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Watch out! Viloria out to outdo self
BRIAN Viloria has asked boxing fans to be ready for something big and special on Saturday in New York (Sunday in Manila.) The way he claimed to have prepared for the biggest…
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Ola! Twin US Thrilla features our own Viloria
THERE?S no boxing immortal by the name of Manny Pacquiao in Sunday?s main card at the Madison Square Garden, original boxing mecca, in New York. But please don?t tarry. No reason to…
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Hail, fearless Azkals, Gilas Pilipinas
IT didn?t come as a surprise that the Philippine Azkals met a killing test in its bid to stay alive in the World Cup qualifying duel against highly favored North Korea. The…
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Fiba?s fairness questioned
HERE?S part of a disturbing report from veteran sportswriter Joaquin Henson on the Fiba Asia championship game in China on Saturday: ?Rowdy Chinese fans behind the Gilas bench kept screaming unprintables at…
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Gilas Pilipinas: Rich heart, poor shot
OUT in the Mandaluyong City wet market on Sunday, tireless sports enthusiast Buboy Sebreros said there was only one way the Philippinnes could beat China: Engage the Asian basketball stalwart in a…
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Hail, Dray Blatche has got more gold to give
HE?S only 29, but had played older and slower, looking disposable, at the start of the current Fiba Asia championship in China. Just one jewel of a game, against Iran on Monday…
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?Hinding hindi ko kayo pababayaan?
THIS is one good story that will be retold long after the 2016 national elections in the Republic of the Philippines are over. On Saturday, there were intrepid groups that headed to…
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How much is there left of the old Dray Blatche?
Blatche. OF the three top-seeded teams in the ongoing Fiba Asia championship in China, only the Philippines advances to the next round with a blemished record. Not a simple rash, a black-eye,…
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Gilas had got nothing to hide or give
THE defeat was hard to take, especially after what had been glowingly said about the Gilas Pilipinas team?s secluded build-up camp that closed in Cebu on Sunday. The fall of the national…
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It could be a hide-and-seek first round
IT did not sit well with many Filipino fans, but there?s evident wisdom behind the command for Gilas gunslinger Terence Romeo to temper his fiery shooting style. The Gilas national team, bunched…
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Can cramming make it for small Gilas Pillipinas?
IRAN, as expected, remained the top team (to beat) based on the latest Power Ranking released by Fiba Asia in time for the region?s Olympic qualifying tournament set to start on Wednesday…
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Gilas Pilipinas: Big man is big problem
Blatche. CHOT Reyes, the previous coach of Gilas Pilipinas, swore he ?won?t go to Spain without a seven-footer.? This was two years ago, after the Gilas Pilipinas national basketball team secured a…
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Is there a way out for Mayweather?
FLOYD Mayweather Jr. may be the sharpest, smoothest escape artist in the world of boxing. But the slime behind his reported anomalous use of a banned procedure on the eve of his…
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How valuable is Manny Pacquiao now?
MANNY Pacquiao has wasted no time and countered by swearing only him knows his body best. ?I know better what is happening to my body. Just leave it alone,? Pacquiao told the…
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Great character defines Gilas in Taipei
IT did not bag the big one in the Jones Cup, but let it not be said that the Gilas national team stint in Taipei went fruitless. There indeed was dejection after…
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Has Gilas found a messiah from LA?
THERE?s a bright picture of the chief national basketball trouble-shooter flashing an angelic smile beside LA Lakers? Jordan Clarkson at the airport. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Sonny Barrios returned from…
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Gilas blast: Boycott vs boycott?
WITH a patriotic snarl, one frustrated basketball fan suggested a boycott of products by the powerful basketball congromerate which, he cried, sabotaged the Philippine national basketball team by pulling out its top…
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Who cares about the Gilas national team?
WHEN Carlos Loyzaga injured his left hand playing softball on the side, the greatest Filipino basketball player ever had to be scratched from the Philippine national basketball team preparing for the 1960…
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BUT PLEASE DON’T BLAME THE BOXERS
THE thrill at ringside in last Friday's Duel in Dubai 2 featuring the heralded Pagara Brothers, Albert and Jason, was fluid and genuine among over-excited Filipino spectators. Here at home, there was…
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Twin wins in Dubai, heartbreak in Tokyo
THERE was only one stoppage out of the two promised to over-excited Filipino fans in Dubai, but that doesn?t mean the job came half-done. The brothers Pagara, Albert and Jason, winning in…
