
Eddie Alinea
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P1.5M PACQUIAO RANDOM CHESS TOURNEY OPENS THIS SATURDAY
By Eddie Alinea
Novel moves and brilliant maneuvering are expected to highlight hostilities in the coming Php1.5 million 2nd Manny Pacquiao Random Chess Tournament which unfurls this Saturday at the SM Mall, General Santos City.…
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On Kobe?s Retirement
By Eddie Alinea
We will never see Kobe coming down the floor with the basketball again soon. Never see his serious face as he brings the ball across, stops, fakes and heaves a three-pointer 30,…
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Pacquiao On Heroes
By Eddie Alinea
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao paid tribute to the Filipino athletes, who, besides bringing honor to the country in international competitions, sacrificed their lives, too, on the bloc in the field of combat.…
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PACQUIAO RANDOM CHESS TOURNEY SLATED DEC 14-16 IN GENSAN
By Eddie Alinea
With the end in view to further develop and propagate the sport of chess among the Filipino youth, the MP Chess Players Organization in coordination with the National Chess Federation of the…
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REMEMBERING EMIL ZATOPEK
By Eddie Alinea
Remember Emil Zatopek, the all-time great Czech long distance runner who ran to an unprecedented Triple Crown in the 1952 Summer Olympic Games held in Helsinki? Zatopek, the teeth-gnashing, arm-waving Czech Army…
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East and West battle in Kings Cup
By Eddie Alinea
Eight of the brightest and finest pool sharks in the world battle starting today when the First Kings Cup of Pool unwraps at the posh Resorts World Hotel. Asia's best Efren "Bata"…
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ColumnPacquiao-Mayweather II, posible o hindi?
By Eddie Alinea
Okey, alam na nating lahat na retirado na si Floyd "Money Man" Mayweather Jr. at kung paniniwalaan natin ang bulong-bulungan malamang na sumunod ang mahigpit niyang kaaway, ang ma-alamat na Pilipinong si…
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Thrilla In Manila Aftermath
By Eddie Alinea
Thirty six years after the final chapter of their historic trilogy and up until Joe Frazier's death on November 7, 2011, the animosity between the former world heavyweight champion and his successor,…
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Remembering Pacquiao’s historic eight
By Eddie Alinea
Few would probably remember that five years ago last Friday, November 13, Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao completed his historic eight-division world championship conquest to emerge the only man in boxing history…
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Egay Gomez dies at 73
By Eddie Alinea
Edgardo "Egay" Gomez, one of the most prolific outside shooters Philippine basketball has produced, is dead. Egay, a member of the great Yco Painters five that ruled the premier National Open Championship…
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Valenzona opens Big Men’s Camp
By Eddie Alinea
The lack of tall, big men that has been the bane of national teams in the past international campaigns is hoped to end soon. Olympian Arturo Valenzona, through a foundation named after…
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Pacquiao Aguilas make ABL debut
By Eddie Alinea
Pacquiao Powerevit Pilipinas Aguilas debuts against the Thailand Mono Vampires in the Fifth ASEAN Basketball League today at the USEP Gym in Davao City. The Aguilas, who are filling the void left…
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Thrilla In Manila — Sixth of a Series
By Eddie Alinea
After their second encounter held at the Madison Square Garden in New York on Jan. 24, 1974, many believed the celebrated Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier feud might have ended. But no, Ali, the…
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Dalupan’s B-Day Highlights
By Eddie Alinea
They saw it, but they still didn't believe it. Dante Silverio, Baby Dalupan's coaching arch-rival during the long and fierce Crispa-Toyota rivalry in the Philippine Basketball Association, just magnified his fine sportsmanship…
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Thrilla in Manila – Fifth of a Series
By Eddie Alinea
The never-ending drama that started since the fight between defending heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and challenger Joe Frazier was announced, spilled on to the days the protagonists held their build up regimen…
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Baby Dalupan through the eyes of coaches and players
By Eddie Alinea
Brilliant, disciplinarian, a great leader of men, a great coach and yet so humble. That's how former PBA commissioner Chito Salud, two fellow coaches -- Tim Cone and Norman Black. former coaching…
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Thrilla In Manila: Fourth of a Series
By Eddie Alinea
The first of the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier epic trilogy came on March 8, 971 at the Madison Square Garden in New York where "Smokin" Joe dropped "The Greatest" to the canvas in…
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Pacquiao The Game Changer
By Eddie Alinea
Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani Congressman Manny Pacquiao, for the nth time will do the country pride when he is accorded with the "2015 Game Changer" award by the Sia Society on…
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Thrilla In Manila:Third of a Series
By Eddie Alinea
Muhammad Ali, who was to defend his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight championship, and challenger and former titlist Joe Frazier, set foot in Manila separately two weeks before their…
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Thrilla In Manila (Second of a Series): Ali and Frazier in Malacanang
By Eddie Alinea
The government left no stone unturned in an effort to make the Thrilla in Manila, the world heavyweight championship confrontation between titlist Muhammad "The Greatest" Ali and countryman challenger "Smokin" Joe Frazier…