Now, it takes riders months, maybe even years before they win their first race, but this wasn’t the case for Macario. He didn’t stumble out of the gate, in fact, he actually won his first horse race ever. Needless to say, he has been a professional rider ever since.

Growing up, most of us couldn’t even pronounce the word “entrepreneur,” much less have the desire to start, grow or manage a small business. Now, however, the tides are turning.

Coaches from small schools, “mid-majors,” leave all the time for bigger salaries and bigger spotlights to coach for schools in bigger conferences. But this couldn’t happen here, not to UTEP- especially since all the players would be returning to a team that just narrowly pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the NCAA Tournament.

Every time the Lobos came close to taking the lead, the Miners would answer and silence the crowd; but then, with about 6 minutes left in the first half, the Miners went cold.

For those lucky El Pasoans that took an extended lunch break today to catch the second round of Conference USA Tournament action, they were treated to a thrilling game that ended up going into overtime, as eighth-seeded East Carolina defeated top seeded UAB 75-70.

Senior night at UTEP was less than a week ago; if you didn’t get the chance to watch UTEP’s eight seniors play one last final home game, you have one more chance- or hopefully two or three more chances, to wish Julyan Stone, Randy Culpepper and the rest of the senior class farewell.