UTEP basketball legend Willie Cager, a member of the historic, ground-breaking 1966 Texas Western national championship team and a lifelong backer of Miner athletics, has died. The 81-year-old passed ...

The Texas Western basketball team, football stars Steve McMichael and Von Miller and Olympic speedskater Chad Herrick lead ...

TEXAS, USA — On Sunday, the basketball world celebrated the 57th anniversary of the Texas Western Miners 1966 National Championship team. Led by coach Don Haskins, Texas Western became the first team ...

The NCAA paid tribute Saturday night to the team that broke barriers in 1966. At halftime of the Syracuse-North Carolina game, the famous 1966 Texas Western team that won the NCAA championship was ...

Willie Cager was a historic 1966 men's basketball NCAA championship team member, the first team with an all-Black starting lineup to win the NCAA championship. Full of love, spirit, confidence, and ...

The Texas Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026 has been announced, featuring legends from football, baseball, rodeo and more.

For about 40 years, Joe Gomez assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia tied to the historic Texas Western College, now UTEP, 1966 NCAA men’s championship basketball team. He’s loaned most of ...

A landmark day in college basketball history, as Texas Western College (now UTEP) wins the NCAA championship with a 72-65 triumph over Kentucky. It was the first time an all-Black starting five had ...

Members of the 1966 Texas Western College basketball championship team laugh together at a special exhibit on the team in the Union building on the UTEP campus in El Paso, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 4, ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) - The University of Texas at El Paso, the El Paso County Historical Commission and area dignitaries unveiled a a marker commemorating the 1966 Texas Western National Championship ...

Bobby Joe Hill, the leading scorer for the Texas Western team that won the 1966 national championship and changed the landscape of college basketball, has died. He was 59. Hill died of a heart attack ...