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Monday, May 13, 2013  Two Valley softball squads are currently alive in the UIL playoffs. Here are the latest schedules for the postseason.

Friday, May 03, 2013  This coming weekend at the South Padre Island, there will be a knock-out boxing event for you to attend.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  A UTPA student's sister was the first woman to cross the finish line in the Boston Marathon.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Sharyland alum Osiel Flores never stopped believing in himself, going from being a walk-on at UT-Brownsville to Division I UTPA, to being drafted by the Cleveland Indians. Now, the longtime catcher for the Edinburg Roadrunners has been hired as a roving catching instructor for the Pittsburgh Pirates after a chance meeting with a member of the Pirates front office.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  Rutgers University fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Texas-Pan American men's basketball head coach Ryan Marks and women's basketball coach Denny Downing have both been released by UTPA, as the school will not renew their expiring contracts. Marks went 39-89 in 4 seasons at UTPA, increasing his win total each year, while Downing's record was 51-68 over the same time frame.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  One-time champions now boxing promoters Oscar De La Joya and Jesse James Leija brought Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout to McAllen in anticipation of their title bout April 20th in San Antonio.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  The baseball Broncs of Texas-Pan American are putting their teamwork skills to good use off the diamond, recruiting bone marrow and blood donors, shaving their heads, all in support of their biggest little fan.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  The Texas-Pan American men's basketball team left for their final Great West Conference tournament on Tuesday, but the Broncs packed for a longer stay than just this weekend, in hopes a postseason tourney might be in the offing.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A mid-week, non-district, spring break contest between two traditional Valley baseball powers turned into a pitching duel, a duel won by McHi's Jacob Guzman.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Harlingen South missed plenty of chances to put Brownsville Rivera away in the 1st half, but the Hawks soccer team capitalized on opportunities in the 2nd half to beat the Raiders and stay alone atop the District 32-5A standings.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Oscar De La Hoya is coming to the Valley this week, his 1st time back to promote a fight since 2004. And with the Golden Boy comes one of the most popular boxers in the world, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Both will be appearing at 3:30pm Thursday press conference at the McAllen Convention Center to promote Canelo's fight with Austin Trout at the Alamodome April 20th.

Saturday, March 09, 2013  The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men’s basketball team blew out the Great West Conference regular season champion New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders 76-59 to clinch the No. 2 seed in the GWC Tournament on Saturday at the UTPA Fieldhouse.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Harlingen South alum Bianca Torre has rewritten the UTPA record books in her 4 years with the Broncs, and her coach Denny Downing wants to emphasize the amazing things she's done.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Just before spring break, a trio of Harlingen South High school athletes made thair decision on where they would play their sports at the collegiate level.