By Al S. Mendoza I am a resident of Quezon City for decades now. I love it here. No reason to whine. Trees all over. Open spaces as wide as the sky. Air still fresh and smells sweet on mornings mostly misty in the non-summer months. It’s our leaders whose…
By Al S. Mendoza THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) may yet be moved again from its April 18 opening to possibly early May. No worries. The PBA’s fate will always be dependent on health protocols in Metro Manila and its environs. With the ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine) in full force…
Remembering sports greats, including Kuya Orly By Al S. Mendoza IT’S good that tradition has been maintained through the years. As I write this, the annual awards to recognize the greats in Philippine sports was to have been held on March 27 at TV5 Media Center in a virtual…
Our Olympians in ‘Silent Games’ By Al S. Mendoza IT seems certain we will have more bets in the Tokyo Olympics this July, enhancing our chances of victory. From the four Filipinos already assured of Olympic slots after surviving their respective qualifying events, Hidilyn Diaz and Nesthy Petecio appear…
Zeroing in on Slaughter & Parks By Al S. Mendoza GREG Slaughter left first before saying he was on sabbatical (leave of absence aka vacation). That was stepping on the line. You leave without saying goodbye—that’s being unprofessional, period. He put Ginebra San Miguel on cliff’s edge. Wasn’t Ginebra…
The movie in Pacquiao’s mind By Al S. Mendoza IT seems Manny Pacquiao is bent on running for President in 2022. Already, he has two videos circulating in social media profiling him as, well, a good netizen fit to occupy Malacanang Palace. I believe more character build-ups are coming….
Tiger Woods is one lucky chap By Al S. Mendoza A miracle that he survived. That was what a police officer described the car accident that befell Tiger Woods on Wednesday (Feb. 24, PH time). Apparently driving fast, Tiger hit a median, lost control, struck trees and rolled to…
Finally, Supreme Court is legally & morally upright By Al S. Mendoza BONGBONG Marcos is in the news again. Good for him? In a sense, yes. For his political career. All news is good. Why, because the subject of the news gets free publicity. It may be bad news, but still,…
Sen. Go needed in Pacquiao’s off-the-ring fight By Al S. Mendoza IT was unfair that the World Boxing Association (WBA) removed Manny Pacquiao as its world super welterweight champion. That was more than a knockout blow. It was immoral. It was unfair. It was against the grain of sports itself. The…
Nobody’s indispensable, not even Magalong By Al S. Mendoza WE are, indeed, a rare breed. We do things in a different way—almost, if not, all of the time. Nobody in the world can explain this yet another Filipino phenomenon. Take the case of Mayor Benjie Magalong of Baguio…
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