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...the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. Haskins is much better known for being the son of legendary Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins, who coached Texas Western (now Texas-El-Paso) to the NCAA Championship in 1966, the victory notable by the landmark decision...
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...job more than 30 years ago. The Hattiesburg native, former Southern Cal coach and one-time assistant to former Miners coach Don Haskins was introduced Tuesday afternoon as the fifth coach to lead UTEP since Haskins retired in 1999. I came here at 22 years...
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Hattiesburg American
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Presentation for English 4354 at the University of Texas at El Paso. Featuring the songs "People Get Ready" and "Glory Road" from the Glory Road soundtrack.
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UTEP junior G Randy Culpepper (Memphis, Tenn.) scored a game-high 24 points as the Miners defeated Norfolk State, 93-56, in the first round of the Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational. Culpepper was 10-of-13 from the field. Sophomore
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...immediately came to our attention," said Julia Bussinger, the museum director. "There is no bigger giant in El Paso than Don Haskins." "This is the awakening of giants, and coach Haskins was our first giant and he became a giant because of that '66 team,"...
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Tulsa World
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EL PASO, Texas -- As an anxious crowd of friends and family gathered at the Don Haskins Center Saturday for UTEP's graduation, more than 2,000 graduates nervously prepared for their big moment -- including one very special mother-daughter duo.
"I've
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KFOX El Paso
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...PASO, Texas -- Fans of legendary coach Don Haskins and the 1966 NCAA champion team have a new exhibit to check out at the El Paso Museum of History. The Wall of Giants exhibit honoring Haskins and the team was unveiled Thursday evening. The exhibit will run...
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Don Haskins coached the Texas Western to the 1966 NCAA basketball championship.
A recent phone call from Detroit to El Paso was a flashback for Steve Haskins. Once again, he was reminded what might have been, how fate alters the course of events and
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...Haskins (El Paso, Texas), a 16-year veteran of the PGA TOUR's Nationwide Tour and the son of late Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins, is now on the verge of doing something he was never able to do when he was younger -- earn fully-exempt status on the...
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PGATour.com
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Sports movies by and large tell a story about an individual or team rather than focusing strictly on the sport. The sport in the movie is sometimes more like a supporting character. It is the athlete we must be interested for the movie to matter. We
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Tickets are $15 or $10 for NMSU faculty and staff, seniors, students and children. Tickets on sale at the Pan Am Box Office, (575) 646-1420, all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 782-2787.
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TwinCities.com
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Tickets are $15 or $10 for NMSU faculty and staff, seniors, students and children. Tickets on sale at the Pan Am Box Office, (575) 646-1420, all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 782-2787.
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Contra Costa Times
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Mr. Haskins was born May 9, 1930 in Laurens County to the late William Benjamin Haskins and the late Fannie Lee Gilbert. He was a retired plantation manager for Sinkola Plantation in Thomasville. In his early years, he was a principal and teacher at
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Tifton Gazette
http://www.tiftongazette.com/obituaries/local_story_253220432.html
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...something he didn't envision four years ago. Hard to believe the son of late college basketball coaching legend Don Haskins, the man who helped permanently integrate a sport, didn't enjoy the competition anymore. By 2005, after 21 years as a pro, the game...
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Indianapolis Star
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EL PASO, Texas -- The eyes of the boxing world descend on El Paso, as homegrown boxer Antonio Escalante is in the main event on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" at the Don Haskins Center.
"There is hardly any boxing events here in El Paso, so we take
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KFOX El Paso
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Hispanics now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18
Nearly one in six residents, or 46.9 million people, are Hispanic
View latest posts of some of these at Blogente.com
If you are a Hispanic/Latino blogger or someone who blogs about
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HispanicTips
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A single rose rested on the chair Ezra Gerald Smith was to occupy at UTEP's Don Haskins Center.
The chair was left empty in honor of Smith, an 18-year-old senior who was walking to school when he was shot and killed two months ago, allegedly by a Fort
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El Paso Times
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...Though Coach may not agree with that statement, due to his modesty and how he dedicated his life to the game he loved. Don Haskins name belongs up there with Red Auerbach, Branch Rickey, and Art Rooney Sr... Don Haskins was better than basketball. Though...
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Bleacher Report
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...on the school board because his children were entering the school system. "I’m just a normal Joe, just one of the people and I don’t have an agenda. My boy is coming into the school so I want to make good choices for him and his classmates." He said he saw...
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Clark Fork Chronicle
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/article.php/20090506082727880
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really surprised if he does."
Tim Floyd is coming back to El Paso and couldn't be happier about returning to the school that gave him his first coaching job more than 30 years ago.
The former USC coach and one-time assistant to former Miners coach Don
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Berkshire Eagle Online
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/sjsu-spartans/ci_14790094?source=rss
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Fans started lining up at the Don Haskins Center just after 3 p.m. Friday for the men's basketball game against the Oregon Beavers.
Doors do not open until 6:30 p.m. but with tickets sold as general admission, some fans wanted to make sure they did not
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KFOX El Paso
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The CBI champion will be crowned at the Don Haskins Center tonight, as the Texas-El Paso Miners host the Oregon State Beavers in the rubber match of the three-game series.
OSU came out on top in the first game of this best-of-three championship series,
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TheNewsTribune.com
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team leading by six points in Wednesday night's best-of-3 College Basketball Invitational championship series, Fred Harper and his three friends made a mad dash for the ticket center.
tickets. A sellout was declared by 11:30 a.m.
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El Paso Times
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Banners Hanging in The Don Haskins Center
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What Gill Coliseum was to Oregon State on Monday, the Don Haskins Center was to UTEP on Wednesday. The Miners used the home court advantage and some timely rebounds to muster a late-game run that propelled them over the Beavers 70-63 in Game 2 of the
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Building the Dam
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EL PASO, Texas -- UTEP took on the Oregon State Beavers on Wednesday night in front of a sell out crowd at the Don Haskins Center.
The miners lost the first game of the College Basketball Invitational Championship Series, but a win on Wednesday meant a
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KFOX El Paso
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El Paso, TX (Sports Network) - The second game of the CBI Championship series will take place this evening, but at a different venue, as the Miners of Texas-El Paso play host to the Oregon State Beavers at the Don Haskins Center.
Oregon State won the
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The Sports Network
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GAME NOTES: Quarterfinal-round action of the CBI will take place at the Don Haskins Center tonight, as the Northeastern Huskies take on the Texas-El Paso Miners. The survivor of this bout will earn the right to play in Wednesday's semifinal round. The
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five days during and after Memorial Day weekend in 1999, they began to worry.
had been stabbed more than 100 times.
slayings have been solved.
city, 17 of which were solved. Because of such a high rate of success, detectives can use down time to work
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El Paso Times
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11970153?source=rss
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In 1966, Harry Flournoy wasn't thinking about making civil rights history. He just wanted to play basketball — and win.
"Racists occupy a small portion of this country," Flournoy said. "But it's like a cancer. If you don't check it, it spreads. And
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Lancaster Online
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Don Haskins was a legend in his own time for starting five black players while the head coach at Texas Western when they played Adolph Rupp's team for the 1966 NCAA National Championship. Disney made his story into the movie entitled Glory Road. I
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Sports Blogs
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comedian since his now-canceled "George Lopez" sitcom aired on ABC earlier this decade, they had never seen him in concert.
stationed at Fort Bliss and attended his first Lopez concert Saturday, said he also could identify with Lopez's humor, which is
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El Paso Times
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11811410?source=rss
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Can't get enough basketball? Or maybe you're looking for a break from the intense action on the court with a little bit of scripted Hollywood drama.
Check out some of these top basketball-themed movies, from a 1970s comedy to an Oscar-nominated
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Fox 5 Las Vegas
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Okay, we have "glory road" and "bobby joe hill" and "texas western" and "pat riley" and "don haskins" as the five most popular Google online searches as of 4 p.m. EST today, Sunday the Eighth of Febru
ary, on Google Trends.
I get it. "Glory Road" is
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Associated Content
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...scorer in the 14-year history of Conference USA, propelling UTEP to an 87-75 win over Southern Miss on Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. Jackson, who averages 23.2 points per game, now has 2,035 points as a Miner. His record-setting basket was his first...
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...to put on a 4-foot-by-8 foot mural at the West El Paso Golden Corral when asked to think of someone last year. "It's about how Don Haskins contributed to UTEP and what he's done for us," said Alyssa Mireles, an eighth grade student at Santa Teresa Middle School. "The...
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KFOX El Paso
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...registered his fifth double-double with 24 points and 12 rebounds. * The 17 free throws by Lewis on Wednesday night set a Don Haskins Center-record for most free throws by an opponent. * UTEP senior G Stefon Jackson scored a team-high 27 points, giving him...
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...one) says, I'm starting to think this isn't a rehearsal. Basketball has lost Shirley Drucker, Pete Newell, Will Robinson, Don Haskins, Fletcher Johnson, Donnie Burks, Larry Cubas, Keith Ryan, Helen Heinsohn, Jackie Cotton Boone, Vinnie Caruso, Kevin Duckworth,...
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01112009/sports/moresports/combustible_star_battled_nba_legends__re_149683.htm
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...a year of bittersweet passings in Texas sports. The state lost two icons when trailblazing Texas-El Paso basketball coach Don Haskins and Texas Christian gridiron great Sammy Baugh died. But their deaths, at the least, permitted us a pause to celebrate their...
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Temple Daily Telegram
http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2008/12/28/54714
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...guide in a network blazer, and one day in Munich in 1972 the grim task fell to him to say, "They're all gone." Gene Upshaw, Don Haskins and Jim McKay died in 2008, each leaving a distinct stamp, each taking sports on a new road. Upshaw played guard for 15...
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NBC Sports
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28356968/
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...guide in a network blazer, and one day in Munich in 1972 the grim task fell to him to say, "They're all gone." Gene Upshaw, Don Haskins and Jim McKay died in 2008, each leaving a distinct stamp, each taking sports on a new road. Upshaw played guard for 15...
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20081222/SPORTS/81222100/1002/rss04
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...coach at UTEP in 2003 (I have paid particular attention to UTEP because of my respect and admiration for former Miner head coach Don Haskins). By 'followed" I mean that I kept up with UTEP's' wins and losses. Even in today's sports world of ubiquitous coverage...
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A Sea of Blue
http://www.aseaofblue.com/2008/12/22/699458/billy-gillispie-a-differen
Memorial for Don Haskins Special Report KDBC Channel 4
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...Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas Tipoff: Today, 8:05 p.m. Records: USU 3-0, Monmouth 3-2 Series: First meeting Note: With 18 points against Northern Arizona on Nov. 19, senior guard Ana Pares set a career high for the second straight week....
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Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11101168?source=rss
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...on about 20 pounds for the role and plans to do some in-depth research. When Lucas brilliantly portrayed basketball coach Don Haskins in "Glory Road" it was Haskins, Pat Riley and Tim Floyd who taught the actor how to act like a coach. "It's an honor to get...
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Sports Blogs
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...on about 20 pounds for the role and plans to do some in-depth research. When Lucas brilliantly portrayed basketball coach Don Haskins in “Glory Road” it was Haskins, Pat Riley and Tim Floyd who taught the actor how to act like a coach. “It’s an honor to get...
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Sports Blogs
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...on about 20 pounds for the role and plans to do some in-depth research. When Lucas brilliantly portrayed basketball coach Don Haskins in "Glory Road" it was Haskins, Pat Riley and Tim Floyd who taught the actor how to act like a coach. "It's an honor to get...
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11232008/sports/yankees/an_off_the_ball_look_at_your_favorite_sp_140352.htm
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...El Paso, TX (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins, who helped break racial barriers in the collegiate game, died Sunday at the age of 78. In 1966, Haskins coached Texas Western to the NCAA championship over the University of Kentucky,...
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