Eye Openers + Sports Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 18, 2009
More Americans are playing tennis – The biggest increases were among Hispanics, with 32% more playing the game.
Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage
November 9, 2009
Sammy Sosa says skin rejuvenation process reason his skin appears lighter – (photos really show the difference)
November 6, 2009
Miami sports agent who aided in defections freed from jail – Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar, a Miami sports agent who served 13 years for trying to help Cuban baseball stars defect, will fly home Friday.
November 5, 2009
They’ll (the NBA) take our money, but do they want us in the stands?
October 26, 2009
Some fans take issue with UFC’s Cain Velasquez’s ‘Brown Pride’ tattoo
October 5, 2009
Sugar beets to baseball: Northern Colorado’s Hispanic baseball league
For 90 Minutes, a Break From a Political Crisis in Honduras – A victory against the United States on Saturday would virtually assure Honduras of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1982.
September 30, 2009
Latino Influence Shapes Action Sports – “The area that surprised me most, though, was the Latino presence, success and influence in the X Games”
September 14, 2009
One of Colombia’s leading cyclists has pulled out of a race after receiving the stunning news that his father had died – followed by his mother one hour later.
September 8, 2009
Honoring Richard Pancho Gonzalez and His Legacy – a Latino tennis star remembered – He was the best player in the world for 10 years, from 1952 to 1961, his nephew said, and he won the United States Professional Championship eight times during that stretch. – (I had no idea – actually just found 2 old posts)
August 26, 2009
Rookie Mark Sanchez was named the New York Jets’ starting quarterback Wednesday
August 12, 2009
Since Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez called golf a “bourgeois sport,” officials have moved to shut down two of the country’s best-known courses.
July 14, 2009
Hispanic girls face many obstacles to playing sports
June 19, 2009
Cleveland Browns receiver Donte’ Stallworth pleaded guilty this month to a DUI manslaughter charge for striking Mario Reyes on March 14 in Miami. He began serving a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday and has reached a financial settlement with the family of the 59-year-old construction worker. After jail, he must serve two years of house arrest and spend eight years on probation.
June 17, 2009
Thanks to a handful of billionaires that includes a couple of prominent dignitaries with ties to media giant Univision, as well as the Hispanic owners of a major produce distributor, the city of Los Angeles will celebrate the Lakers’ victory today without spending any taxpayer money.
Phoenix Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans, Signs on as “Special Deputy” Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio
June 5, 2009
Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba’s 11-year-old son and brother-in-law were released by kidnappers a day after being abducted in Venezuela.
June 2, 2009
A book by IndyCar driver Milka Duno has been selected the best young adult sports/recreation book of 2009 at the 11th Annual International Latino Book Awards.
March 16, 2009
Lakers Get Latin – This April 12, for the eighth straight year, the Lakers will pack the L.A. Convention Center with an estimated 50,000 fans. And not for a game but for an event called Fiesta Lakers
February 1, 2009
NFL hopes U.S. Hispanics ready for football
December 18, 2008
Why Hispanic Media Ignores College Soccer
December 12, 2008
Oscar De La Hoya has earned $700M from Pay-Per-View’s
December 8, 2008
Oscar De La Hoya gets payback for Julio Cesar Chavez 10 years down road
December 5, 2008
Denver Broncos practice squad has Mexican flavor
December 3, 2008
The brother of former Chicago Cubs catcher Henry Blanco has been killed in Venezuela.
November 19, 2008
Suma Lorena Ochoa 83 semanas consecutivas como líder de la LPGA
October 15, 2008
Growth of Hispanic tennis – Measured in play, not points – North Carolina
October 1, 2008
Tony Gonzalez Unhappy He Didn’t Break NFL record for receiving yardage for tight ends at Kansas City’s Arrowhead
September 22, 2008
¡Delicioso! Latino cuisine shines at Yankee Stadium
September 5, 2008
US soccer team in Cuba for 1st time since 1947
August 28, 2008
Study: NFL has slightly more Latino, Asian players
August 18, 2008
Juan Estrada, father of Olympic boxer, dies – survived long enough to watch his son’s first-round bout on TV but missed the second one
August 17, 2008
Henry Cejudo anxious to step onto the wrestling mat – Youngster making Olympic debut in Beijing
Hispanic Chicago Fire fans say security firm is mistreating them – Sector Latino group says guards are harassing them and have used racial slurs; company has ties to star Cuauhtemoc Blanco
August 14, 2008
Cuban Mijaín López: first gold for Latin America in Beijing
August 11, 2008
Spanish sport’s poor reputation for insensitivity towards racial issues has been further harmed by an advertisement in which the country’s Beijing Olympic basketball teams make slit-eyed gestures.
August 9, 2008
A la final Luis Rivera – El naguabeño terminó en la décimotercera posición, la mejor actuación para un gimnasta boricua en la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos.
August 7, 2008
Manny Ramirez is one of several Latino superstars who helped grow Red Sox nation “en Espanol.” But die-hard Latino fans, even his Dominican countrymen, grew tired of his antics.
August 6, 2008
Cuauhtémoc Blanco, the Chicago Fire midfielder has just released a CD-DVD combo – La historia de un ídolo
July 30, 2008
Cuba’s extra efforts to try to stop some of its best athletes from defecting at international tournaments once again has hit a snag. Two prominent players from its IBAF world junior baseball championship roster are missing.
July 28, 2008
Massacre shadows Mexico, Olympics ‘68 crackdown against protesters at plaza in capital resonates anew with situation in China
July 22, 2008
Video: Danica Patrick “chats” with Milka Duno
June 10, 2008
Mexican national team keeper Sanchez arrested for refusing to leave Chicago hotel
June 9, 2008
Ex-slugger Jose Canseco becomes punch line
June 2, 2008
Ochoa not yet attracting new people to golf – (new people aka Hispanics)
May 13, 2008
Top Cuban athlete still missing Monday – Yurisel Laborde
April 29, 2008
Cuban defectors get MLS tryouts
April 21, 2008
NASCAR’s greatest need south of border: a full-time Mexican driver
April 16, 2008
The Power of Incentives or the Decline of Puerto Ricans in the MLB
Dominican scouting shifts in baseball – (more than $84 million a year pours into the Domincan Republic from Major League Baseball)
April 8, 2008
Email about Ozzie Guillen favoring Latin players misguided – Chicago White Sox
January 23, 2008
Homeland pulls for Astros’ Tejada through troubled times
January 11, 2008
Giants to broadcast record number of games in Spanish – San Francisco
