Finally, Washington heard the pleas for help from farmers; Idaho wants to help Latino students succeed in school and are starting with a redesign; Can Republicans save one of its last Latina congresswoman?; Believe in UFOs? Now, we all…
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Latino ballplayers come to East Tennessee to chase dreams
Dec 1, 2015, 11:45 AM 0
By Garrett Tumlin El Nuevo Tennessean In minor league baseball, athletes come from thousands of miles away in hopes of making it to that next level. They only have a few months to prove themselves or be sent back…
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Astros Urban Youth graduate Pablo Salazar lands college baseball scholarship
Apr 20, 2015, 2:39 PM 0
By Ruth Muñoz The Venture Almost every young boy dreams of one day becoming a professional athlete, but only a select few ever realize that dream. In Houston, a young man named Pablo Salazar is working hard to turn…
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New Jersey’s Hinchliffe Stadium Reveals Baseball’s Hidden Latino History
Apr 22, 2014, 3:24 PM 0
By Adrian Burgos, Jr., Professor, U.S. History, University of Illinois Preservation Nation Years before Jackie Robinson stepped across the white lines and onto Ebbets Field to make history as major league baseball’s integration pioneer, decades before Roberto Clemente displayed…
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Guest Voz: Play-by-play of the Latino athletes who have fumbled at being role models
Sep 27, 2013, 9:43 AM 0
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Last July, salsa singer Marc Anthony, responding to a question on television’s stereotyping of Latinos, answered that “the entertainment industry doesn’t owe us anything.” While Mr. Anthony is entitled to his opinion, he like…
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Viernes Video: Remembering an athlete who epitomized sportsmanship — Roberto Clemente
Feb 1, 2013, 12:13 PM 0
LatinaLista — Before there was Ricky Martin or Shakira, people who use their celebrity status to give back to the Latino community, there was Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente. Clemente was known as much for his humanitarian generosity…
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Intrn’l Video: Resurrecting respect, prestige and hope for Panama’s suffering baseball program
Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Baseball may be the national pastime of the US but for Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other countries of Latin America baseball is the national “American Dream.” For those who excel in the sport, it’s their…
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Intrn’l Video: For poor Dominican boys, baseball career is either a home run out of poverty or strike-out
Jul 25, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Thirty-four percent of the Dominican Republic lives in poverty. For many young Dominican men, there is only one way out of their poverty — become professional baseball players or peloteros. Every year, on July 2, 16-year-old Dominican…
