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Mexican national team right back Julian Aurajo, who was born in Lompoc, Calif., to Mexican immigrants, paid tribute to his immigrant parents, Lompoc, farm workers in a brilliant back tattoo.
Renowned tattoo artist Oscar Morales created the masterpiece.
#latinos #mexico
🎥 @oscar.moralessss
July 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ozzie Guillen, the first Latino manager to win a World Series, carried out the 2005 Commissioner’s Trophy to the field during the 20th anniversary ceremony honoring the 2005 White Sox who won the World Series. #latinos #latinoexcellence #baseball #beisbol #mlb #whitesox #chicago
July 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Family! Familia!
Kentucky’s Koby Brea, the sharp-shooting Dominican American, was drafted 41st overall by the Phoenix Suns. Then his little brother stole the show.
Congrats, @kobybrea !
#latinos #latinoexcellence #dominicanrepublic #nba #nbadraft #draft #kentucky #basketball
🎥 @nba
June 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Family! Familia!
Kentucky’s Koby Brea, the sharp-shooting Dominican American, was drafted 41st overall by the Phoenix Suns. Then his little brother stole the show.
Congrats, @kobybrea !
#latinos #latinoexcellence #dominicanrepublic #nba #nbadraft #draft #kentucky #basketball
🎥 @nba
June 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Mauricio Dubon, Jeremy Peña and Joe Espada share special memories of their dads.
June 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy Father’s Day.
The best blessing I ever had in my life,” World Series champion Christian Vazquez says.
#FathersDay2025
June 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In the latest episode of Plákata Nation, we have a special shoutout to @LSUbaseball and Luis Hernandez. The episode, which features Junior Caminero, drops on Spotify and Apple later today.

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June 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy 41st birthday to Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony, who always proudly repped his Puerto Rican roots.
It was no surprise Anthony showed love to his Boricuas & Latinos after he was elected to the Hall of Fame.
#latinos #latinoexcellence #carmeloanthony #nba #knicks #basketball
May 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Freshman slugger Persy Llamas, who helped Ole Miss reach the Women’s College World Series for the first time, joined the Latino Excellence podcast. Check it out:
Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0djq...
YouTube youtu.be/05Q36j-UtUs?...
#OleMiss #WCWS 🇲🇽🇺🇸
May 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Latina Excellence alert!
Texas A&M slugger Mya Perez was named to the D1 Softball All-America Second Team. That’s Mya’s second AA nod. 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Learn more about her inspiring story on:
Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lat…
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YouTube youtu.be/fI7erdJiKek?si…
May 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Kansas City Royals infielder Maikel Garcia, 25, is off to the best of his career. A .260 career hitter, Garcia is hitting .315 with five home runs and 22 RBIs. He’s two home runs shy of the career-high 7 he hit last season.
@maikeljose06 #Royals #LatinoExcellence
May 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The GOAT Diana Taurasi joined the Latino Excellence pod.
She discussed retirement goals, battle with eczema, pride in Latino & Argentina roots & even Messi v Maradona.
See it on:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0mIK...
YouTube: youtu.be/_gmKJVUrNU4?...
May 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In the latest episode of Plákata Nation, the crew focused on second chances, especially Pete Rose’s. The crew also wonder what Pope Leo XIV thinks of Ozzie Guillen!
Check it out:
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4Lwt...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
YouTube youtu.be/byfkL56tSy4?...
May 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Carmelo Anthony gave a moving commencement speech at Syracuse.
“I realized I was more than just an athlete, and so are you,” he said. “More than just your major, more than your resume, more than others expect you to be. You don’t have to fit in a box.”
🎥 @Cuse_MBB
May 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Perfect Mother’s Day strike!
Yilda Diaz threw a strike to her son Salvador Perez, the Kansas City Royals icon.
🎥 @MLB
May 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Latina Power!
Freshman Gabbie Garcia completed an epic comeback to send Oklahoma to the SEC Tournament championship game.
We see you, @gabbiegarcia42 !
#latinos #baseball #latinoexcellence #softball #sec #oklahoma #oklahomasoftball
🎥 ESPN2
May 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM