Ready or not, here they come; hoping to nip so persistently at your heels that you'll look down at it and pay some attention. The El Paso Chihuahuas unveiled their new nickname to much fanfare at the historic Plaza Theater. The kids liked it.
If you grow up with a name that can swing either way, you better be able to either take the ridicule or find some way to man up. Well, all of the guys on the list below chose the latter, becoming quintessential badasses in their own realms.
There’s no doubt that at one point or another these guys, too, got made fun of for having a name typically associated with the opposite sex...
Thanks to some outstanding research by the folks at Business Insider, we have good news if you're a kid growing up in Wyoming or Mississippi—you have a (relatively) great chance of becoming a Major League Baseball player someday. If you're from Utah, though? Eh, not so much.
For the first time ever, UTEP will face UTSA in the Conference USA opener for both teams Saturday in the Sun Bowl in a game that could end up being a great conference rivalry. So, how are Sean Kugler and the Miners getting ready for the Roadrunners?
Rivalries are a wonderful thing, but it takes two of something to make one; whether you're talking Leonard-Duran, Apple-Google or Army-Navy.
UTEP-New Mexico State? Well...it's an old football rivalry. So old it might need a 9-1-1 call soon; which says one thing if the call goes to the police, but something completely different when it's to the paramedics.
But could UTEP-UTSA be the next Battle of
So, now we know. A little more, anyway.
Check out my column on Sean Kugler's debut and what kind of team Miners fans will see this season by clicking the link below.