Posted in Fox News Latino, Sports on Dec 25th, 2010
A few years back, I came across some numbers that surprised and stuck with me. It was a breakdown of the major sports leagues and what percentage of their fans were Hispanic — the NBA was the clear winner over the NHL, NFL and MLB. Since then, the NBA has gone on to launch the […]
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Posted in ESPN.com, Sports on Dec 23rd, 2010
I realize I have a pretty cool job, but there are still times when I feel like I should pinch myself. Anytime I get to start a story with, “Tonight, for work, I’m going to the Boston Pops holiday concert because Shaq is the guest conductor…” falls under one of those moments. See: Shaquille O’Neal […]
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Posted in Sports on Dec 14th, 2010
While I’ve been covering college soccer for five seasons, this year marked the first time I’ve covered the College Cup in person. There’s just something to the championship atmosphere that you can only capture if you’re actually on site. Akron took home the trophy, capping a championship that was years in the making. While Louisville […]
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Posted in Fox News Latino, Sports on Dec 6th, 2010
Moments after FIFA announced Qatar would host the 2022 Word Cup, Fox News Latino contacted me about writing a column. I was more than happy to contribute a piece. I was able to jump on the conference call with U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, and the quotes added another dimension to the piece. (Fortunately, I […]
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Posted in Career on Dec 2nd, 2010
I recently signed on to become an contributing editor for Guanabee, a site dedicated to the intersection on news and pop culture with a Latino take and an edgy tone. More specifically, I will write about sports for the site’s Anyguey page as well as work with the publisher and managing editor to develop a […]
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Posted in Fox News Latino, Sports on Dec 1st, 2010
The piece I did on Antonio Margarito in the leadup to his bout with Manny Pacquiao was well received, both by the editors at Fox News Latino and in terms of traffic, and I was asked to come up with another boxing story. Following Sergio Martínez second-round knock out of Paul Williams just days before, […]
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