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Thoughts On The NBA Playoffs [OPINION]

Monster — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:32:56 +0000

The NBA basketball playoffs are in middle of the second round and while we are being entertained by one series in particular which is San Antonio/Golden State, the rest have been surprising but not in a good way.

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Six Reasons Why a Fight Shows Hockey Has the Best Playoffs in Pro Sports [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:49:46 +0000

Who has the best playoff in professional sports? Hockey. No doubt. And the line brawl that took place between Ottawa and Montreal in Game Three of their series proves it.

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Who Juiced? The Bigger Question: Who Should Care? [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:41:13 +0000

You athletes with your deer antler extract and needles and PEDs -- just who do you think you are, performers looking to give your sports and your fans exactly what they want?

Well, umm...yeah.

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Haiku for You: Random Observations from a Rhinos Road Trip [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:20:42 +0000

It's nice to stretch my legs a bit after an all-night bus ride to Dallas as we get ready to bring you some Rhinos hockey for the first time this season. That said, after a few minutes staring at my mall food, I felt the need to contribute something rather than merely feeding at the trough of humanity here at the Grapevine Mills Mall.

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A College Football Playoff? Get Ready for Lots of SEC-quels [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:46:54 +0000

They've just started production for college football's playoff blockbuster, but the sneak previews are already out. And this flick is scary...y'all.

Roll it!

"In a world of plenty, they wanted more

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A College Football Playoff? Get Ready for Lots of SEC-quels [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:29:16 +0000

They've just started production for college football's playoff blockbuster, but the sneak previews are already out. And this flick is scary...y'all.

Roll it!

"In a world of plenty, they wanted more

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Price Is Right at Home In A City That Wanted Him Fired [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:29:10 +0000

A cold wind blows across a porch in Couer d'Alene, ID. The tall pines in the snowy mountains above stand vigil in dress whites sharp enough to put a Navy man to shame. But there is no light inside the house, no fire in its hearth. It sits empty, its owner still enamored of a warm desert breeze near another international border, still friends with the man who would fire him, still positive about the best job he never thought he'd have.

A job he knew he would no longer have.

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The Last One? Is This Mike Price's Last Season at UTEP? [VIDEO/OPINION]

Duke Keith — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:55:41 +0000

Mike Price is under fire now more than he's ever been in the nine seasons he's coached at UTEP. With the Miners on the brink of a seventh consecutive losing season the hard questions were inevitable, and a few were asked at Price's Monday press conference. Is this Mike Price's last stand?

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That Will Do: Duke Keith Takes on the Jets and Rangers [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:46:08 +0000

Time to take on the New York Jets quarterback controversy (which, of course, started at the exact moment the Jets picked up Tebow in the off-season) and the Texas Rangers collapse at the end of the regular season. Team president Nolan Ryan can't be pleased.

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East Carolina 28, UTEP 18: Can the Miners Recover? [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 07:53:26 +0000

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The Historian's Gift: Steve Hill Remembered [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:56:56 +0000

The game notes always came in longhand, all written with a blue ballpoint pen. Stats, coaching records, last five games of the series -- transcribed onto wide-rule notebook paper, complete with Steve Hill's thoughts about the high school football game they described.

Every high school football game in El Paso County. Every we

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Low Price: UTEP Coach Frustrated By Lack of Offense vs Ole Miss [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:16:40 +0000

You could tell this loss stung Mike Price just by looking.

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Political Baseball: Crowd Lashes Out at Byrd, Ballpark [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:54:56 +0000

The conference room at the Nolan Richardson Rec Center was almost packed. Seeing two of El Paso's finest in uniform was a clue as to how this would go, as was the fact that there was a lot more gray hair in the audience than any other color

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What Price for One More Year at UTEP? [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:00:30 +0000

The UTEP Miners have begun their sojourn to Camp Socorro, most likely for the final time under Mike Price, who's contract to coach the Miners ends with the final whistle of 2012.

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NCAA Throws Match Into Forest Fire with Penn State Sanctions [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:52:53 +0000

When I heard that the NCAA had empowered president Mark Emmert to blow Penn State out of the water, I reiterated my thoughts that any penalty coming from the governing body of college sports would be like throwing a match into a raging forest fire.

After hearing Emmert unload both verbal barrels, I've changed my mind about one thing. Good on the NCAA for vacating Joe Pater

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Should Penn State Tear Down Joe Paterno's Statue? [POLL]

Duke Keith — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:52:20 +0000

There has been a lot of response to my column about Joe Paterno, especially regarding the picture of his statue below. Penn State says there's no way that statue is coming down.

I think they ought to bring the thing down, especially because of the words they have next to the statue: "Success With Honor". Obviously, it's been all but proven in court that Penn State's success in football was not achieved honorably. And while I respect the university's right to keep the statue, not everyone with a can of spray paint will. Just sayin'.

Read the column here and vote on what you think Penn State ought to do with the statue in our poll below.

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Should Have Kept Your Eyes on the Kids, Joe [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:42:46 +0000

Does EP Need a Soccer Complex? Yes — More Than a Baseball Stadium [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:28:34 +0000

The best thing El Paso could -- and should -- build for itself is a soccer complex. This would be better than building a baseball stadium. Better by far than another arena. Better than swimming pools, multi-purpose gyms and skate parks.

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Bracketology, Smacketology. What's All The Fuss About, ESPN? [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:12:48 +0000

Bracketology noun
1. A term invented by some ESPN marketing wonk implying that there is actual science behind picking which schools will be selected to play in the NCAA Tournament; made to stick because ESPN owns the TV rights to the entire world except for, ironically, the NCAA men's basketball tournament, and don't you just know they're pissed about that.

Give credit to ESPN, they come up with some good stuff. The term certainly gives

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