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Roberto José Andrade Franco

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El Paso–Juárez borderland ESPN writer [email protected]

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 22d

I wrote about Canelo versus Crawford, prize fighting, and how its ruthlessness is an inextricable part of this country.

www.espn.com/boxing/story...

How Crawford-Álvarez upended the superfight?

Beneath the spectacle and showmanship, one legend ends as another begins.

www.espn.com

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 1d

People are saying Skylar Locklear is the El Paso Fran Tarkenton

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 1d

These WRs have let down Nelson all season

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 1d

How it started…how it’s going.

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 1d

Scotty was supposed to be an offensive genius, but this offense has been shit since he got here.

He must have used up all his creativity making up names for positions that already have names.

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 1d

Either Scotty isn’t a good coach or Nelson isn’t a good QB or both aren’t good at their job.

Whatever it is, thats all bad news for UTEP, the Harvard of the Borderland.

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 1d

Bill Belichick; Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator.

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 1d

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 2d

THE CREATOR OF THE WINI CEVICHE GOT A MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT ?!?!?!

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 2d

Been trying to write an Eddie Guerrero story for years and I think I finally got it.

Today I went to his old high school that has a brick walkway of its alums and someone paid for an Eddie brick.

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Triumph Books @triumphbooks.bsky.social · 3d

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We're pleased to also share this year's honorable mention pieces and urge you to seek out these writers.

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Notable Sports Writing of 2024

JEREMY COLLINS
When My Father Talked About Larry Bird.
Esquire, June 16, 2024

ROBERTO JOSÉ ANDRADE FRANCO
No One Wanted Them to Win: Texas' First Baseball Champions.
ESPN, October 31, 2024

DAVID GAMBACORTA
The Final Penalty
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 9, 2024

DARRELL HARTMAN
Racing's Deadliest Day.
Esses, November 15, 2024

DAVID GAUVEY HERBERT
How Cheerleading Became So Acrobatic, Dangerous and Popular. The New York Times, October 22, 2024

CHLOÉ COOPER JONES
Loving Him Meant Facing My Greatest Fear.
The New York Times Magazine, April 21, 2024

PAIGE KAPTUCH
This Is Not an Escape Story.
Runner's World, June 5, 2024

LAURA KILLINGBECK
Into the Wind.
Bicycling, May 22, 2024

RACHEL KUSHNER
In the Rockets' Red Glare.
Harper's, December 2024

CONOR NILAND
'I'm Good, I Promise: The Loneliness of the Low-Ranking Tennis Player.
The Guardian, June 27, 2024

ALEXANDER SAMMON
Surfing the American Dream.
Slate, May 23, 2024

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday just got better

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 4d

Bengals have a Zac Taylor Shift or something similar?

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 4d

Following the right ones

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 4d

LANDRY SHIFT!

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 5d

Cowboys having a good game, don’t see Aubrey’s two bad plays as a sign of an inevitable collapse.

Cowboys having a good game, don’t see Aubrey’s two bad plays as a sign of an inevitable collapse.

Cowboys having a good game, don’t see Aubrey’s two bad plays as a sign of an inevitable collapse.

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 5d

Cowboys may have found something in Flournoy.

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 6d

UTEP, the Harvard of the Borderland, doesn’t play today, so going to see how El Paso, the Paris of the Southwest, looks in movies.

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

Yesterday’s game symbolized most of the last 30 years for the Dallas Cowboys.

A very good franchise quarterback that has to play perfect because they have a very flawed defense. And at the end, a franchise that’s been entirely mediocre for decades, ends up with a tie.

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

Fuck that one second

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

DAK!!!

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

Ezeiruaku, this is your time

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

God help us

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

I hate that I have to put some of my hopes in Matt Eberflus

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

What a stupid play by Liufau

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

I hate that I have to put some of my hopes in Matt Eberflus

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Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

Need Donovan Ezeiruaku to make a play that ends this game.

Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social · 11d

Sounds like there’s a lot of Packers fans at game