We need Blatche to win basketball gold in Korea Asiad By Al S. Mendoza THE Spain Fiba World Cup is on. We got there without encountering even a minor glitch. We placed second behind Iran in the Fiba Asia Cup last year, earning us a ticket to the Olympics…
Let’s wish Pacquiao well in his basketball career By Al S. Mendoza TODAY, August 24, marks another milestone in the storied life of Manny Pacquiao. He will join the PBA Draft to select the new players in the 40th season of Asia’s first play-for-pay league blasting on Oct. 19….
These are dangerous times By Al S. Mendoza DON’T look far now. The answer to the query of whether P-Noy wants another term or not has been finally, effectively, answered. By P-Noy himself. Mar Roxas, P-Noy’s supposed bet for the 2016 presidential election, first floated the idea of having…
P-Noy human again in last Sona By Al S. Mendoza SO, President Aquino can be friendly after all. He proved that in his last Sona (State of The Nation Address), showing the world, grandly, that he was human again. If he appeared monstrously villainous in his four previous Sonas,…
This time, Pacquiao for senator By Al S. Mendoza WHAT’S Manny Pacquiao up to? Now, he wants to be a senator. After having just grabbed the enviable position of head basketball coach of Kia Motors, Pacquiao would next want to grab a seat in the Senate. He sees that…
Even billionaires can be fooled, too By Al S. Mendoza THE basketball republic was mad and the anger was justified. They were made to believe Gilas Pilipinas will engage the NBA Stars in a basketball game on Tuesday, July 22. They virtually packed the Cubao Big Dome in Quezon…
A world game to remember By Al S. Mendoza WE are not a football country, yes, but once the World Cup is on, we become sort of instant soccer fans. That was the case recently when the world’s No. 1 sport had its Olympics in Brazil. When it was…
RSA is secret of Cone’s success By Al S. Mendoza HISTORY was rewritten in the just-ended PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) Season 39. San Mig Coffee won on Wednesday the coveted Grand Slam, a sweep of all three conferences staked for the year. This was after San Mig Coffee had…
PNoy owes Nora a mountain of apology? By Al S. Mendoza NORA Aunor is in the news again. I am not surprised. Superstars are always news magnets. And whether bad or good publicity, it will still be publicity in the end in that it makes one all the more famous…
A golf game made Pacquiao a basketball coach By Al S. Mendoza JUST because he loved basketball first before boxing, Manny Pacquiao became head coach of Kia Motors basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). I got this straight from the so-called horse’s mouth. She is Ginia Domingo,…
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