SPORTS - The Floricua Newsroom

Apr 2024 15

Puerto Rican Power: Lindor and Correa lead MLB’s highest-paid Boricua players

By Mivette Vega | SPORTS, COMMUNITY, Mivette Vega

Some of the Puerto Rican MLB players are among the highest-paid players in their positions.

Apr 2024 9

Puerto Rican teen set to make history at largest Muay Thai tournament

By Mivette Vega | SPORTS, Mivette Vega

Andrea Bonilla will be the first Puerto Rican athlete to participate in the largest Muay Thai amateur tournament.

Apr 2024 8

Damian Priest makes history as WWE’s first Puerto Rican World Champion in 50 years

By Mivette Vega | SPORTS, COMMUNITY, Mivette Vega

After winning on Sunday, he addressed the importance of his Puerto Rican roots. He was raised in Dorado.

Apr 2024 2

Tampa-based women’s rowing team is first from North America to win World’s Toughest Row

By Crystal Harlan | SPORTS, COMMUNITY, Crystal Harlan

The women trained for three years, conditioning their bodies to row for 12 hours a day and learning to live on a boat that fit three rowers with a small cabin for team members to rest, and a bucket for a bathroom. Salty Science, a women’s rowing team from Tampa,...

Mar 2024 27

Miami Marlins kick off season asking fans to bring flags and musical instruments

By Crystal Harlan | SPORTS, COMMUNITY, Crystal Harlan

Attendance at Marlins games has been disappointing in recent years. According to the Miami Herald, the team failed to sell out its 2023 season opener by 6,000 seats.

Mar 2024 15

Juanma López Jr. follows father’s footsteps for Paris 2024 Olympics

By Mivette Vega | SPORTS, COMMUNITY, Mivette Vega

López is repeating the history of his father, fellow boxer Juanma López, who 20 years ago qualified for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Mar 2024 5

Could the cancellation of Amanda Serrano’s fight impact future sporting events in Puerto Rico?

By Mivette Vega | SPORTS, Mivette Vega

The match would have been Serrano’s first on the island since 2021, and she had planned to face the German boxer Nina Meinke to defend her titles.

Feb 2024 26

Floridians embrace stereotypes at inaugural Florida Man Games

By Associated Press | COMMUNITY, LOCAL CULTURE, Associated Press

Promoted as “the most insane athletic showdown on Earth,” the games poke fun at the state’s reputation for bizarre stories that involve brawling, drinking, gunfire, reptile wrangling, and other antics carrying a risk of time in jail or intensive care.