Sun Bowl tournament suspended for 2008 season (El Paso Times)

6 September 2008, 1:30 am

EL PASO -- It is the oldest basketball tournament in the nation. It has been a holiday staple in El Paso since the day Don Haskins walked onto the Texas Western campus.... read more

Cousins, friends to clash tonight (El Paso Times)

6 September 2008, 12:00 am

EL PASO -- Football, for so many, is a game of friends and family. You grow up playing in the backyard, in the park down the street ... in the street itself with friends and family.... read more

UT coming to town a big event to UTEP (Houston Chronicle)

5 September 2008, 9:48 pm

The last time El Paso was buzzing over a sporting event might have been the big-screen release of Glory Road, which chronicled Texas Western’s 1966 NCAA basketball title. Even that will take a back seat tonight when No. 10 Texas makes its first visit to play UTEP in what is being billed as the Min... read more

Excitement buzzes in El Paso before matchup with Texas (Austin American-Statesman)

5 September 2008, 4:17 am

Nate Poss sat in his office at University of Texas at El Paso trying to talk to the manager of the hotel the Miners were going to stay at Friday night.... read more

Gasoline prices go up in El Paso, Las Cruces (El Paso Times)

3 September 2008, 11:20 pm

EL PASO -- El Paso's average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline increased two-tenths of a cent overnight to $3.586 on Wednesday, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Report Web site.... read more

Texas vs. UTEP considered biggest sporting event in EP history (ABC 7 El Paso)

3 September 2008, 4:57 pm

Three days away from what might be the biggest game in Sun Bowl history, the Sun City is beginning to see the fringe benefits of UTEP hosting the University of Texas.... read more