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Interim head coach Mike Price returns to UTEP and promises effort

Interim head coach Mike Price returns to UTEP and promises effort

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 3, 2017

After getting the call on Monday to take the reigns of interim head coach for the UTEP football team, Mike Price had less than 24 hours to pack all his belongings from his lake house in Idaho to travel to the Sun City and get back to business. As...

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With Kugler gone and Price in, what's to come of UTEP football?

With Kugler gone and Price in, what’s to come of UTEP football?

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 2, 2017

If you were to tell anyone who knows the slightest thing about UTEP football that at the start of the season Athletic Director Bob Stull would retire, Sean Kugler would resign after starting 0-5—firing offensive coordinator Brent Pease along the way—and...

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Kugler’s craving for local talent sank him

Kugler’s craving for local talent sank him

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter October 2, 2017

During Sean Kugler’s time as head coach of the UTEP football team, he made it a point to recruit and build his teams with many local talent from the El Paso and Las Cruces area. There is no doubt that’s a good idea, but the way Kugler went about...

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The student section at the UTEP football games has been declining in recent years.

Student section attendance put on notice

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter October 2, 2017

Student sections are supposed to bring the noise and intimidate the visiting team in order to give the home team an advantage. Some universities go all in on their student sections, but at UTEP for the past two home games of the football season, there...

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Women’s basketball holds first practice of 2017-18 season

Women’s basketball holds first practice of 2017-18 season

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter October 2, 2017

The UTEP women’s basketball program was eager to get the pace going. The team welcomed a new coach and staff, along with eight members returning from last season and four newcomers with the first official practice on Monday, Oct. 2. “It’s an...

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Mike Price named interim head football coach

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 2, 2017

One day after Sean Kugler announced his resignation with the program, UTEP Athletic Director Bob Stull named Mike Price interim head coach for the football team. “I’ve asked Mike if he could help us in this situation,” Stull said in a press...

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UTEP basketball starts first practice on Monday

UTEP basketball starts first practice on Monday

Mike Flores, Reporter October 2, 2017

Nobody ever really looks forward to Mondays, but today, Oct. 2, there was something different in the air. That something was the official start of the UTEP basketball season. A mix of experience, talented youth, much-needed depth, hungry newcomers, and...

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Sean Kugler steps down as head coach for UTEP football

Sean Kugler steps down as head coach for UTEP football

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 1, 2017

After a 0-5 start, the first time since 1992, UTEP football head coach Sean Kugler has chosen to resign from the program. Kugler was 18-36 during his five-year tenure with the Miners, including a New Mexico Bowl appearance in 2014. After meeting...

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Miners still winless after loss to Army

Miners still winless after loss to Army

Mike Flores, Reporter September 30, 2017

In a tale of two halves, UTEP played their best football of the season in the first half of today's game at Army . The Miners got their first lead of the season, moved the ball well due to spectacular running by Quadraiz Wadley and were tied at 14 with...

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Miners stun defending C-USA champion Charlotte

Miners stun defending C-USA champion Charlotte

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor September 29, 2017

Jackie Soto scored her first career goal at the 20-minute mark, the game’s only score, to give the UTEP soccer team a 1-0 victory over defending Conference USA champion Charlotte at University Field on Friday evening. The Miners (6-6, 2-1 C-USA)...

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Puerto Rico Tip-Off moved to Coastal Carolina campus

Puerto Rico Tip-Off moved to Coastal Carolina campus

Mike Flores, Reporter September 28, 2017

Due to Hurricane Maria and the havoc it has brought to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 11th annual 2017 Puerto Rico Tip-Off, which was set to be played at the Coliseo Municipal Tomas Dones in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, has been relocated to the campus...

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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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