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Salud ‘humbled, inspired’ by PSA Executive of the Year award

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PBA Commissioner Atty. Angelico T. Salud PBA IMAGE / Nuki Sabio

The recognition of Atty. Chito Salud as Executive of the Year in the 2013 Philippine Sportswriters Association awards is a “validation” of the PBA’s success in instilling a culture of sportsmanship among its players.

Posted: March 17th, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

‘Old’ Larry Fonacier nails 500th career triple

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Talk 'N Text's Larry Fonacier  PBA IMAGE/ Nuki Sabio(file)

With eight minutes left to play on Wednesday night, Larry Fonacier nailed his 500th career three-pointer in less than a decade’s stay in the PBA.

Posted: March 14th, 2013 in Basketball,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,PBA | Read More »

Former boxing champ Evander Holyfield arrives in Manila

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holyfield

Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield arrived in Manila early Wednesday morning to lead humanitarian efforts for children in typhoon-affected areas in Mindanao.

Posted: February 14th, 2013 in Boxing / MMA,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,Professional | Read More »

San Mig Coffee’s Marc Pingris eyes to be the best stopper for years

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Marc Pingris: ‘Best defender’. AUGUST DELA CRUZ/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

There is no glamor in defense, but versatile bigman Marc Pingris doesn’t mind that at all.

Posted: November 2nd, 2012 in Basketball,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,PBA | Read More »

Cancer community rallies around Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong, right, chats with other riders at the start line of the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the starting line in Snowmass Village, Colo., early Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. The race is the first public appearance for Armstrong since the U.S. Anti-Doping Association stripped him of his seven Tour de France championships and banned him for life from the sport.  (P Photo/David Zalubowski

Lance Armstrong, branded a drug cheat and banned from cycling by the US Anti-Doping Agency, can still count on support from the cancer community, the head of the Union for International Cancer Control said Monday.

Posted: August 28th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

San Miguel’s Leo Avenido is 2012 ABL MVP

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Wong Wei long of the Slingers is block by Leo Avenido of the SMB RP. PHOTO BY AUGUST DELA CRUZ

San Miguel’s Leo Avenido has been named as the Local Most Valuable Player of the 3rd Asean Basketball League Thursday, and became the first Filipino player to claim the plum.

Posted: June 28th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Paris police recover 300k-euro watch stolen from Nadal

Rafael Nadal   AP PHOTO/MICHEL EULER

Paris police have recovered a 300,000-euro ($375,000) watch stolen from Rafael Nadal at the hotel where he stayed during the French Open and arrested a hotel employee, a police source said Wednesday.

Posted: June 13th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Manny Pacquiao swept up in Linsanity

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guyito

Like most people in the world, “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao has been swept up in Linsanity.

Posted: February 23rd, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Bradley packs wallop at 147; Pacquiao lighter on fight night

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Kendall Holt; Tim Bradley

Contrary to perceptions, unbeaten American Tim Bradley is naturally bigger than Manny Pacquiao and will come in heavier than the Filipino ring superstar when they tangle on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Posted: February 14th, 2012 in Boxing / MMA,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files | Read More »

Djokovic, Barcelona win at 2012 Laureus awards

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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic arrives with his girlfriend Jelena Ristic for the Laureus World Sports Awards in London, Monday Feb. 6, 2012. LEFTERIS PITARAKIS/AP PHOTO

The dominant forces in tennis and football were honored Monday, with Novak Djokovic winning the top individual prize and Barcelona capturing the team trophy at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards.

Posted: February 7th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Friends say Pacquiao is a changed man

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This file photo taken on November 21, 2011, shows Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao (L) attending a mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila after arriving from the US. The influential Catholic church in the Philippines said on January 30, 2012 it had asked Manny Pacquiao to follow in the footsteps of NFL hero Tim Tebow and become a "bible ambassador". AFP PHOTO/FILE/PHOTO

Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is a gambling man no more and has even given up the nightlife, people close to him say.

Posted: February 3rd, 2012 in Boxing / MMA,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Cancer knocks out Smokin’ Joe

FRAZIER’S GREATEST MOMENT A picture taken on March 8, 1971, shows US heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier standing over Muhammad Ali—self styled  “The Greatest”—in the fight called the “match of the century” at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Joe Frazier, who lost to  Ali in the epic “Thrilla in Manila” on Oct. 1, 1975,  died on Nov. 8 after a brief but brave battle with liver cancer. He was 67. AFP

He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali’s shadow.

Posted: November 9th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez arrested

WESTON, Florida— Police say former World Series Most Valuable Player Manny Ramirez has been arrested in a domestic dispute at his Florida home and he is being charged with battery. The Broward County sheriff’s office says the 39-year-old Ramirez was arrested Monday at his home at Weston in South Florida. Ramirez retired in April rather [...]

Posted: September 13th, 2011 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

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