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Rutgers said it would reconsider its decision to retain basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.
Posted: April 3rd, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories,Multimedia,Photos,Photos and Videos | Read More »
By Cedelf P. Tupas
Sports media giant Fox Sports will take over the name of ESPN on cable television late this month, marking one of the many changes that will mark the presence of one of the world’s leading sports media brands in the Philippines.
Posted: January 26th, 2013 in Headlines,Section | Read More »

Manti Te’o gave an interview to ESPN in which the network says he answered questions about the dead girlfriend hoax that exposed the feel-good story of the college football season as a bizarre fabrication, and left many wondering if Notre Dame Heisman Trophy runner-up participated in the scam.
Posted: January 19th, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »
By Marc Anthony Reyes

For impressively ruling the super bantamweight division, Nonito Donaire Jr. was recently named ESPN’s Fighter of the Year.
Posted: December 26th, 2012 in Boxing / MMA,Editors' Picks,Featured Gallery,Headlines | Read More »

Even one of the staunchest critics of Manny Pacquiao thought the Filipino boxing hero won the fight against Timothy Bradley Jr.
Posted: June 10th, 2012 in Boxing / MMA,Latest Sports Stories | Read More »
US sports network giant ESPN says it has fired an employee responsible for an ‘offensive’ headline about National Basketball Association star Jeremy Lin.
Posted: February 20th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »
US sports network giant ESPN has apologized for an “offensive” headline that appeared on one of its web pages after Jeremy Lin’s New York Knicks suffered a loss after winning seven straight.
Posted: February 19th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »
By Jason de la Pena
In my humble opinion there are four things to know before this Saturday’s massive Premier League clash between the two titans of English football – Manchester United and Liverpool. Four issues that make the game all the more tantalizing for long-suffering fans of the beautiful game: 1) It is Manchester United v Liverpool – is [...]
Posted: February 10th, 2012 in Commentary | Read More »
By Francis T.J. Ochoa

The clamor for Manny Pacquiao to start seriously pushing his promoter to arrange what could be the biggest fight ever continues to snowball.
Former Pacquiao victim Oscar De La Hoya is hoping Pacquiao convinces Top Rank chief Bob Arum to pursue a match against undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Posted: November 18th, 2011 in Boxing / MMA,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files | Read More »
By Celest R. Flores
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s conquest of his greatest nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) was not met with jubilance that usually follows his victories.
Posted: November 13th, 2011 in Boxing / MMA,Headlines,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files | Read More »

Sports broadcaster ESPN is pulling its signature song from this week’s Monday NFL broadcast after a US country singer used an analogy about Adolf Hitler in talking about President Barack Obama.
Posted: October 4th, 2011 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »
By Roy Luarca

Manny Pacquiao will do four more fights after his trilogy with Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12 and then hang up the gloves. This is based upon Pacquiao’s biannual ring ritual and venerable promoter Bob Arum’s pronouncement to ESPNNewYork.com that the pound-for-pound king will stop fighting in November 2013. Within that two-year span, Arum wants [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2011 in Boxing / MMA,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files | Read More »
By Ronnie Nathanielsz

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has added another award to his trophy room by being named the ESPN ESPY “Fighter of the Year” at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Pacquiao bested the ageless Bernard Hopkins, 2010 Boxing Writers Association of America “Fighter of the Year” Sergio Martinez and UFC welterweight champion Georges Saint Pierre. Pacquiao [...]
Posted: July 14th, 2011 in Boxing / MMA,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files | Read More »