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• Memories of Playing on Papa Hemingway’s Ball Field

  Those who played as children on the baseball field that Ernest Hemingway set up for his visiting sons are fading, but they still carry the nicknames he gave them. Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 11:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Cuba, Families and Family Life, Hemingway, Ernest

• For U.S. and Cuba, Common Ground Is on Field

  For all the cultural differences between the two teams, there is at least one bit of common ground — each team is on the fringe of its country’s sports mainstream. Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 9:56 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Cuba, United States, World Cup (Soccer)

• Extra Time: Trip to Cuba Is First for U.S. Since 1947

  The 20-player United States team is gathering in Miami, where it will train at Barry University before boarding a charter flight to Havana on Thursday. Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 10:56 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Cuba, United States, United States Olympic Committee, World Cup (Soccer), Embargoes and Economic Sanctions

• Cuba 5, United States 4: Cuba Tops U.S. in Final At-Bat

  The United States lost to Cuba in the first Olympic case of a quirky new tiebreaker system for baseball games that go into extra innings. Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 8:47 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba, United States

• Jailed for Smuggling Players, Agent Has No Regrets

  The plight of Gus Dominguez, serving time in federal prison for smuggling a Cuban baseball player into the U.S., has placed a pall over those agents who handle Cuban players. Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Cuba, Smuggling

• A Sportscaster Revealed a Dictator’s Human Side

  During Cuba’s Pan American Games in 1991, Jim McKay guided a discussion with Fidel Castro skillfully, using his simple, poignant questions to transform the blustery Castro into a regular person. Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:25 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Cuba, ABC Inc, McKay, Jim, Pan American Games, Castro, Fidel

• Cuban Defectors Adjust to a New Life

  Despite setbacks, three soccer players who left Cuba’s under-23 men’s soccer team almost two months ago do not seem discouraged as they try to survive in America, both on and off the field. Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Cuba

• Cuba Ponders Baseball Life Without Olympics

  For Yulieski Gourriel, winning the baseball gold medal for Cuba in the Olympics parallels little else when it comes to boosting the morale of the communist island nation. Posted Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba

• Cuban Players Fled Their Team for an Uncertain Future

  The sudden departure of seven players and an assistant coach at the qualifying tournament for the Olympics represented a stunning rebuke to the Cuban government. Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 9:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Athletics and Sports, Cuba, Immigration and Refugees

• Cuban Players Fled Team Into an Uncertain Future

  The sudden departure of seven players and an assistant coach at the qualifying tournament for the Olympics represented a stunning rebuke to the Cuban government. Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Athletics and Sports, Cuba, Immigration and Refugees

• Hoduras 2, Cuba 0: Revamped Lineup Puts U.S. Closer to an Olympic Berth

  Cuba, missing seven players who left the team the past two days, held Honduras at bay until the 69th minute before losing. Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games, Cuba, Honduras, Asylum (Political)

• Hoduras 2, Cuba 0: Seven Players Missing as Cuba Loses

  Cuba, missing seven players who left the team the past two days, held Honduras at bay until the 69th minute before losing. Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games, Cuba, Honduras, Asylum (Political)

• 5 Cubans Missing From Soccer Team

  If the players seek to defect, it’s likely they would be granted protection under United States policy that allows Cubans who reach American soil to obtain asylum. Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba, Immigration and Refugees

• 5 Cubans Are Missing From Soccer Team

  If the players seek to defect, it’s likely they would be granted protection under United States policy that allows Cubans who reach American soil to obtain asylum. Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba, Immigration and Refugees

• United States 1, Cuba 1: U.S. Squanders Chances Against Cuba

  It was a sloppy start for the United States, which floundered during the second half in the Olympic qualifying match on Tuesday night. Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games, Adu, Freddy, Cuba