“For any Olympic athlete, it’s a tremendous honor to be selected as a your country’s flag-bearer – but sometimes being thrust into the national spotlight can have unintended consequences. In the case of Puerto Rican wrestler and Olympic silver medalist Jaime Espinal, it was his status as a Dominican-born immigrant that caused for some unfortunate […]
A big thanks to Sheila O’Malley for pointing us toward Surviving Grady’s lovely appreciation of Pedro Martinez, Dominican Jedi Knight. Strong. Pedro Martinez: Greatest Red Sox Pitcher of My Lifetime and Dominican Jedi Knight: Through the years, I’ve made a lot of jokes about putting my fist through a wall during a Red Sox game. […]
Rent’s going up, hipsters moving in, but where there’s a Willy, there’s a way! For years “Willy Jr.’s Sports Bar” has been the hot spot on Broadway where you could grab a drink, catch the latest gossip, and bitch about the Mets, but now Willy Jr. may be forced to close. Along with his friends, […]