SECOND OVERTIME

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Boxing Diary: Vegas wining and dining

LAS VEGAS – The weather continues to be strangely frigid in this desert as the mercury refuses to rise to a more desirable level. I co…

Sun, 22 Jan 2006

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Pacman modified: From brawl to box

LAS VEGAS – Famous Filipino faces have began to surface in this vacation paradise. All of them gathering here to bear witness to one o…

Sat, 21 Jan 2006

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Boxing Diary: A Filipino feast in Vegas

CHICAGO – My hotel room at Excalibur’s mammoth Tower II hovers directly above the swimming pool. As I woke up and undid the shad…

Sat, 21 Jan 2006

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Vegas grapevine: Mrs. Pacquiao steals show

LAS VEGAS — Gore, violence, greed and betrayal. That’s just some of the poisoned watercolors that paint the ugly world of profes…

Fri, 20 Jan 2006

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Boxing diary: Homer arrives in Sin City

LAS VEGAS — The Airbus 320 departed promptly at 6:50 a.m. Chicago time. Amid overcast skies and some light fog, the jet was supposed t…

Fri, 20 Jan 2006

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Keyed up for a West Coast swing

CHICAGO – Besides the charm, the explosive wit, and the fact that he is a ratings magnet, there’s a much weightier reason why dy…

Thu, 19 Jan 2006

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Homer earns another milestone

CHICAGO — When I enter the Thomas and Mack Center Jan. 21 to cover the Manny Pacquiao versus Erik Morales rematch, I will be just one …

Tue, 17 Jan 2006

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Triangulating Nevada and California

CHICAGO – I am about to embark on a long journey to Nevada and California, where I will be on assignment covering three of the biggest…

Mon, 16 Jan 2006

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PacMan winning, and funds misuse

CHICAGO — With the highly anticipated Jan. 21 rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales inching closer with each passing day, Pa…

Sat, 07 Jan 2006

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Good year in 2005, better year ahead

CHICAGO — To borrow Frank Sinatra’s words, my 2005 was “a very good year” for me as a Sun.Star Cebu sports columnist…

Fri, 06 Jan 2006

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Love and the perks money can’t buy

CHICAGO — While covering Pacquiao vs. Morales I last March 19, 2005 at the MGM Grand, Bzac Credentials, the outfit tasked to handle th…

Thu, 05 Jan 2006

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Boom-Boom explosion

CHICAGO - From Bohol to Singapore. From the United Kingdom to the rest of the world, Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista’s name is ut…

Fri, 30 Dec 2005

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The magic words

CHICAGO – As Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista navigated the short steps from his locker room to the ring apron for his promising c…

Wed, 28 Dec 2005

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Bautista wins despite getting knocked down

SAN DIEGO – Unbeaten in 18 bouts with 14 kayoes, the career of Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista has produced more highlights than …

Tue, 27 Dec 2005

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How a knockdown helps a knockout artist

CHICAGO – Sitting at my ringside seat for the Rey Bautista-Gerardo Espinoza fight last Dec. 23, I heard the distinct crack of a glove …

Tue, 27 Dec 2005

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Faces in the crowd

SAN DIEGO – It was 6:14 p.m. when Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista was officially introduced atop for his encounter with Gerardo E…

Tue, 27 Dec 2005

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Rey ‘must avoid’ opponent’s jab

SAN DIEGO – “This is his toughest test so far. We’ll soon find out whether he has it or not.” Those words by ALA sta…

Sat, 24 Dec 2005

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What Rey must learn

SAN DIEGO – Wearing nothing but a pair of jet-black underwear, he stepped gingerly on the scale for his fight’s official weigh-i…

Sat, 24 Dec 2005

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Bautista’s hearty meal

SAN DIEGO – Since coming over here in the United States early this December to prepare for today’s fight, God knows how many tim…

Sat, 24 Dec 2005

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No more zzz’s in Z Gorres’ Mandaue fight

CHICAGO - Although Z Gorres waltzed to an easy unanimous decision triumph in his last outing a few months ago, he was rendered black and blu…

Mon, 31 Oct 2005