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MLB Agent And Trainer Found Guilty In Cuban Smuggling Trial [Updated]Sports agent Bartolo Hernandez and baseball trainer Julio Estrada could not overcome a mountain of evidence and testimony from Cuban-born Major League Baseball players who linked the two Florida men to a human trafficking ring that brought Cuban players into the U.S....

The Long Slog Of The Cuban Baseball Player Smuggling Trial Is Nearly OverAfter six grueling weeks of testimony, both sides delivered their closing arguments today in the criminal trial of two men charged with conspiracy and human smuggling for their part in getting Cuban baseball players into the United States. Federal prosecutors in Miami reiterated today their point th...

Lawyer Who Prepared Documents For Smuggled Cuban Players Shocked Smuggling Took Place<em></em>Sports agent Bartolo Hernandez and baseball trainer Julio Estrada could learn their fates early this week. The defense rested on Friday without either Florida man taking the stand to refute criminal charges that they conspired with human smugglers to transport baseball players out of Cuba for a cut ...

MLB Execs Testify They Had No Idea Cuban Players Were Entering Country Illegally

The federal trial of sports agent Bartolo Hernandez and baseball trainer Julio Estrada is hitting the home stretch. On Tuesday, their defense attorneys called five witnesses, including two executives from the Texas Rangers and one from the Miami Marlins, hoping their testimony would help punch holes...

José Abreu Said He Ate His Fake Passport On His Flight To The U.S.

Chicago White Sox slugger José Abreu testified today that he ordered a Heineken, then slowly ate his fake Haitian passport on board his flight to illegally enter the United States back in 2013. The testimony came in a federal courtroom in Miami during the ongoing trial of two men—agent Bartolo Herna...

MLB Agent Goes On Trial For His Role In Smuggling Cuban Prospects Into America

The federal trial is underway in Miami for agent Bartolo Hernandez and trainer Julio Estrada, who are accused of participating in smuggling operations that brought Cuban baseball players to America. ...

How The World Fell For A "National Cuban Sandwich Day" Hoax

“National Cuban Sandwich Day” does not exist, but thanks to one newspaper reporter media outlets around the world celebrated it on Tuesday anyway....

The Happiest Man In The World: Teófilo Stevenson And Cuba's Lost Fighters

Teófilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in...

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You Must Watch This Long, Bizarre Video Résumé For Free Agent Cuban Defector Yoenis Cespedes

Maybe you remember Aleksey Vayner, the man whose video résumé took the snarking corners of the internet by storm in 2006. Or perhaps you're familiar with the glossy books that MLB superagent Scott Boras prints up to pitch his clients to MLB teams. And, you know, if you're familiar with both of the...

by Jack Dickey|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

The 8 Things I Learned Using Sports-Figure iPhone Apps

It was only a matter of time before athletes and other sports figures got into the iPhone app game, and now, thanks to one company, they have done so only as modern sports celebrities can: tackily....

by David Matthews|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

The Mark Cuban Scandal For Dummies (Like Us)

"Rule no 1 of any smart investor is don't get attached." — Mark Cuban A lot of information about the Mark Cuban situation is pouring in now, and there will be plenty of time for speculation, recriminations and schadenfreude. Plus, Cuban has just come out on his blog and said he will fight the charg...

by Dashiell Bennett|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Remember the soccer team that gave away free beer if you donated blood? They're going to try and sign those defected Cuban players. [Machochip]...

by sussman|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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