By Al S. Mendoza   THE latest news on John Amores, the obviously mentally troubled kid, is a bit troubling. Amores was expelled this week by Jose Rizal University (JRU), his alma mater. That was off-key.  That was flawed. That was downright harsh. Amores did wrong, no doubt. By running…

By Al S. Mendoza   PHILIPPINE basketball was rocked by an ugly incident this week. No, it is not a game-fixing scandal. Far from that. No, it is not a blockbuster trade involving marquee players from San Miguel Beer and Barangay Ginebra.  Far from that. And no, Manny V. Pangilinan is…

By Al S. Mendoza   I write about the Los Angeles Lakers not only because they are the NBA’s most glamorous team but also because they are the Filipinos’ favorite squad in the NBA. Likewise, I find joy digging on their feats because their 17 titles is an NBA record…

By Al S. Mendoza   SAN Miguel Beer has been the favorite clubhouse talk in Philippine basketball for quite some time now. That’s understandable. For one, the team that has been the lone remnant of the roster of gallant founders of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in 1975, including the…

By Al S. Mendoza   SAN Miguel Beer’s Grand Slam dream may vanish yet again. That’s because June Mar Fajardo, the team’s cornerstone for the longest time, has been declared out of commission from four to six weeks due to a throat injury. That’s definitely a bomb explosion of a…

By Al S. Mendoza   WAS Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri lying? Or was Huang Xilian, the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, trying to save face? Zubiri grabbed news headlines this week when he said that China had blacklisted the Philippines as a destination for Chinese tourists. Almost immediately,…

By Al S. Mendoza   WHEN is free time considered free time? To be more precise, when does the President have free time? What is free time, by the way? It can be personal, impersonal or, in a polite way, official. Like, by free time, we can mean the President…

By Al S.Mendoza    MANNY Pacquiao is staging a comeback. But it is not really a comeback in the strictest sense of the word. He is coming back to fight but not actually in a real brawl. Well, it will still be a fight atop the roped ring when he…

By Al S. Mendoza   WILL Navarro was hot news this week on the sporting front. Not because of his on-court skills but, alas, on his off-court misstep of monumental proportions. Navarro was a star of the Ateneo basketball team that won multiple times in the UAAP events in recent…

By Al S. Mendoza   ALEX Eala became the newest sports sensation when she won the U.S. Open tennis junior singles championship last weekend in New York, USA. That is no mean feat as Alex crowned herself the best tennis player in the 18-year-old and below in the whole wide…