However, soccer (fútbol) is the major sport. Spanish-speaking and bilingual Hispanic consumers have a great affinity for fútbol games played at the national level. Soccer games featuring Mexico “El Tri” are among the hottest sports properties and draw immense viewership among Spanish-speaking sports fans.

Notable Hispanic-American Athletes

• Roberto Alomar, baseball player.
• Jose Canseco, baseball player.
• Roberto Clemente, baseball player.
• Oscar De La Hoya, boxer.
• Scott Gomez, hockey player.
• Pancho Gonzalez, tennis player.
• Nancy Lopez, golfer.
• Juan Marichal, baseball player.

Current Latinos in the NBA Manu Ginobili was born and raised in Argentina, and is arguably the best Latino player in the NBA today.

Latin Americans (Spanish: Latinoamericanos; Portuguese: Latino-americanos; French: Latino-américains) are the citizens of Latin American countries, or people with cultural, ancestral, or national origins in Latin America….Latin Americans.

Chilean businesswoman Iris Fontbona makes the list at No. 71 and as the richest Latina in the world with a net worth of $23.9 billion.

OMB defines “Hispanic or Latino” as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

Ethnicity Categories Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term, “Spanish origin”, can be used in addition to “Hispanic or Latino”.

The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid. This is based on a racial classification made by Carleton S. Coon in 1962.

OMB requires that race data be collectd for a minimum of five groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. OMB permits the Census Bureau to also use a sixth category – Some Other Race.