Manos De Piedra: Roberto Duran
The hands of stone aka Roberto Duran gets a bum rap. Here’s a world champion several times over, winner of 103 fights, Boxing Hall of Fame inductee. Yet casual sports fans think of him as that guy...
Jaime Escalante
“You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing I ask from you is ganas.” – Stand and Deliver
While this concept isn’t new it took on new meaning thanks to Jaime E...
Cheo Feliciano
Amusical chameleon is perhaps the best way to describe Cheo Feliciano. A true sonero with a voice that could rival Sinatra topped with a drum’s rim shot. Often imitated, never duplicated José Luis Feliciano...
Mil Mascaras – The Man of 1,000 Masks
Flying through the air with the greatest of ease to drop opponents in a single bound is the hallmark of the original masked luchador, Mil Mascaras. With his debut in the mid-1960s the legendary wrestler bla...
Jimmy Smits
During the television brown out of the 1980s and 1990s when the few Latino characters that existed were drug dealers and maids, a beacon of hope existed in the form of Jimmy Smits. The actor consistently defied...
Don Francisco
Few people’s names are synonymous with a cultural phenomenon. Those who achieve such brand recognition often do so posthumously. Not so for 71 year old Don Francisco. The mastermind of the variety television sh...
El Gran Combo
Few bands can mark their success by decades. Singing about telephones, timbaleros, New York summers and brujeria has worked out well for the shining stars of the Caribbean, El Gran Combo. In 2012 they celebrate...
El Gran Campeon – Julio Cesar Chavez
Before Manny Pacquiao laid claim to the title of the
“pound-for-pound”
best boxer in the world, a pugilist from a previous generation would earn that title on the way to becoming not just a legend in the...