"Miner Memories": Kevin Beal Decks Sly Johnson. During a 1996 WAC game between the Miners and Wyoming, Sharif Fajardo gets fouled hard by the Cowboys' Sly Johnson while going up for a dunk. Jeff Spillar decides to get in Johnson's face for the cheap foul, but Sly is having none of it. He throws a punch that barely makes contact, and winds up paying for it as Kevin Beal comes in and makes him a mop on the Special Events Center floor. While I don't condone fighting, especially in sporting events, in any way, this here is one of my favorite Miner memories. Just goes to show, you don't mess with the Miners