Sports
Los Angeles Rams Launch a #MisRams Contest to Show Off Your Pride for LA
Fans may submit artistic expression of passion for L.A. and the Los Angeles Rams.
#NoMames: Two Old and Aging Ex-Baseball Players Have Issues With Baseball Players Not Speaking English
Baseball is changing. Get over it.
San Diego State Student Council Votes to Keep Aztec Warrior Mascot
The measure lost by just two votes.
The Resolution to Remove San Diego State’s Aztec Warrior Mascot Is Being Put to a Vote
The “Aztec Warrior” mascot us based on a racialized stereotype of Native Americans.
Baseball, Colonial Ironies and the Boricuas’ National Self-Esteem
It’s complicated.
Make No Mistake, This Year’s REAL March Madness Is the World Baseball Classic
It’s 2017, mi gente, and that baseball-is-the-national-pastime stuff is dead.
Politics and Béisbol Really Shouldn’t Mix in Puerto Rico, No Matter Where You Stand
Here’s to more honesty in this debate. It will help everyone involved.
Will Statehooders Root for Puerto Rico or USA in Friday’s WBC Game?
Make a choice and stick to it.
Mexican Soccer Star Miguel Layún Calls Out TOYS ‘R’ US for Displaying Border Wall at Portugal Store
“This is not a topic that people should play around with.”
Ronny Quevedo: A Latino Transforming Museums
What do Sonia Sotomayor, Jennifer López, Anthony Romero, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mario Vázquez and Jon Oliva have in common? These Latinos called Bronx their home. So did Tito Puente, Prince Royce, Willie Colón and many others. I’ll throw in a couple of honorary Latinos such as Edgar Allan Poe, Marian Zazeela, Woody Allen, Neil Simon […]
2012 Video of Mariachi Band Singing National Anthem Suddenly Goes Viral
Here is just yet another example of how something from a few years back will hit a sweet digital spot a few years later. This past Wednesday, the Facebook page of Omar y Argelia shared the following video of Mariachi Monumental de México singing the national anthem at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. The Facebook […]
Now Playing on NPR’s Latino USA: A Show About BÉISBOL (AUDIO)
Today, NPR’s Latino USA produced a show about a topic a lot of the Rebeldes love: baseball. The audio is below, and there’s a moment where our very own jefe reveals how he stopped being a Yankees fan to become a (gasp) Red Sox fan.
World Cup CEO to Brazilian Protesters: “Just Don’t Hurt the Tourists”
Ricardo Trade , Executive Director of Brazil’s Organizational Committee for the 2014 World Cup, recently gave an interview in which he spoke about the impact of nationwide protests that have occurred in Brazil since June have had on the event’s planning. He had the following to say, via The Raw Story: “The protests are democratic in […]
VIDEO: The “Los IceHogs Night” Fail Was a “Fiesta on Ice”
A lot has been written about "Los IceHogs Night" in Rockford, IL, this past week. You know where the Rebeldes stand on it and what our jefe had to say about it for NBC Latino. And don't get us started about the fact that the group that helped to design the now infamous Los IceHogs […]
Toronto SS Yunel Escobar Sparks Controversy With ‘Maricón’ Gay Slur on His Eye Black
In essence, the Yahoo! sports piece that Kevin Kaduk wrote this evening about Toronto Blue Jay shortstop Yunel Escobar is spot on accurate. The screen shot from the piece clearly shows the eye black on Escobar's face say "Tu ere maricón," which is a gay slur in places like Cuba (where Escobar was born), the Dominican […]
From Remezcla: Mark Ocegueda Q&A ~ Mexicans Played Baseball Too
ORIGINALLY PUBLLISHED AT REMEZCLA It’s often said that there’s nothing more American than baseball (much to the chagrin of apple pie). We’re not sure if that line was cobbled together in a public relations meeting but it does hold some weight when one considers how some aspects of the history of the sport mirror historic […]