Eddie Alinea
1,667 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pacquiao can unite the whole of Asia as well
From the time Pacquiao knocked out Lehlohonolo Ledwaba in the sixth round to bring the International Boxing Federation super-bantamweight crown to the Philippine shore in 2001, Filipino ring superstar Manny Pacquiao has,…
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Spurs not in top form, ?Pop? is
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has been known for tormenting media men, more so if he finds their questions to be silly or obvious. Or sometimes stupid. He does not like…
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Record 22M fans watch 2017-2018 NBA regular season games
The NBA 2017-2018 season has broken all-time records in total attendance, average attendance and sellouts. The world?s oldest and longest existing professional league in basketball reported that for the fourth consecutive season,…
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Chris Remkes wants to go back to the Philippines
Filipino-Australian Christopher Remkes stands four-foot, 10-inches tall with a short pair legs and short arms. When he walked into the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre at the Gold Coast in Queensland in Australia…
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Are the Warriors still hungry?
The Golden State Warriors don?t really have to prove anything to anyone. But they sure look not well needing to pick up the slack two days to their first round meeting with…
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NBA playoffs preview: Who?s playing who in the East and West
The 2017-2018 NBA Regular Season has come to an end and 16 teams -- eight from the East and an equal number in the West -- made it to the post season.…
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Even when Pacquiao takes a fall, he rises again
The time was January 22, 1995. The place, Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro. Few people would have thought they were looking at history when a skinny little 16-year-old with a grim left hook…
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Sports Feature: To SMBeer, basketball is an art
What the Crispa Redmanizers of old were to the PBA in the pro-league?s infant years, is San Miguel Beer today. The Beermen play basketball on a higher plane. It?s art that should…
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San Miguel?s role in discovering and developing Filipino sports heroes
From the time the first batch of parbusters teed off in 1913 to signal the birth of the Philippine Open, San Miguel Corp. and its flagship product Beer, under the leadership of…
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Beeremen?s PBA Philippine Cup win relives SMC?s years of rich tradition in sports (Frist of a Series)
For emerging victorious for a record-tying four consecutive times in the recently-ended PBA Philippine Cup, the SM Beermen upheld San Miguel Corp.?s rich winning tradition in the local sports scenes. For proving…
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OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Memories of the Pacquiao-Roach long and successful partnership
In 1992, when Freddie Roach was planning to put up his own gym, his training guru, Eddie Futch, the man considered as the greatest trainer of all time, told him to forget…
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Pacman will start training for Matthysse fight next month
The Manny Pacquiao-Lucas Matthysse World Boxing Association welterweight title fight has been moved. And so was the training schedule, particularly of the Filipino eight division champion. Originally set to start on the…
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Beermen give Hotshots dose of their own medicine
The Magnolia Hotshots looked to have really found the secret on how to beat sister team San Miguel Beermen. Employing a switching man defense on SMB?s dreaded shooters, the Hotshots hounded the…
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Has the long, 17-year Pacquiao-Roach partnership ended?
It?s final, Filipino ring icon and Senator Manny Pacquiao will return to fight Lucas Matthysse on July 15 (Manila time) in Kuala Lumpur. It?s official, too, that Hall of Famer Freddie Roach…
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The Philippines as Olympic Games host?
The International Olympic Committee has opened its door to poor countries like the Philippine to experience hosting the Olympic Games by relaxing its rules on the cost of bidding that, in the…
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The legend of Orlando Binarao
Orlando Binarao. Whenever sports fans gather and the conversation turns, as it should, to discussion on the ?best Filipino baseball or softball player,? expect someone to mention name you never heard. Of…
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Quo vadis, Warriors?
Four years ago, the Golden State Warriors hired Steve Kerr as coach in what, by design, started the team?s road to greatness. Since then, Kerr?s Warriors made three finals appearances, winning two…
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JESSE OWENS PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL SELLS FOR $128K
Jesse Owens. The Presidential Medal of Freedom bestowed Jesse Owens by President Gerald Ford in 1976 was sold for $128,617 at an auction on Sunday, seven days before the observance of his…
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SAN MIGUEL: “IT’S MORE THAN PRIDE”
No. It?s more than pride that carried San Miguel Beer to a 92-77 win over sister team Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok last Sunday to level up their best-of-seven series, 1-all for the…
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Codinera?s legacy lives on
Filomeno 'Boy' Codinera Jr. Now that Adamson University has ruled both the UAAP men?s baseball and women?s softball tournaments, its third in 31 years, not a few savants sat down trying to…
