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Concussions be damned: my son can play football if he wants

Jason Green, Staff Reporter • April 1, 2015

Recently San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland retired after only one season in the National Football League. Borland cited recent studies, which show the adverse effects of playing football on a person’s brain as the main reason. He also said...

More Champions League? Yes, please.

Luis Gonzalez, Sports Editor • February 24, 2015

This is the best time of the year for soccer. Domestic leagues and cups are near their final stages and both European competitions have started back up. It seems like every three days there is at least one game that is a must-see because of the participants...

El Chisme Season 2, Episode 2

January 30, 2015

Welcome to second season of El Chisme, where we talk about anything and everything. This episode the Prospector staff discusses SuperBowl Sunday, Obama's two year college plan, and the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa.

The Playoff worked, so what?

Javier Cortez, Contributor • January 20, 2015

The 2014-15 college football season came to a close last week and it ended on a historical high note with the first-ever College Football Playoff determining the best team in college football. I say this grudgingly, but the CFP in one year is better...

Miners begin Fall practice

Aaron Montes, Contributor • August 4, 2014

Today marked the first day in UTEP’s fall practices for the 2014-2015 football season. The Miners were in shorts and no pads to start off their two-day practices in the Sun Bowl before leaving to Alpine on Wednesday. The Miners are touting a set of...

Briefs and Upcoming Events: Jun. 17

, Editorial staff • June 17, 2014

In Brief: Four Miners named to All-American team: Junior distance runner Anthony Rotich was named to the NCAA track and field All-American team for the seventh time after winning his second national championship in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase....

Aaron Jones out for the remainder of the season

Kristopher Rivera, Copy Editor • November 14, 2013

UTEP athletics confirmed with the Prospector on Thursday that freshman running back Aaron Jones is out for the season. He suffered broken ribs during the game against North Texas. This marks UTEP's second key player on the offense to go down this season...

Redskins: The somehow debatable topic

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • November 8, 2013

What if there were sports teams called the Mississippi Coons, the Los Angeles Spics or the Oklahoma City White Devils. If these were the names of actual sports teams, there would be no debate as to whether or not to change their names. The same should...

Texas A&M and UTEP sports editors talk weekend matchup

November 1, 2013

The Prospector's sports editor, Edwin Delgado was interviewed by James Sullivan, sports editor of Texas A&M's student newspaper, the Battalion. The two traded dialogue on this weekend's football matchup between UTEP and Texas A&M. Read the...

A slow transition under Kugler

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • October 22, 2013

Every season starts with certain expectations, optimism, dreams and goals, but as the season progresses some of those expectations change. Optimism may turn into pessimism, dreams into nightmares and goals are unmet. After a 1-5 start to their 2013...

An underwhelming performance for the Miners

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter • October 22, 2013

With the first half of the football season in the books, the Miners are 1-5 overall and 0-3 in conference play. Knowing UTEP’s football history, how much of a surprise can that be? If you had told me that this would be the case six weeks ago, I would...

Miners go on the road to face Rice

Edwin Delgado, Sports Editor • October 22, 2013

After having a week off, the Miners are now focused on their next rival the Rice Owls, who are leading the west division of the conference alongside Tulane. Rice will host UTEP Oct. 26 in Houston. “It was a very productive week for us. We got a lot...