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Tough economic times have shortened the season by a third of its games, and it started weeks late.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya denies accusations of sexual assault contained in a lawsuit filed against him this week.

MADRID, Colombia (AP) — After a punishing climb in the Andean mountains surrounding Colombia’s capital, Armando Cárdenas leans against his bike to catch his breath.

BOSTON (AP) — Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz had a chance to thank his adoring fans at Fenway Park exactly three months after he was shot in the back while in his native Dominican Republic.

Latino Rebels habló con tres jugadores del equipo nacional sobre la histórica victoria en 2004.

Latino Rebels talks with three members of the 2004 Olympic team that stunned a bunch of NBA players in Athens.

So far the Maduro government hasn’t made an official statement, but Venezuela’s pro-government media has been quick to condemn it.

Few people know that the first Latino to start as quarterback in professional football is also the first Latino head coach to win a Superbowl.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Two Americans used their medal-winning moments at the Pan American Games to draw attention to social issues back home that they feel are spiraling out of control.

The show insists on showing us violent images in Mexico, and after every commercial break, we come back to more cartel talk.

The final match was held in Lyon, France, where the crowd chanted “Equal pay! Equal pay!” as the game ended.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot in the back by a gunman who mistook him for the real target, another man who was seated at the same table at an outdoor cafe, Dominican officials said Wednesday.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican authorities on Monday identified the man they believe paid hit men to try and kill David Ortiz, adding that they were closing in on the mastermind and motive behind the shooting of the famous slugger who is recovering at a hospital in Boston.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — An alleged gunman and five accomplices have been  detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country’s most beloved sports hero.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A wounded David Ortiz was recovering from exploratory surgery in Boston on Tuesday as investigators in his native Dominican Republic tried to figure out who shot the former Red Sox slugger and why.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — David Ortiz left a hospital in the Dominican Republic on Monday on his way to Boston after the former Red Sox slugger affectionately known as Big Papi was ambushed by a gunman at a bar in his native country, authorities said.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized Monday following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said.

A seventh round knockout upended boxing’s most glamorous weight class and made Ruiz, the son of immigrants raised in a U.S.-Mexico border town, an overnight folk hero among many people of Mexican ancestry in the United States.

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This Triple Crown season, which opens on May 4 with the Kentucky Derby, horses with Latin American bloodlines are among the top favorites.