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Homer D. Sayson

SECOND OVERTIME

By Homer D. Sayson

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Articles by Homer D. Sayson

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Barely legal, yet very lethal

TAMPA, Florida ? Under US laws, 20-year-old Rey ?Boomboom? Baustista is barely legal. He is allowed to keep a driver?s license and operate a…

Mon, 04 Dec 2006
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Tampa Diary (Day 3)

TAMPA, Florida ? The mornings of big fights are always the slowest. It?s the calm before the tempest. And that?s exactly the case yesterday …

Mon, 04 Dec 2006
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BoomBooms space at the Hyatt

TAMPA, Florida -- The hotel rooms here at the Hyatt Regency were designed to be a place of refuge, windows and walls that allow peace and se…

Sun, 03 Dec 2006

TAMPA DIARY (DAY 2)

TAMPA, Florida -- I began the day nursing a throbbing headache, a malady directly caused by jet lag, sleep deprivation and, ahem, a little i…

Sat, 02 Dec 2006
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Taking care of business

TAMPA, Florida - Given the magnitude of tomorrow night?s fight, a brutal bloodbath that could help chart the course of his promising career,…

Sat, 02 Dec 2006
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Tampa Diary (Day 1)

TAMPA, Florida - No thanks to a 6:30 a.m. departure, I reluctantly flung out of bed at 3 am. I then dutifully took a quick, warm shower befo…

Sat, 02 Dec 2006
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Boomboom giddy to rumble

CHICAGO?"I'm back!" It was a bold declaration of readiness, a mammoth sigh of relief after months of being sidelined by a hairline fracture …

Fri, 01 Dec 2006
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The moment of truth

LOS ANGELES- After months of anticipation, the Grand Finale, aka Pacquiao-Morales III, is finally near. ?Dalawang tulog na lang? as Jollibee…

Fri, 17 Nov 2006
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Jimrex Jaca and the color of money

CHICAGO - Loyalty in boxing is more disposable than a pair of well-worn sparring gloves. Rex ?Wakee? Salud found that out recently when Jimr…

Sun, 12 Nov 2006
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Interview with Pacman

CHICAGO —He was already a world champ when I first met him in Memphis in June of 2002. And though wildly popular in the Philippines, h…

Wed, 25 Oct 2006
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Hope among the heavyweights

CHICAGO —My last and lasting image of a heavyweight champion was Mike Tyson in his prime. Iron Mike, formerly the Baddest Man on the P…

Wed, 11 Oct 2006
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Meeting Don King

CHICAGO - If I had any doubts about Don King being the greatest salesman in the history of the world, it all vanished when I met him yesterd…

Fri, 06 Oct 2006
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Paclanders gobble up Homer...almost

CHICAGO – Except when I’m on the road for a huge NBA or boxing coverage, I’ve always tried to faithfully devote Saturdays …

Sat, 22 Jul 2006