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Roberto Durán (baseball)
Dominican baseball player (born 1973)
Baseball player
Roberto Alejandro Durán (born March 6, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseballpitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1997 and 1998. He batted and threw left-handed.
Career
Durán was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1990 as an amateur free agent. He played in the Dominican Republic for two seasons, then began playing in the United States in Minor League Baseball in 1992.[1] He played in the Dodgers' farm system through the 1995 season.[1]
On March 14, 1996, Durán was selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays. He never made it to the majors with the Jays and ended up being traded on December 11, 1996, to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for minor-leaguer Anton French. In Detroit, Durán made his first major league appearance on July 6, 1997.[2] He finished the year having appeared in 13 games, and holding a 7.59 ERA through 10+2⁄3innings pitched.[2]
In 1998, at the age of 25, Durán appeare
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Roberto Durán
Panamanian boxer (born 1951)
For the baseball player, see Roberto Durán (baseball).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Durán and the second or maternal family name is Samaniego.
Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego[2] (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: Lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight. Duran also reigned as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion and the lineal welterweight champion.[3] He is also the second boxer to have competed over a span of five decades, the first being Jack Johnson. Durán was known as a versatile, technical brawler and pressure fighter, which earned him the nickname "Manos de Piedra" ("Hands of Stone") for his formidable punching power and excellent defense.[4]
In 2002, Durán was voted by The Ring magazine as the fifth greatest fighter of the last 80 years,[5] while boxing historian Bert Sugar rated him as the eighth g
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L.A.’s go-to sports broadcaster
It is easy to tune into your favorite sports team and watch your favorite players. However, there are those, such as Beto Duran, who would much rather broadcast games.
With regular appearances on major athletic networks including SportsCenter, ESPNews, and First Take, Beto, 44, has earned a reputation as the expert on all things involving Los Angeles sports. He covers top sports teams, including the L.A. Lakers and L.A. Chargers, as a sports broadcaster.
Beto Duran was not always aware that he would be covering major sports teams. Before graduation in 1996, Beto enjoyed his time as sports editor of The Trailblazer newspaper at Carson High School, but he had not considered pursuing a career as a sports journalist. Instead, he covered his school’s athletics in order to get free admission to games.
“It got me into the football games for free,” Beto says. “I would write the stories of this football team and basketball team. But it was just cool to do and it was easy.”
Following high school, Beto, like many students entering college, sti
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