Percy D. Della
83 articles · INQ7.net
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Selling Pacquiao?s PH as a sports tourism hub
LAOAG CITY?Victor or vanquished, Manny Pacquiao has placed the Philippines on the world?s sports map. Our shores are more well-known because of a son with rock star status. We ought to start…
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Nonito?worth his weight in gold and in class
SACRAMENTO, California?HBO?s monthly ?Boxing After Dark? series?BAD for short? gets a boost at twilight Saturday (Sunday morning in the Philippines) when the Filipino Flash, Nonito Donaire Jr. clashes with former South African…
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The Bible according to Tim, Bubba and Manny
SACRAMENTO?Tim Tebow and his football and faith. Bubba Watson and his golf and godliness. And now comes Manny Pacquiao and his renewed comradeship with Christ. Talk about Christian sports star power?this high-octane…
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Pacquiao vs Bradley faces a full sports plate
SACRAMENTO?Manny Pacquiao?s WBO welterweight title match with Timothy Bradley is not the main dish on America?s full sports menu this weekend. The last leg of horse racing?s Triple Crown, the NHL?s Stanley…
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Pacquiao vs Bradley 24/7: not the big deal so far
SACRAMENTO?HBO?s Pacquiao vs Bradley 24/7 is turning out to be a forgettable bore. The second episode of the cable giant?s main marketing platform for Manny Pacquiao?s June 9th WBO welterweight title match…
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The latest from Manny?s makeshift ministry
SACRAMENTO, California?Promoter Bob Arum bristled Tuesday when asked by reporters about Manny Pacquiao?s latest sermon from his makeshift ring ministry. Crossing political swords with President Barrack Obama, who has endorsed gay marriage,…
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Pacman in Forbes? most influential list?it?s d?j? vu all over again
SACRAMENTO?Yogi Berra?s fun with fractured English is the stuff of sports lore. Two of the baseball Hall of Famer?s malapropisms came to mind Tuesday when Manny Paquiao was selected to yet another…
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Erik Morales?from mania to murmur
SACRAMENTO?Erik Morales sparked boxing mania in Mexico for 20 years. His trilogy with Manny Pacquiao will go down as one of the best in ring history. Now, the great fighter they call…
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Manny Pacquiao?s millions; Luisito Espinosa?s lost purse
COLMA, California?In this tiny town where the dead outnumber the living, it seems like the only place alive is a casino on Hillside Boulevard. Lucky Chances Casino also happens to be the…
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Plea bargain, ?Money? style
SACRAMENTO?You do the crime, you do the time?at least part of it. For nodding yes to a plea deal in a Las Vegas courthouse last Wednesday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. got what amounts…
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Manny?s subdued return; furor over SEAG fiasco
SACRAMENTO, California?It was a subdued homecoming for the National Fist, to say the least. For the first time in a long time, Manny Pacquiao returned to Manila last week without the usual…
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Freddie Roach, Nacho Beristain bask in supporting roles
SACRAMENTO, California?The biggest hype machine for the third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is also its loudest squawk box. Views expressed on HBO?s ?24/7 Pacquiao-Marquez 3? reverberate around the…
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?Rocky? steps up to lift boxing
SACRAMENTO, California?The boxing world is upside down and needs help to straighten it up. ?Three odiferous main events in succession? and boom, the sweet science ?is reeling,? notes boxing analyst Michael Marley.…
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It was the fight with Clottey all over again
SACRAMENTO, California??This is b_ll sh_t, this is b_ll sh_t,? the crowd at the Theater of the Madison Square Garden roared in frustration last night as the bell rang for the 10th round…
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Filipino fighters spotlighted in Pacquiao-Marquez III
SACRAMENTO, California?It?s their turn to shine and, optimistically, steal the show in the world?s gambling and entertainment mecca next month. Three Filipino boxers?including one handpicked by Manny Pacquiao?will fight in the undercard…
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Will there be fallout from the Mayweather-Ortiz debacle?
SACRAMENTO, California?And the bitching continues. People I know who shelled out $59.95 to watch Floyd Mayweather Jr. score a fluke win over Victor Ortiz on pay-per-view last Saturday night bitched about the…
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Pinoy patriotism, partisanship and Pacquiao
SACRAMENTO?It is said that the Filipino diaspora is so widespread that in all probability, there?s a Pinoy in every corner of the globe. Kalamazoo, Michigan, is no exception. The Wolverine State?s southwest…
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Ana Julaton picks up the slack
SACRAMENTO?With Manny Pacquiao practicing politics and Nonito Donaire Jr. lost in limbo, Ana Julaton has picked up the slack when it comes to boxing news for Filipino-American fans. A press release from…
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Asian sports superstars in a class of their own
SACRAMENTO?In the course of a few days beginning Thursday last week, superstars of Asian stock made more headlines than any other luminary in the sports firmament. From such places as a clay…
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Asia?s Pac-Man menaces foes
With pomp and panoply only the Chinese can orchestrate, the 16th Asian Games will officially unfurl in their southern city of Guangzhou today. A perfect ethnic blend of sports heroes with a…