John Pages
101 articles · Sunstar Cebu
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Pages: Ahas snakes past the Mexican in Bacolod
By John Pages
BOXING is subjective. It?s unlike soccer where a 1-0 score is counted when the ball whisks past a goalkeeper. It?s different from the 100-meter dash when Usain Bolt extends his chest, clips…
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Pages: Aldeguer speaks about Pinoys vs. Mexicans
By John Pages
THIS Saturday night at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, it will be Pinoy Pride 8. If you follow boxing, you know that the brawls between these two Hispanic-inspired nations are…
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Pages: DC: A smashing return to Lapu-Lapu City
By John Pages
TENNIS, like boxing, is one on one. When Rafa plays Roger, it?s like Pacquiao-Marquez. No other person, except that referee, is inside that court or boxing ring. Mano-a-mano. That?s boxing. Like the…
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Pages: Boxer? No, this Tyson is a joker
By John Pages
THREE nights ago, inside the Hoops Dome of Lapu-Lapu City, there transpired a circus. The clown was a Canadian. Shirtless, bald-headed, and wearing the attire that all clowns wear (gold tennis shorts…
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Pages: Can Alex John Banal imitate Lapu-Lapu?
By John Pages
THE original ?Battle of Mactan? was fought on April 27, 1521. We know the true story: Datu Lapu-Lapu, armed with bolos and spears, extinguished the Portuguese explorer named Magellan. Lapu-Lapu won. The…
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Pages: Georges St. Pierre and Emmanuel Pacquiao
By John Pages
TWO boxing fights were aired simultaneously last Sunday. On SkyCable?s channels 12 and 33 were Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana and George St-Pierre against Josh Koscheck. The unanimous winner? Freddie Roach. He…
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Pages: Azkals: No longer the stray dogs of football
By John Pages
IF YOU?RE a football aficionado, rejoice. In this game of kicking, we kicked a$$! Not since decades ago has our Philippines been as celebrated in international soccer. One game changed all that.…
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Is Pacquiao the greatest? Depends who you ask
By John Pages
IF IT?S Bob Arum, the answer is yes. The 78-year-old promoter who?s collaborated with Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler and ?The Greatest? himself, Muhammad Ali, said: ?I look at Manny…
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Michael Aldeguer: ?AJ Banal in toughest fight?
By John Pages
GARY Valenciano and Martin Nievera are performing tomorrow at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. Yes, we are proud that they?re Pinoy, but, no, they?re not in ?Pinoy Pride.? That?s this…
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Phils. vs The World:Don?t miss this battle!
By John Pages
MICHAEL Pastrano Aldeguer is the president of ALA Promotions. ALA, of course, is Antonio Lopez Aldeguer. The father-and-son tandem has organized a real-life, better-than-reel-movies blockbuster: ?Philippines vs. The World!??that?s this Saturday at…
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As P-Noy spoke, P-Manny stood out
By John Pages
CONGRESSMAN! If you watched yesterday?s Sona by Pres. Noynoy Aquino, in the midst of the political heavyweights that surrounded the audience glimmered one undisputed heavyweight champion: Rep. Manny Pacquiao. Didn?t our honorable…
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Sorry, Manny vs. Money won?t push through
By John Pages
LET'S admit it. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. was outstanding. As much as 100 percent of us Filipinos hate his mouth and detest his ego, on the ring, he?s sensational. During those 180 seconds…
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From Amit to Z, tonight the superstars shine
By John Pages
MARCH 11, 2010 is the night. That’s tonight. For tonight is the moment. It’s those three hours this evening when fireworks will erupt indoors, cheers will deafen the ballroom, when Z Gorres…
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Gen.San’s new name: Manny Pacquiao City
By John Pages
ROMY S. DyPico did the unthinkable last Friday night. While attending the Rotary District Conference, Romy, the president of my club, the RC of Cebu West, scurried near the front stage and…
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Z is the world champion of life
By John Pages
MANNY Villaruel, the sports editor of The Freeman, wrote it best in his eloquent and impassioned story last Tuesday entitled, “Welcome home, Z ‘The Dream’ Gorres”: “He was loved by fans for…
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Near-death tragedy turns into blessing for Z
By John Pages
GORRES is okay,” said Michael Aldeguer, the president of ALA Promotions, when we spoke yesterday. “He just has a problem with the left side of his face. It’s not paralyzed but it’s…
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Manny is just like her mommy, Dionisia
By John Pages
LAST Saturday, I sat inside the grand ballroom of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. Beside me were my wife Jasmin, plus four of our closest friends—doctors Ron Eullaran and Ronnie…
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Happy 31st birthday, Manny
By John Pages
TODAY, we greet an ordinary man turned extraordinary superman. He started poor. Dirt poor. Because, literally, it was dirt and ashes and sand and gravel that he carried and shoveled when he…
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Tiger Woods not as wise as Manny?
By John Pages
THIS is damaging. The most savory, intriguing and luscious topic of today has wreaked havoc on golf’s First Family, on the sport of woods and irons, on the entire sports hemisphere. The…
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The P1,000,000,000.00 man
By John Pages
NO FILIPINO athlete, female or male, has ever earned one billion pesos in total prize money in her or his entire career. And here comes a former construction worker who could barely…