coach Keitha Adams joked with me after the game, calling her team "soft, like charmin" when I asked her if she thought h

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On Sunday afternoon, December 11th, the UTEP Miners men's basketball team hosted I-10 rivals New Mexico State at the Don Haskins Center. At halftime, former Texas Western great Nolan Richardson had his jersey number 42 retired and hung from the rafters

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The Sonic Battle of I-10 on Tuesday night was far from a battle and watching tonight's game makes you wonder what  Lady Miner team was at the Pan Am Center for  the 76-72 OT victory on November 16th.

The Lady Miners went on a 9-2 run and took a 23-8 lead over the NMSU Lady Aggies at the half. The

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On Saturday night, November 26th, the UTEP Miners men's basketball team hosted Stephen F. Austin at the Don Haskins Center. The Lumberjacks won the game 53-35.

If basketball fans are old enough to remember El Paso hosting a first round regional in the 1981 NCAA Tournament, an effort is under way to bring March Madness back to the Haskins Center.

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Last night's heavyweight showdown between David "El Nino" Rodriguez and Owen "What theHeck" Beck turned scary two minutes into the third round. Rodriguez connected with a left hook to Beck's chin and dropped the veteran fighter to the canvas

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On Friday night, David "El Nino" Rodriguez, El Paso's heavyweight boxer returns to the ring to fight his toughest challenger yet. Owen "What the Heck" Beck is only a year older than Rodriguez, but already haas fought for a world's heavyweight title (5 years ago in Germany against Nikolay Valuev)

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(UTEP & Memphis post-game interview video below)

By Duke Keith: dkeith@klaq.com, twitter.com/dukekeith

Now you see it, now you don't.

An opportunity for the UTEP Miners to not sweat Selection Sunday escaped them like a 12-point second half lead. Like a missed free throw.

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UTEP head coach Tim Floyd, and Miners Julyan Stone and Gabe McCulley talk about UTEP's 75-65 win over the Marshall Thundering Herd.