grandfather Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/grandfather/ Fri, 10 May 2024 22:33:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mdcthereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/R_reporter_logo-1-125x125.png grandfather Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/grandfather/ 32 32 How Writing Sports Stories Reconnected Me With My Grandpa https://mdcthereporter.com/how-writing-sports-stories-reconnected-me-with-my-grandpa/ Wed, 01 May 2024 18:51:42 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=37036 I’ve never had a passion for sports. 
But baseball, it’s in my blood—I’m Cuban. 
My grandpa, Francisco “Pipo” Valiente, was a baseball fanatic who played second-base in neighborhood ball games in Cuba.
When he was in his 80s, Pipo’s blood pressure would spike when he watched his favorite teams,… Read the rest at our website.

How Writing Sports Stories Reconnected Me With My Grandpa

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