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Adiós: Top 5 Scorecard Stories

ALEX_H — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:37:53 -0500

As the old cliché goes, “all good things must come to an end.” Unfortunately, that saying includes blogs that use old clichés. Yup, today Scorecard officially says adiós after close to a year of existence. Along with farewell, I’d also like to give a big “thank you” to a bunch of different folks. Thanks to the readers, the people who left comments (shout-out to the guy with the Kobe obsession…you know who you are), the websites that served as invaluable resources (deadspin.com

WIR: Big Papi, Shaq, &...Esteban Ochocinco

ALEX_H — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:10:53 -0500

Well, time for another edition of the Week in Review. Honestly, with the amount of inactivity in the sports world right now a more appropriate title might be the Weak in Review. Preseason football (blaaah), a couple interesting races in baseball but nothing special (at least the Mets-being-the-sports-equivalent-of-the-Titanic has been fascinating/sad), and the NBA seems further away than my next Fourth of July BBQ. Hey, things might be slow, but they never stop, which means enough bemoaning about the-end of-summer-drought and time to check out the juiciest story

Adios Ricky Rubio?

ALEX_H — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:55:59 -0500

Remember Ricky Rubio? The shaggy-haired Spaniard who burst onto the international scene at the 2008 Beijing Olympics helping his country to a silver medal in men’s basketball.

New York Stories: Sanchez & Santana

ALEX_H — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:10:48 -0500

The City of New York apparently lays claim to eight million stories…or something along those lines. Well, today, two of the biggest Big Apple tales deal with sports, and in particular, involve a pair of the city’s most star-crossed franchises. The first marks the start to a promising new era, while the other slams the coffin door on a season to forget. One represents beginning; one signals the end, and in classic New York fashion both names are big. Dramatic enough for you? Good, then let’s talk about Mark Sanchez and Johan Santana: the Jets newes

Mark Sanchez Fails...Kinda

ALEX_H — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:00:44 -0500

Normally I skip pre-season NFL games (especially when neither squad counts as “my team”) like Michelle Rodriguez avoids roadside sobriety tests. Last night, however, Mark Sanchez made his first “start” for the New York Jets, and being a guy with a Latino sports blog, I felt obligated to tune in (at least for the duration of Sanchez’s PT) and report. In his debut, the former USC quarterback drew the Baltimore Ravens as opp

Andre Berto vs. Chad Ochocinco?

ALEX_H — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:56:34 -0500

OK fight fans, try and contain yourself but we may have a once-in-a-lifetime bout in the works.

Who Is Esteban Ochocinco?

ALEX_H — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:56 -0500

Does Chad Ochocinco love Latinos so much he wants to be one? First, the Bengals wide receiver drops Johnson in favor of the “Spanish”-version of eighty-five and now his first name might be up for re-translation…or something. That’s right, following last night’s preseason game against the Patriots, Scorecard’s favorite honorary Latino started referring to himself as Esteban Ochocinco. The name change came about after Ocho nailed a point-after-attempt while subbing in

All-Latino Fantasy Football Team

ALEX_H — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:46:56 -0500

Not too hard to spot the signs of a fast-approaching NFL season: Madden arrives on store shelves; Brett Favre makes his umpteenth comeback; and fantasy football starts consuming the lives of guys across America. Yes, I participate in on of these leagues, and recently a friend presented me with an interesting challenge – draft a fantasy football team made up entirely of Latino players. I pulled off the same feat in my baseball league (currently in second to last place, thank you) but considering I

Top 5 Hottest Latin Baseball Wives

ALEX_H — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:25:35 -0500

After reading about the Yankee Wives Club the other day, a thought hit me – there are a lot of attractive “significant others” in the game of baseball. Since female fans get to drool over the players (he may be “Everyone’s Favorite Overpriced Dominican Whipping Boy” but you know the ladies love A-Rod), seems only fair that we show some love to baseball’s better halves. Cause you know the old saying, “Behind every

Latino Athlete Twitter Round-Up

ALEX_H — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:04:10 -0500

Oh a world without Twitter, can you even imagine?