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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Shocking moves and trades continue throughout 2017 NBA offseason

Shocking moves and trades continue throughout 2017 NBA offseason

Ricky Galindo August 30, 2017

This past NBA season, we witnessed the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers clash in the NBA Finals for the third year in a row. The Warriors came out on top by winning the series four games...

Sidney Crosby poses with trophy after winning
game 7 of ECF. Photo courtesy of Michael Miller

A look at the summer of 2017 in sports

Zach Truesdale August 22, 2017

For the summer of 2017, the word exciting is not powerful enough to explain what has happened over the past few months in the sports world. Blockbuster trades, feuds, broken records, new deals...

NBA playoffs just around the corner

Bryan Gallardo April 4, 2017

With only eight games left in the regular season, the NBA playoffs are right around the corner. It’s that special time of the year when 16 playoff teams set out to earn the champion- ship title....

Photo taken after The Habanero 100-miler.
Photo Courtesy of Roy Orazco

Roel Gonzalez: Veteran Turned Extreme Endurance Athlete

Wylie Kuykendall March 28, 2017

“The body is a marvelous machine, and you can have it do just about anything,” said Roel Gonzalez, a UTSA student who is pushing his body and mind beyond the brink of what many consider humanly...

Fantasy football: 60 million players, one goal

Frankie Leal February 1, 2017

A whopping 57.4 million people throughout the United States and Canada participated in fantasy sports in 2016 with football being the most popular. Fantasy football has exploded in popularity over the...

Remembering Yordano Ventura

Wylie Kuykendall February 1, 2017

Talent. Talent is what separated the 25-year-old Yordano Ventura on the mound. Ventura will not be remembered for the 96.1 m.p.h. fast ball he averaged during his brief but impactful 2 year MLB career...

Graphic by Tristan Ipock, The Paisano

Superbowl LI: New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons

Samuel De Leon January 25, 2017

FC playoffs, most NFL fans are left with a sense of defeat. Maybe your team didn’t make it, or perhaps they missed it by a 50 yard field goal made with three seconds left. Or maybe your team lost by...

Photo courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/flickr.com

NBA MVP race heats up as season nears the halfway point

Wylie Kuykendall January 25, 2017

Since the 1985-86 NBA season there have been 24 40-point triple-doubles. A quarter of those have come this season with three apiece by James Harden and Russell Westbrook, who not so surprisingly are leading...

Looking back on 2016 in sports; the year’s biggest moments

Josh Zollicofer January 12, 2017

Ah, 2016. What a wild and unpredictable year it was. Captivated by political meltdowns, racial hostility and other crazy events that resulted in a simple sigh and a proclamation usually along the lines...

Dak takes wheel for America’s team

Samantha Ceballos November 30, 2016

On Nov. 15, Cowboys officially made the announcement fans have been waiting for. Tony Romo will no longer be the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. A significant amount of time has passed...

YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Oxford climbers spend a day bouldering in Castle Hill, New Zealand. Bouldering is a type of climbing without ropes or harnesses. The distance is usually short enough that a crash pad can be used to cushion the fall. Photo courtesy of David Matalon

Climbers take on nature’s greatest competition

Anthony Suniga November 10, 2016

Rock climbing invites people into nature’s greatest competition. Climbers can gaze upon the rock face and think long and carefully about how to conquer the rock. The physical and mental nature of climbing...

Remembering the I-10 rivalry: Spurs vs. Lakers

Patrick Martinez November 2, 2016

Come playoffs or even a regular season game, nothing gets the fans more pumped than a good ol’ fashioned rivalry. Throughout the decades of sports play, one of the most thrilling things to spectate is...

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