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Tuesday, April 24, 2012: Barcelona – Chelsea If you had told a Chelsea fan that, after 43 minutes, they’d lose two of their starting defenders (Gary Cahill to injury and captain John Terry to an expulsion), be forced to play with 10 men for the remainder of the match (due to the Terry expulsion), and Read More
I live in the fattest part of the country. No really, a Gallup poll recently declared the Rio Grande Valley (Texas) as the most obese Metropolitan area in the United States of America, with nearly 40 percent of its residents classified as obese. You’ve probably heard and read plenty about the obesity epidemic in the Read More
“Oye, ¿vas a ir a la fiesta esta noche?” Normally such a phrase wouldn’t make me think twice (and no, it wasn’t directed at me). However, I had never heard this guy speak Spanish before. Besides the fact that his Spanish was noticeably better than mine, I couldn’t help but wonder how this Black guy learned to Read More
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London will feature established stars like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, alongside many other soon-to-be household names, for what will undoubtedly be two weeks of sports at its finest. While it may be too early to tell what new athletes will make their mark in London, we already know of Read More
“Your community needs you,” said the stranger I’d just met at a party my freshman year. As a kid that had come to college from a part of the country where almost everyone was Latino, I was initially apprehensive about joining a culturally based organization. A part of me knew she was right, but another Read More
“You should stop hanging out with Roberto, he’s kinda ghetto.” I heard this exchange from Latina students in the hallway of the high school I was tutoring at as a college freshman. There was something about the girl’s choice of words that bothered me, especially since I knew the kid they were talking about. Roberto Read More
By now you’ve already heard plenty about the NBA’s Noche Latina initiative (by my count the fifth year they do it), an attempt to sell more NBA merchandise to Latinos celebrate the “growing support of NBA fans and players across Latin America and U.S. Hispanic communities.” The most obvious sign of this initiative, of course, Read More
As a little kid, my parents bought me a Spanish-language book highlighting the different Latin American countries. It had all the countries you’ve come to associate with Latin America: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, etc. But included in the book was Spain, and this is where the confusion began. You see, growing up in a mixed-Latino heritage Read More
You ever have one of those days where you leave for work before the sun comes up and get back home well after the sun has set? Or if you’re like me, that’s kinda how it is every Monday – Friday. Yes, I am a teacher (not to say that this is the only profession Read More
A couple weeks ago, I was outside of my school’s gym waiting for the last student to get picked up after basketball practice (there’s always that one last kid…), when a retired school employee (that I’ve never met) came up to talk to me. After a couple minutes he pointed towards the soccer field and Read More