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Sports US Hispanic American Deportes

Many Hispanic Americans have excelled in sports. The large number of Hispanic and Latino American stars in Major League Baseball (MLB) includes players Manny Ramirez, Lefty Gomez, Ivan Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez, Orlando Hernandez, Roberto Clemente, Eric Chavez, Jorge Cantú, David Ortiz, Sid Monge, Nomar Garciaparra, Albert Pujols, and managers Al Lopez and Ozzie Guillén.

There have been far fewer football and basketball players, let alone star players, but Tom Flores the first Hispanic head coach, the first Hispanic quarterback in American professional football, won Super Bowls as a player, as assistant coach and as head coach for the Oakland Raiders. Anthony Muñoz enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame ranked #17 on Sporting News' 1999 list of the 100 greatest football players and was the highest-ranked offensive lineman. Jim Plunkett who won the Heisman Trophy and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, Joe Kapp inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. Steve Van Buren, Martin Gramatica, Tony Gonzalez, Marc Bulger, Tony Romo and Mark Sanchez can also be cited in National Football League (NFL). Trevor Ariza, Mark Aguirre, Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Arroyo, Jose Calderon, and Charlie Villanueva can be cited in basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Diana Taurasi professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Taurasi became just the seventh player ever to win an National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title, a WNBA title as well as an Olympic gold medal.
Oscar de la Hoya has generated more money than any other boxer in the history of boxing.

Boxing's first Hispanic world champion was Panama Al Brown. Some other champions include Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Bobby Chacon, BJ Flores and Olympic medallist Paul Gonzales.

In 1999 Scott Gomez became the first Hispanic player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and won the NHL Rookie of the Year Award.[52]

Tennis legend Pancho Gonzales and Olympic tennis champions and professional players Mary Joe Fernandez and Gigi Fernandez; soccer players in the Major League Soccer (MLS) Tab Ramos, Claudio Reyna, Marcelo Balboa and Carlos Bocanegra; figure skater Rudy Galindo; golfers Chi Chi Rodríguez, Nancy Lopez, and Lee Trevino; swimmer Dara Torres, softball player Lisa Fernandez, and Paul Rodriguez Jr. X Games professional skateboarder and son of stand-up comedian and actor Paul Rodriguez. All Hispanic or Latino Americans who have distinguished themselves in their sports.

In sports entertainment we find in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) professional wrestlers Rey Mysterio Jr former World Heavyweight Champion , Eddie Guerrero former WWE Champion and Melina Perez former WWE Women's Champion as well as former General Manager Vickie Guerrero of the RAW and SmackDown brands.

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