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Former UTEP quarterback Jordan Palmer hopes the third time is the charm when it comes to sticking on an NFL roster.  Palmer played well enough in May's rookie minicamp to earn an invite to the Jacksonville Jaguars training camp

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The UTEP football team’s games at Tulsa, Houston and Southern Miss this fall have all been picked up for television, the Conference USA office announced on Thursday.

Fox Sports Network will carry the Miners’ game at Tulsa on Thursday, Oct

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Three years after they generated an estimated economic impact of $3.5 million and national television exposure for the city of El Paso, the Conference USA Basketball Championships are heading back to the Sun City.

C-USA officials announce

Seven-foot-one center Matt Willms signed a national letter of intent to play for UTEP in the fall of 2012.  The Canadian big man comes to El Paso by way of Findlay Prep in Nevada.  Last season for Findlay, Willms averaged 8

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We are still months away from the start of the 2012 UTEP mens' basketball season, but Tim Floyd confirmed some key home matchups.  The Miners have return games set with Oregon and UNLV, and are close to finalizing a game against Oral Roberts

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A long time ago some dude penned a song about receiving gifts over the twelve days of Christmas.  All the gifts are lame, but they didn’t have Xbox’s or iPad’s back in the day

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All the momentum UTEP had after consecutive wins over Memphis and Southern Miss seems to be gone.  After a lackluster performance against UCF over the weekend, the Miners dropped their final home game of the season, 68-61 to Rice

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It seems like he just arrived in El Paso as a fresh faced teenager from Memphis, but it's been nearly five years since Gabe McCulley officially began his career as a Miner.  Tonight, he will play his final game at the Haskins Center

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Legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield made the line "I get no respect" famous, and had thousands of jokes to support it. Maybe he could've added this one to his arsenal: "My basketball team gets no respect. Every time we lose a tough game, the polls treat us like we're in Juarez."

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UTEP's road woes have been well documented.  Before today, the young Miners hadn't achieved victory away from the Haskins Center.  Yes, they did win a couple games in Hawaii over the holidays, but not a true road game

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