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By: Ana L. Ruedaquintero “Come on team, put your heart into it,” these are words common to many Hispanics as they scream at their soccer team during games. These fans do not scream this out of anger or disparity, rather it happens because we are characterized for having a very fervent passion for soccer, which Read More
We are only two weeks into the 2013 baseball season, however this weekend the greatest action can be found on the big and small screen rather than a ballpark. Friday evening’s premiere of “42” is a film many people have been waiting for. Jackie Robinson has, over time, become a mythical figure. How could anyone Read More
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) recently got many conservatives upset for bringing back one of their most controversial villains. No, it not President Barack Obama or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. His name is “Jack Swagger”, who detests liberals and the Democratic Party. One would suggest that conservatives would support this character, but the concern Read More
Slammin’ Sammy talks about being cheated for cheating: “Sammy Sosa thinks he and fellow steroid-era baseball star Mark McGwire belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He also said the Chicago Cubs should retire his number, and he left open the possibility of running for president of the Dominican Republic during an interview Wednesday on Read More
“Always, they said Babe Ruth was the best there was. They said you’d really have to be something to be like Babe Ruth. But Babe Ruth was an American player. What we needed was a Puerto Rican player they could say that about, someone to look up to and try to equal.” -Roberto Clemente National Read More
After many weeks of debating between baseball analysts and writers on who deserves the 2012 Major League Baseball’s AL MVP award, fellow Venezolano, Miguel Cabrera, can now officially add the Most Valuable Player award to his trophy case. Just recently, Cabrera also won the prestigious Triple Crown award, which is earned when a player leads Read More
The Major League Baseball (MLB) season came to an immediate end last week when the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers four games to zero and brought the World Series trophy back to the West Coast. Even though Major League Baseball was happy for the Giants’ unexpected successful run, many MLB executives took out Read More
For the first time ever, I have been introduced to the bizarre world of WWE (I feel I should point out that this is, believe it or not, part of my job, and not because I like watching men with no armpit hair pretend to break each other’s necks). There are a number of reasons Read More
For as long as I can remember being a boxing fan [1], there’s always been a big fight involving a Mexican/Mexican-American boxer on or around September 16 (México’s Día de la Independencia, in case you didn’t know). It’s no secret that Latino fans are the fuel that powers boxing in this country (big-time promoter Bob Read More
After Olympic fever, the Notting Hill Carnival and the school summer holidays, you’d expect London to be a little emptier and less full of flags and face paint, but that is certainly not the case. Why? Because it’s Paralympic season! As inspiring and hairs-on-your-arms-raising as the Olympics, the Paralympics is already thrilling people across the Read More