{"id":30141,"date":"2025-08-31T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hansel-diaz-mattews-passes-away-mourning-in-dominican-sports-journalism\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:01:28","slug":"hansel-diaz-mattews-passes-away-mourning-in-dominican-sports-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/hansel-diaz-mattews-passes-away-mourning-in-dominican-sports-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansel D\u00edaz Mattews Passes Away: Mourning in Dominican Sports Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 Dominican sports journalism deeply regrets the passing of Hansel Omar D\u00edaz Mattews, a young sports journalist who left an indelible mark in the sports field.\n\nD\u00edaz Mattews, who passed away on Saturday, August 30th due to health complications, was a prominent analyst and passionate about baseball, basketball, and other disciplines. His work was characterized by the depth and knowledge he demonstrated in each coverage.\n\n<h2>A Distinguished Career in Sports Journalism<\/h2>\n\nSon of journalist Juan Bautista D\u00edaz Cuevas and professor Martha Mattews, Hansel Omar developed a notable career in sports journalism. His work spanned various media, from print to radio and digital platforms.\n\n<ul><li>He worked in the International and Sports sections.<\/li><li>He launched his own digital media outlet, Tribuna Deportiva.<\/li><li>He hosted the eponymous program on several radio stations.<\/li><li>He maintained a space on his YouTube channel, where he shared analysis and interviews.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We ask the Almighty to grant him eternal rest and provide strength to his parents, daughters, and other family members in this moment of pain.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Olivo De Le\u00f3n, President of the IPPP<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe Institute for Journalist Welfare and Protection (IPPP), through its president Olivo De Le\u00f3n, expressed its condolences to the D\u00edaz Mattews family, remembering the courage with which the communicator faced his health condition.\n\nHansel&#8217;s remains will be exposed this Sunday starting at 11:00 a.m. in the Rub\u00ed Chapel of the GRESEFU Funeral Home, located on Las Am\u00e9ricas Avenue, Ozama extension. The burial is scheduled for this Monday at 11:00 a.m. in the Jard\u00edn Memorial Cemetery.\n\nD\u00edaz Mattews leaves his daughters Naslhy (12) and Hanny (9) orphaned. His colleagues remember him as a promise of sports journalism, highlighting his dedication and charisma.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo \u2013 Dominican sports journalism deeply regrets the passing of Hansel Omar D\u00edaz Mattews, a young sports journalist who left an indelible mark in the sports field. D\u00edaz Mattews, who passed away on Saturday, August 30th due to health complications, was a prominent analyst and passionate about baseball, basketball, and other disciplines. His work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,708,8105,8106],"class_list":{"0":"post-30141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-death","10":"tag-hansel-omar-diaz-mattews","11":"tag-sports-journalism"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}