Roberto José Andrade Franco
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I wrote about Jennifer Lozano.
How she’s gone from Laredo and the in-between space that’s the Texas-Mexico border, to boxing at the center of the world’s attention in the Olympics.
#Olympics
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Winter storm moving in and the Texas power grid’s out here like:
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The grill looking at calendar and seeing May has the Canelo fight, the Mexican Mother’s Day, the US Mother’s Day, a graduation, and a birthday party coming up
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This is good.
Reminds me how, for a couple of years, I pitched a piece about how HGTV and flip shows erased all the Latino construction workers doing the labor.
No takers.
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Downtown El Paso, as seen from the Rio Grande
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Bumped into Chino Maidana, asked him about knocking out Floyd Mayweather Jr.s’s tooth, said it was true.
Guy on his team has Mayweather’s tooth as a pendant.
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“Sir, the Mexican women’s archery team just beat the Netherlands to secure an Olympic bronze medal.
No era penal”
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If you know at least 8 Mexicans, you know at least 1 Raiders fan. That's the ratio.
These 2 Mexicans won 2 Super Bowls together.
Today's day Tom Flores goes into NFL HOF.
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For
@espn
, I wrote about Ricardo Pepi, his family, his home, and his decision to play for the United States instead of Mexico.
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When your tias try to force you to dance at a party even though you don’t dance
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For
@ESPN
, I wrote about Uvalde and one family's unspeakable loss.
It's a story about Texas, guns, the U.S., segregation, and the violence that surrounds us.
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This iconic photo was taken 108 years ago today.
Pancho Villa and his Division del Norte. Emiliano Zapata and his Ejercito Libertador del sur. All arrived and paraded through Mexico City.
They entered National Palace, where photo was taken. Villa sat in presidential chair.
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Wild that Frank Gore still in league.
Still remember his rookie year.
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Today’s the anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution.
Here’s some of the best books about the revolution that altered the U.S too, in everything from demographics to idea of border and what it represents
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Kanye just got escorted out of the Fallas Paredes on Zaragoza.
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Sir, another Mexican boxer has gone into England and, as an underdog, taken another world title off a British champion.
A la verga.
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Cowboys vs. Raiders on Thanksgiving is going to end up in a Mexican family stabbing.
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Glad I missed last night’s debate on the kid on TV who couldn’t speak Spanish.
Some people either forget, don’t know, o se hacen pendejos, that we just a couple generations removed from teachers literally beating the Spanish out of kids.
Ask your Mexican grandparents.
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Mexicans walking to work today ahead of game vs Japan
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RIP, Joe Kapp. The Toughest Chicano.
His parents were lettuce pickers in Salinas. Before he was a Super Bowl quarterback, he learned to throw by tossing lettuce in those fields.
2 years after Super Bowl season where he finished 2nd in MVP, the NFL essentially black balled him.
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For
@espn
, I wrote about Randy Arozarena.
We spoke in Spanish about not speaking English. Spoke about home and leaving, about confidence and doubt, about being impossible to ignore when he’s playing but quiet when he’s not.
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“Sir, UTEP, The Harvard of the Borderland, has just taken out an eastern time zone team. “
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Tomorrow night countless Mexicans will meet an uncle they didn’t even know lived, and he’ll look like this and everyone will call him Betito
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Paul Pierce trending.
Remember when he faked being paralyzed?
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“Sir, Juarez has gone into the Texas capital and has destroyed their soccer team in front of Greg Abbott.
Mexicans are yelling that it’s now called Coahuila y Tejas.”
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Mexicans watching Donovan Carrillo like:
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Does humanity have any greater architectural legacy than the Gothic cathedrals of Europe?
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The El Paso Eiffel Tower, of course.
What is the single greatest piece of art in Texas, whether in a museum or out in the public?
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Beyond excited about this:
Starting February 21st, I'll be joining
@espn
's digital features team. I'll be writing stories like the ones I did about Pepi and Canelo, and doing other cool stuff.
Thanks to the many people who, without them, this wouldn't have been possible.
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I’m here, again, to tell you the best guacamole is the simplest guacamole.
Ripe avocados
Salt
Pepper
Onion powder
Limones
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Since it’s relevant, here’s young Andy Reed coaching at UTEP, the Harvard of the Borderland.
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If you coming to El Paso for Sun Bowl, make sure you visit Ascarate Park
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Jaime Jaquez is the PAC 12 player of the year and an All American. He also has a mustache.
So, if he can lead UCLA to a Final Four and maybe further, he has an outside shot of becoming part of the top 15 Mexican mustaches.
On my particular order, they are…
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Orlando Salido beat Juan Manuel Lopez twice, beat Lomachenko, drew against Francisco Vargas, drove for Uber, got arrested for stealing 16 cans of beer, got in bar fight in Sonora, then elected as State Deputy in same state.
Ciri Salido is the boxer of the decade for 2010.
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Mexican heritage night for a team named after a law enforcement organization that lynched innocent Mexicans.
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Today is anniversary of El Paso-Juárez bath riots, sparked by 17 year old Carmelita Torres
But this is also a story about eugenics.
Like many others then and now, people crossed the border daily to work, attend school, visit family, or a variety of other reasons.
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If Spence vs. Crawford happens, it’ll be best fight between two U.S. boxers since who?
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Hey! The Texas Ranger statue MAY be coming down.
It only took the RIGHT author to write about what Mexicans been talking about for almost 200 years.
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Today, 4 years ago, a white supremacist drove 10 hours across Texas to kill as many Mexicans as possible.
23 killed, 22 injured, because he feared a "Hispanic invasion of Texas."
Horrible, emotional, and surreal moment in El Paso.
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I don’t want to be over dramatic on how good my guacamole is.
But one time, one of my aunts tried it, started crying, and called my other aunt who she hadn’t spoken with since a cooler went missing at a baptism party.
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Posting great moments in Mexican history as a way of bringing good vibes before Mexico v. Argentina game.
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Don’t let the potential Ohtani news distract from what’s important today: the anniversary of Marquez knocking out Pacquiao.
As an extension, we celebrate this genius who laid the Rocky music over the knockout
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Came in mail today. May have to frame this one.
Someone hire me. I can write.
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Me and daughter just had “The Talk”
She asked why we cheer for Mexico.
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Non-Mexican boxers trying to build a Mexican fanbase by coming out like:
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Wherever there are Mexicans, there are boxing gyms.
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Me, realizing the Mexicans at my house aren’t leaving anytime soon.
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One thing that confused me as a boy, was that Cesar Chavez and Julio Cesar Chavez weren't the same person.
I knew who Julio was. Didn't know he wasn't Cesar until my dad called me a pendejo when I asked him why Julio picked grapes when he wasn't fighting.
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UTEP vs. NMSU today.
Shout out to the El Pasoans who “went off to college” by moving 45 minutes away then came back and bragged about going to NMSU like it was studying in Europe or something.
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Sun Bowl is this Friday. It's the second oldest Bowl game in country.
Did you know the first Sun Bowl was played by a team full of Mexican and Mexican Americans?
That's because first Sun Bowl was played in 1935, by a team that was high school all stars from El Paso.
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“Sir, UTEP, the Harvard of the Borderland, has just taken down the top seed in the conference USA tournament after being down 14 in second half”
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100 years ago, today, Pancho Villa was assassinated.
His death was front page news throughout country but especially in the Southwest, which was demographically reshaped by the Mexican Revolution.
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This is West Texas from El Paso to Odessa
Surface of Mars captured by Curiosity rover. Listen to the sounds from 140 million miles away.
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Apparently “Firulais” - the Mexican dog name - came from phrase, “Free of Lice”
Some Mexican workers came to US with their dogs. Authorities only allowed entry to dogs who were Free of Lice.
Mexicans must have liked how the phrase sounded and began calling their dogs that
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Happy Chavez Day to all those who observe
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Looks like my wife, a teacher, is having a normal Thursday.
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Tonight, Eddie Guerrero is finally being inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame.
Few months ago, I went to La Jeff’s library to look at his year books for a passion project I’ve been working on.
Here’s some photos of young Eddie.
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How we’re watching Marco Verde fight for the gold medal today.
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El Pasoans taking over Boston
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El Pasoans waking up to news that the basketball team from UTEP, the Harvard of the Borderland, is now 5 - 0 after beating Cal at last second
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I started to believe, almost forgot we were Mexican
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This is Nemo Herrera.
In 1943 and 1945 he coached San Antonio's Lanier High School, a Mexican school, to Texas' basketball state championships.
Then in 1949 he coached El Paso's Bowie High School, a Mexican school, to Texas' baseball state championship.
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Mexicans have written and sang countless words of love and affection, and the most romantic thing anyone on Love is Blind Mexico has said is, “no mameeees, eres lo maximo weyyyyy”
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Mexican twitter assembled to defend the Hot Cheetos origin story.
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100 years ago, the city's oldest high school, El Paso High was renamed El Paso High.
In 1920s the KKK was very much a part of Texas politics. At one point, Texas had more klansmen in office than any place in US.
El Paso was no different and here, the KKK got on school board.
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I’m not a Mavs or Rockets fan, so I’m enjoying watching the Wemby in San Antonio videos.
Especially because they mostly revolve around the Mexicans in Texas culture.
Breakfast burritos, ignoring the Alamo, and this…
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Love how the Rio Grande looks during monsoon season.
For those who aren’t from here, Juarez is the left side of the river.
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No one’s happier that WBC’s done than Jussie Smollett
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Come to El Paso-Juarez, even if it’s just for the Rio Grande On The Water Tour that takes you between the two countries.
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For
@RollingStone
, I wrote about Juárez, Juan Gabriel, and why people mourn (and celebrate) him five years after his death.
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Some ACTUAL personal news:
The story I wrote on FC Juarez on the day after El Paso massacre, will be in Best American Sports Writing 2020 - comes out in early November.
This review from Publisher's Weekly called it one of book's 3 memorable stories.
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Five years ago today, a white supremacist drove 10 hours from North Texas to El Paso, because he "wanted to shoot as many Mexicans as possible."
23 dead, 23 wounded, because the white supremacist feared a "Hispanic invasion of Texas."
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Reason
#1876
I moved back to El Paso:
The Saturday morning bean pickup from mom’s house, complete with threat of violence of the container goes missing
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Doing research for a story and just found out Rickey Henderson played for Mayos de Navajoa.
Rickey Henderson in Mexico seems like some wild stories.
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The Starbucks at El Paso airport is just a person yelling out the most Mexican names.
Palomino
Guadalupe
Xochitl
Cuahtemoc
Kevin
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Had to stop in downtown Albuquerque to show my respects to Johnny “Mi Vida Loca” Tapia.
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For
@espn
, I wrote about Canelo, Eddy Reynoso, their relationship, and how they believe there's no one who can beat them.
#CaneloPlant
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Here we are again.
If Jaime Jaquez wins the dunk contest, he becomes a member of the prestigious Top 20 Mustache Mexicans™️ group.
In no particular order, he’d join…
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You think you’ve outgrown your Catholicism and all the prayers and saints and beliefs that go with that, until Mexico needs a miracle to advance.
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Today is the anniversary of El Santo's death.
Born as Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, El Santo is the quintessential luchador.
More than a wrestler, he was a movie star and comic book hero.
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Sometimes that caldo hits you right in the soul
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For
#SuperBowlLVIII
, I wrote an audio essay, read by Victor Cruz, that’ll play on ESPN Deportes.
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