Latino influence shapes action sports

Date of Release: September 29, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com)
by Richard Lapchick
In the course of researching a book on Hispanic athletes, I expected to find a strong Latino presence in baseball, soccer and boxing, and I did. The area that surprised me most, though, was the Latino presence, success and influence in the X Games, one of the most popular events among Generation X and Generation Y demographics. More…