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Growth in Latin participation good business

By Richard Lapchick
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, September 22, 2006

If sports fans notice America celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, they might think of the great Latino players in Major League Baseball, in which 29 percent of the players are Latino. Some might think of Latino boxers. Depending on their interests, they might know that 20 percent of Major League Soccer players are Latino. Still others might know that more than 3 percent of NBA players and Division I college student-athletes are Latino. But would anyone think about NASCAR, winter sports or the ...

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