The son of undocumented Mexican immigrants has just done the unexpected at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: winning a Gold Medal in freestyle wrestling. Henry Cejudo, who moved around a lot growing up in the U.S., and went straight from high school to competitive international wrestling has just done the unthinkable! Published by Manny Gonzalez. To view El Blog CLICK above.
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Telemundo broadcast of 2008 Beijing Olympics delivers 12M viewers.
Telemundo Communications Group announced results for its ten-day viewership of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. According to Nielsen Media Research, Telemundo’s coverage of the games thru 8/17/08 which equaled 96 hours, was watched by 12 million unique Persons 2 plus which now has surpassed the ’04 Athens cumulative audience (10.8 M) by 12%.
Telemundo 2008 Olympic Gold.
Telemundo Communications Group revealed that its upcoming telecast of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China will be the best ad-supported broadcast of the Olympics in the network’s history. Telemundo has signed on major national advertisers across all categories including AT&T, Coca-Cola, Farmers Insurance, Mexico Tourism Board, Target and U.S. Navy. Locally, the games will be sponsored by AT&T and Chevron.
ESPN Deportes presents record-breaking VI World Domino Championship.
ESPN Deportes and the World Domino Federation presented the VI World Domino Championship at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla. Thursday, July 10 – Saturday, July 12. This year’s championship broke the Guinness World Record for “Most People Playing Dominoes,” with 332 players helping surpass the previous record of 300. The three-day event gathered over 554 domino enthusiasts, with representation from nine countries from Latin America, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Russia and the United States.
