What was that again? All you need to hit the jackpot is one ticket? Well that may work in lottery, even against million-to-one odds. But in sports? Even with a generous financial backer helping tilt supposedly better odds toward you? I’m not quite sure. I’m not discounting come-from-behind dramas or fairy-tale endings but from where [...]
Before you know it, the 2012 London Olympics will already be upon us. It seems like we were just done gushing over the Games that Beijing had hosted and here we are already thinking of the athletes eyeing London. The week was filled with stories about the Filipino Olympic hopefuls in taekwondo, boxing and badminton. [...]
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—They initially predicted a knockout victory for Manny Pacquiao more out of respect for their compatriot’s stature and record. But after watching Antonio Margarito work out Tuesday afternoon, accomplished Filipino boxers Gerry Peñalosa and Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco were all the more convinced that the Mexican is headed for the slaughterhouse in their Nov. 13 [...]
