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Cocks Are Big in DR

A favorite past time (other than baseball) is cock fighting. If you're curious and see a structure like this you can rest assured that cocks are on display.

Towns Top Rookie

Dominican national basketball team player, seven-footer Karl-Anthony Towns was chosen by the NBA as its Rookie of the Year today, Monday, 16 May 2016. Towns plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Towns played for the University of Kentucky before being recruited by Minnesota.

He averaged 18.1 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks and is credited with having helped the Timberwolves win 13 more games than they did the previous season. Towns played all 82 games and was named Western Conference rookie of the month in all six months the award was handed out.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15561377/karl-anthony-towns-minnesota-timberwolves-voted-rookie-year

A New Favorite

Lee Studios has done it again! They continue to bring us only the best of the Dominican Republic.

Most Valuable

Playing for the Seton Hall Pirates team in New Jersey, 20-year old Angel Delgado has been recognized as the top freshman rebounder in the United States. Delgado who stands 6'9 was recruited from his hometown in Bajos de Haina and has had an outstanding first season from start to finish, averaging nearly a double-double with 9.3 points and a East Conference high 9.9 rebounds. In the Dominican Republic he played basketball with the Club Huellas del Siglo prior to relocating to the US in 2012. 

He is a member of the Dominican Republic's national team program. He was named Most Valuable Player of the Nike All-Star Game at the NBA Basketball Without Borders Americas event in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2013. The NBA program will be held in Santo Domingo in summer 2015. 

http://www.shupirates.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031115aac.html

Dominicans In The News

 28-year old Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford has been chosen to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA All-Stars game on 15 February 2015 in New York City along with teammates Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague. This is the third time Horford has been chosen for the game (also in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons). 

Puerto Plata-born Horford has been selected as the Eastern Conference player of the week twice this season. Standing 6'10, Horford has helped the Hawks to 17 straight wins and a 38-8 record, the second-best in the NBA.  

Horford has played in the Dominican national basketball team since 2008. He is married to Amelia Vega, the Dominican Republic's only Miss Universe.

Dominicans Dascha Polanco (Dayanara Diaz), Jessica Pimentel (Maria Ruiz), Selenis Leyva (Gloria Mendoza), Jackie Cruz (Flaca) and Diane Guerrero (Maritza Ramos) are part of the cast of Orange is the New Black TV show that shared the SAG Awards for outstanding performance in a comedy series announced on Sunday, 25 January 2015. The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards honor the best achievements in film and television performances in 2014. 

The series was nominated alongside ABC's Modern Family, CBS' The Big Bang Theory, HBO's Veep and Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 

http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/21st-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards

Boricuan Athlete

Another Oscar's Farewell

                                This is sad news out of the Dominican Republic

A fortnight ago, 22-year-old star in the making Oscar Taveras hit a tying home run for the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series – a sign, many said, of the greatness that was to come from him in the future.

His fluid swing with upper-cut power had baseball people making comparisons to the great batting style of Ken Griffey Jr.

Today, two weeks later, baseball is in mourning over the loss of Taveras who was killed in a car accident Sunday in his native Dominican Republican.

Taveras played in seven of the Cardinals’ nine postseason games this month, going 3-for-7 in seven pinch-hitting appearances.

Maybe Next Time

All hope for a Caribbean, South or Central American winner of the 2014 FIFA World Cup was not to be. Germany is the world champion team, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final match held today in Brazil.

2014 World Cup

The mayhem has begun. There will be many matches, featuring many handsome and rugged hombres to feast your eyes upon.

                                 Hulk is a veteran player of the host country, Brazil.

                                              The Dominican national team.

                                                    Players from Honduras.

Amazing Sporno

Hector Camacho Brain Dead

Sad news to report out of Puerto Rico. According to Yahoo! News the famed boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is brain dead following a shooting.

AP-Hector ''Macho'' Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, though they said family members were disagreeing on whether to take him off life support.

Dr. Ernesto Torres said doctors have finished performing all medical tests on Camacho, who was shot in the face Tuesday night.
''We have done everything we could,'' said Torres, who is the director of the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan. ''We have to tell the people of Puerto Rico and the entire world that Macho Camacho has died, he is brain dead.''
He said at a news conference that the family expects to say by Friday if Camacho should remain on life support.
Torres said Camacho's father has already indicated that he wants the boxer taken off life support and his organs donated, but one of his sisters opposes the idea.
''This is a very difficult moment,'' he said.
Ismael Leandry, a longtime friend and former manager, told reporters that Camacho's mother also is wavering on taking her son off life support and would like more time with him. He said the family is waiting for Camacho's oldest son to arrive Thursday night before having a family reunion and making a decision.
''Let's remember him as a good man,'' Leandry said. ''He was a good father, a good son.''

UPDATE Nov. 24, 2012- Hector went into cardiac arrest earlier this morning and was taken off life support. R.I.P. Champ!

Olympic Pride!

As the Olympics conclude the caribbean nations are celebrating one of their best showings ever! There were several memorable moments and great achievements. One of the leading stories from the 2012 London Olympics was the finals of the mens 400 meter run. Kirani James won the first ever medal for the island nation of Grenada, and it happens to be gold! Kirani led an all-caribbean sweep of that race, which included the silver medal going to the Dominican Republic. Felix Sanchez, also representing the DR, had an emotional gold medal win in the 400 meter hurdles after having a lack-luster showing the past few years. Usain Bolt of Jamaica proved once again that he is the fastest man alive by winning gold in both the 100 and 200 meter sprints and setting an Olympic record in the process.

Here is the overall medal count of the caribbean nations: Bahamas 1, Brazil (who hosts in 2016) 17, Columbia 8, Cuba 14, Dominican Republic 2, Grenada 1, Jamaica 12, Puerto Rico 2, Trinidad & Tobago 4.

The video clip below shows the excitement of caribbean natives living in South Florida.

SERGE

One of my favorite athletes is Serge Ibaka of the NBA Thunder. He has been featured in ESPN Magazine:The Body Issue because of his amazing physique.

Evora!

Evora Nelson is one of my favorite athletes. He is an olympic long jumper, model and cyber star!

Football Favorite

One of my new favorites is Victor Cruz #80 of the Super Bowl Champion NY Giants. Watch the clip at about 0:37 seconds to see him VERY excited as the Lombardi Trophy is brought onto the field and again at about 0:50 seconds as he handles his own trophy.

Kickass Keyon

Keyon can be found at the new website EbonyU.com

Flipping For Tyrone

See more of Tyrone at the new site EbonyU.

Young Baller