Republica Deportiva Marks Its 5thh Anniversary @ Univision.

“Republica Deportiva” celebrates its fifth anniversary on April 25, 2004, at 11am ET/PT (10am Central/Mountain). Among the guests scheduled to join hosts Fernando Fiore and Rosana Franco and honorary co-host Sofia Vergara in the celebration are National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal and live from Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field, New York Yankee’s shortstop Alex Rodriguez and Chicago Cubs’ right fielder Sammy Sosa.

Since its debut on April 11, 1999, “Republica Deportiva” has airedv262 live programs on Sundays in addition to 2,000 nightly newsbreaks on Univision’s highly rated programs “Primer Impacto” (“First Impact”) and “Noticiero Univision” (“Univision Nightly Newscast”).

Set in a neighborhood “sports bar,” “Republica Deportiva” keep viewers up to speed on all the latest sports developments and covers the most important international sporting events. And in addition to dishing out plenty of news and information, co-hosts Fernando and Rosana frequently welcome some of the world’s biggest Hispanic sports stars for one-on-one interviews. Celebrity guests have included the infamous boxing promoter Don King and boxing greats Oscar de la Hoya, Felix Trinidad and Fernando Vargas; Soccer legend “El Bam-Bam” Ivan Zambrano and idol Jose Luis Chilavert; and baseball superstars Sammy Sosa and the Hernandez brothers, Livan and “El Duque.”