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Ozuna Becomes New Owner of Puerto Rican Basketball Team Los Osos de Manatí, Previously Known as Los Brujos de Guayama

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Ozuna is getting in the game…

The 30-year-old Puerto Rican singer and rapper is officially the new owner of a basketball team in Puerto Rico, the Baloncesto Nacional Superior de Puerto Rico has announced.

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The sports organization revealed that the chart-topping artist has acquired Los Brujos de Guayama. Due to the franchise’s transfer to the municipality of Manatí, the team has been renamed to Los Osos de Manatí (Manatí Bears). With Juan Aubín Cruz Coliseum as their home venue, Los Osos de Manatí become the first BSN team in that municipality since 2017.

Ricardo Dalmau, president of the BSN, added: “It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome Ozuna to the BSN family. The commitment shown throughout this entire process gives us confidence in what his management will be in charge of the new Osos de Manatí. I take this opportunity to thank Rafael Rodríguez for his commitment to the league and the Brujos de Guayama franchise, which he led for the last 10 years.”

Ozuna joins a growing number of Latin artists that have ventured into the sports world by purchasing basketball teams in Puerto Rico. The list includes moves from Bad Bunny, who became the co-owner of Los Cangrejeros de Santurce and Anuel AA, who purchased Capitanes de Arecibo along with his manager Frabian Eli, in 2021.

Instead of flocking to basketball like their fellow hitmakers, duo Wisin & Yandel is placing all bets on baseball as new co-owners of Criollos de Caguas, the latest champions of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC).

Anuel AA Sponsors Puerto Rico’s Women’s National Superior Basketball League

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Anuel AA is helping the ladies get their game on…

The 28-year-old Puerto Rican singer has revealed that he’s become the main sponsor of the Women’s National Superior Basketball League in Puerto Rico.

Anuel AA

As a result, the players will wear a logo with Anuel’s motto, “Real Hasta La Muerte,” on their uniforms.

“I am very happy to be able to help the development of women’s basketball in Puerto Rico,” Anuel said in a statement. “We have a lot of talent in the country that needs support and I am more than proud to be part of this and continue with the legacy of this league that even went to the Olympics this year. We are very proud of them and of the many wins that are to come.”

The news follows Anuel’s previously announced venture as an investor in local basketball by becoming the owner of the Capitanes de Arecibo of the National Superior Basketball League (BSN) of Puerto Rico.

Bad Bunny Becomes Co-Owner of Puerto Rico’s Los Cangrejeros de Santurce

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Bad Bunny is officially a baller…

Following his impressive WWE activities, which earned him high praise from pro wrestlers, the 27-year-old Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton superstar (real name Benito Antonio Martinez) is continuing his sporting efforts.

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This time, Bad Bunny has become a co-owner of Puerto Rico’s basketball team Los Cangrejeros de Santurce.

The Puerto Rican superstar, alongside Rimas’ Jonathan Miranda and Noah Assad, has been named partner of the renewed franchise, which also announced a revamped team and image.

“The main purpose and commitment of this initiative are to help foster positive change on the island,” noted an official statement. “The goal is to promote a better future through sports, music, and the arts. The main objective is to encourage ideas and dreams in Puerto Rican youth, which provoke an authentic and real social transformation.”

Los Cangrejeros de Santurce also unveiled the return of NBA star Jose Juan Barea, who played for the Dallas Mavericks, as the team’s point guard.

Founded in 1918, Los Cangrejeros de Santurce is known as one of the most successful Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) franchises, winning eight championships.

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Olmos to Coach Puerto Rico’s Santurce Cangrejeros

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Paco Olmos is headed to la Isla del Encanto…

The 42-year-old Spanish basketball coach  has been named the head coach of the Santurce Cangrejeros, one of the 10 clubs in Puerto Rico’s BSN pro basketball league.

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Olmos said at a press conference that his main objective with the San Juan-based team is to emphasize an intensive defense with European-style tactical concepts.

“Everyone is proud to belong to this club, (to be a part) of global basketball and to learn and contribute certain ideas for our game,” said Olmos, who in 2002 won the Eurocopa as coach of Pamesa Valencia.

Olmos also said that he’ll demand from his team “the humility, respect, professionalism from the first day to give 100 percent.”

The Cangrejeros have been one of the most successful teams in the BSN, winning six championships out of the seven finals in which they’ve participated.

Olmos emphasized that the BSN is “an important league with great development, with players who have excellent physical and athletic conditioning” and he did not hesitate to call them the best in the world.

Among the players who will wear the Cangrejeros uniform are two members of the Puerto Rican team at the 2012 London Games– Ricky Sanchez and Alex Galindo – as well as Javier Gonzalez, William Orozco, Sammy Villegas and Walter Hodge.

The BSN season starts on March 31, and the first home game for the Cangrejeros at San Juan’s Roberto Clemente Coliseum will be on April 9.