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23 Septiember 1917
Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta born in Tulancingo, Hidalgo. The midwife managed to lift him by his ankles and slap his bottom, at which point young Rudy got her in a scissors-hold and pinned her to the floor....
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Not all history makes the record books, even in baseball
Do you know who this is? A REAL baseball aficianado would of course recognize Ramon Bragaña. The right-hander pitched from 1928 to 1948 for several teams in the Cuban winter league, and from 1940 to...
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Reconquistador
The Philippines were part of Mexico for a couple of centuries. Not asking for it back or anything, but… Filed under: Boxing, Juan Manuel Marquez, Sports
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Where would Canada be without Mexicans?
In thrall to the Chinese, that’s where: Dave Feschuk, The Toronto Star: While hockey’s previous century was dominated by wood sticks made in factories in small-town Ontario and Quebec, where the...
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Luche libre…¿o muerte?
I don’t know of any scholars of Luche Libre, but what little is written seriously about the history of the spectacle suggests that it was imported from the United States, where professional wrestling...
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Field of bad dreams…
Yahoo baseball columnist Jeff Passan: GLENDALE, Ariz. – A team full of Mexican citizens and Mexican-Americans played a baseball game here Wednesday. This would be of little note in 49 other states. In...
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I went to the fights and a hockey baseball game broke out
Except maybe for the mining companies, who hire thugs to do their dirty work for them, you don’t expect Canadians to get physical with Mexicans. Or vice-versa. But, then again, being in Arizona tends...
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Are you my mummy?
Wars are a boon to science and technology (alas) and the “drug war” is no exception. AFP, via Raw Story: Mexican forensic expert Alejandro Hernandez dips dry, yellowish cadavers in a see-through bath,...
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Soroya Jimènez, D.E.P.
Soroya Jimènez Mendivil, the first Mexican woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics (in Women’s 58 Kg. weightlifting, at the Sydney Summer Games in 2000) died earlier today at the age of 35. Raised in...
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São Paulo 1 – Policia 0
For Brazilians, even more than the Mexicans, Futbol IS politics… even when it comes to protests … and police repression. Beautifully executed return on the tear-gas cannister, guys. Filed under:...
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Ass-ume the position
A little fútbol vocabulary. Delantro: forward Centocampista: midfielder Defensa: backfielder “Defensa” is also a car bumper… and specifically a rear bumper, and by extension… the rear in general. Which...
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Border Patrol Body Slam
Back in 2006, when Jack Black made a travesty of the moving story of Father Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, the Tepito-born ex-junkie philosophy professor turned orphanage administrator … and professional...
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Staying the hand of God
Way to go, USA! You’ve managed to piss off the entire world… or the 96 percent of the human race that doesn’t care if Diego Maradona is a commie or not. Yeah, Fidel and the late Hugo Chavez like...
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Swift move?
The athletic shoe company, Nike, mostly known when it comes to exploiting poor people around the world for their labor, has expanded into cultural expropriation of … their feet? Next weekend, with...
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Mexico is still way ahead of the U.S.
Not that I follow pro wrestling all that much, but there is a lot of talk about Darren Young, the first openly gay WWE wrestler. OK, the first in that circuit, but not the first out professional...
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Size doesn’t always matter
Everybody’s favorite basketball team… the Triqui boys from Oaxaca… v everybody’s second favorite team, the San Antonio Spurs. The boys team, one of the worlds best in their (very junior) division may...
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Does this look gay?
No… not Mexico’s Winter Olympics TEAM (all one of him), but the mariachi-inspired outfit. Filed under: Prinz Hubertus von Hohenlohe, skiing, Sports Tagged: Sochi
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(Not so) Barbarous Mexico
Via AP: MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s lower house of Congress has approved a bill that allows for prison terms for fans who engage in violent acts at sporting events. Lawmakers approved the bill Thursday that...
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Descending into the borg
Resistance is futile: Filed under: Futbol, Sports Tagged: World Cup 2014
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