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Hall of Fame awaits Manny

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Fri, 17 Jun 2011

CANASTOTA ? WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao isn?t eligible for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame because he remains active in the ring but five years after his retirement, …

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Will There Be Another Manny Pacquiao?

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 15 Jun 2011

Will There Be Another Manny Pacquiao? In two years, or after four more fights at the most, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is expected to hang up his gloves. The tell-tale signs of a warrior who i…

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Barkley on LeBron: "He's just not a cold-blooded killer"

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 15 Jun 2011

IN THE refuge that is the Miami Heat locker room, LeBron James' stall is marked "king-size." But given how small he played in the 2001 NBA Finals, is a size-change in order? When it rains, it pours. A…

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"LeBust" James: A Prince not a King

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011

ONE OF the things that LeBron James loves to do after a big play is to clench his right hand into a fist and pound it as hard as he repeatedly can onto his left chest. As it turned out, that lumberjac…

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Dirk No-ring-ski no more: Dallas Mavericks capture NBA title

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011

NO-RING-SKI. No-win-ski. No more. The doubters can now put all those disparaging remarks to bed. Dirk Nowtizki is an NBA champion, at last. He also has a Finals MVP award to go with it, and a place in…

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Ruckus By Rufus

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 13 Jun 2011

Luisito Espinosa. Congressman Rufus Rodriguez, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) during the term of President Joseph Estrada, is a man with a smile more mystic…

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King James or King Flop?

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 12 Jun 2011

THE BURDEN of unmet expectations is eating up LeBron James, holding him down like the weight of unconfessed sin. A member of the fabled draft class of 2003, LeBron, then a high schooler, left his quie…

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Mavs shoot lights out, take 3-2 NBA Finals series lead

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 11 Jun 2011

IN THE past four games of these NBA Finals, Dallas needed it's lone superstar to come up big and somehow equalize Miami's Big Three. So far, Dirk Nowitzki has never failed to supply his team's multifa…

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Calling Dirty Harry

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 11 Jun 2011

There is a reason why "Batman and Robin," "Spiderman," "The Equalizer" and other filmworks with a similar theme enjoy a huge following. There is a reason why in many areas in rural Philippines decades…

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Manny film docu shown worldwide

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Fri, 10 Jun 2011

MANILA, Philippines - The work-in-progress movie is still untitled but fans all over the world are eagerly awaiting the international theatrical release of WBO welterweight champion Rep. Manny Pacquia…

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Nauseating Hypocrisy

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 09 Jun 2011

Many years ago, a British animal rights group castigated the Igorots of the Philippines for slaughtering dogs as part of their cultural cuisine saying this was cruelty to animals. An Igorot intellectu…

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Big Dirk shines; ties the NBA Finals at 2-2

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 09 Jun 2011

USING Game 4 of the 2011 NBA Finals as a canvas, Dirk Nowitzki painted another playoffs masterpiece Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The Big German drilled 10 of his 21 points …

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Focus on Marquez before anyone else, says Manny

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Thu, 09 Jun 2011

MANILA, Philippines - WBO welterweight champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao said the other day he?s not entertaining offers to fight anyone beyond Juan Manuel Marquez who?s been designated as his next opponen…

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To Slay A Zombie

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 05 Jun 2011

There are three fighters in Manny Pacquiao's colorful and spectacular boxing career whose names, when mentioned, give him great discomfort: power-puncher Rustico Torrecampo, unheralded Medgoen 3K Batt…

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"Defeat Is An Orphan"

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 05 Jun 2011

"Victory has many fathers, defeat is an orphan." This famous line attributed to Italian Count Galleazo Ciano and later echoed by US President John F. Kennedy following the Bay of Pigs fiasco, aptly de…

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INSIDE SPORTS - SMART GILAS THE PACQUIAO OF BASKETBALL

By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 03 Jun 2011

The last time we cheered lustily for our national basketball team was when the brilliant American coach Ron Jacobs led Ambassador Danding Cojuangco?s national team to an epic overtime victory over a m…

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A familiar script: Same O Pacquiao-Marquez sequel

By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 28 May 2011

The Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez show finally gets going 8 years to the day their contentious draw transpired in the glitter city of Las Vegas. With contract details ironed out, fans are licking…

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A dynasty in the making?

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 28 May 2011

TEAMWORK, relentless defense, and the lion's heart that beats rapidly inside the chest of MVP Derrick Rose were the cornerstones of Chicago's' regular season success and deep postseason run. But in th…

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Mavericks punch NBA Finals ticket

By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 27 May 2011

IT WAS deja vu all over again. The Oklahoma City Thunder, so full of talent yet so painfully inexperienced, imploded again in the homestretch. The only difference is that, this time, they didn't just …