Posted in Fox News Latino, Sports on Oct 21st, 2010
The recently-launched Fox News Latino asked me to pen an op-ed about TV Azteca reporter Inés Sainz return to the job and her decision to no longer conduct interviews in locker rooms after being cat-called by some New York Jets players. See: Women in the Locker Room? Are We Having This Conversation Again? The editor […]
Posted in Sports on Sep 29th, 2010
I was disappointed when I learned that ESPNSoccernet was taking a new direction that would not include college soccer coverage. After all, I had covered the college soccer beat for four seasons. It might not be the most high-profile beat, but I’ve found covering the college game really rewarding. I brooded for a day (when […]
With the World Cup concluded, I sat back to reflect on the tournament. How Spain finally won. How the Netherlands has now made three trips to the finals only to be met with heartbreak thrice. How the United States did alright. And how the next time I watch a soccer match, it won’t be accompanied […]
Posted in Media Appearance, Sports on Jul 9th, 2010
After my radio appearances on The Callie Crossley Show, I was asked to be a guest on Basic Black. The show is a discussion-format program that focuses on issues of interest to the African American community and airs on WGBH, the New England PBS affiliate. The conversation covered everything from race and the World Cup […]
Posted in Media Appearance, Sports on Jun 29th, 2010
After appearing on The Callie Crossley Show two weeks ago, I was asked to come back as a guest to talk about companies’ efforts in marketing to the Latino audience during the World Cup. It was a great segment, and I’m already looking forward to the next time I’m invited on the show. My segment […]
Posted in Media Appearance, Sports on Jun 17th, 2010
This afternoon, I appeared as a guest on The Callie Crossley Show on WGBH, Boston’s NPR station, to discuss the World Cup, soccer and the role the sport plays in immigrant communities. I appeared on a segment discussing a soccer tournament that a local non-profit organizes, however, my contributions were about soccer in the broader […]
When I heard they were making a musical about the Red Sox, I was torn between wanting to cringe and laugh. Let’s be honest, sports and musicals haven’t gone together since the debut of “Damn Yankees in 1955. But “Johnny Baseball” wasn’t campy at all. In fact, it was a quality musical that hit on […]
For the second straight Page 2 feature, I went into the event thinking it would make for a good blog and ended up with a full story. After getting a media release about Red Sox players Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Beckett putting out two wines for charity, I thought it would work for a short […]
This story was initially going to be a quick blog off the Kirby Puckett statue unveiling at the Twins’ new ballpark, Target Field. But as I did some background research on the artist, I realized the sculptor would actually make a good feature. Instead of a 300-word post, it worked out to be a full-length […]
Last week, I became the envy of tennis fans around the world. I had the chance to take on four-time Grand Slam singles champion Jim Courier at (Wii) tennis. See: I beat Jim Courier at tennis, sort of. I went into the story thinking my lede would be something along these lines: Like many great […]