Duke “Jelly Roll” Keith is KLAQ’s addled sports director cum lounge singer.

An affinity for donuts has left Duke’s taste buds and tongue coated with a permanent glaze of sugar, penetrated only by the occasional burrito – if the chile is hot enough to partially melt the perma-frosting.

Duke considers himself a “big picture” sports director, which just means he’s never actually played anything himself, he just likes to talk about sports without having to pay too much attention to the details.

The one sport he did play is soccer…which is why he’s always told he never actually played anything.

Duke has 10 jobs but only counts four. He also has four children but believes he has 10 because when he gets home he’s too tired to ever see anything more than feet, thus including the two dogs and the cat.

The 21st-ranked UTEP Miners returned to a crowd of Miners fans at the El Paso International Airport after wrapping up the outright Conference USA championship with an impressive 80-76 win at Marshall. After greeting the fans, UTEP C Derrick Caracter, F Jeremy Williams and G Randy Culpepper talked about the win, and going for more...