Filipino Douthit suddenly becomes an import in PBA By Al S. Mendoza (The 40th day of the untimely passing of Christine P. Rivera was observed with solemnity on October 10 in Newark, San Francisco, CA.  Christine’s parents, Hermie and Atchie Tina Pasaoa, led in the prayers for the eternal repose…

Ateneo program good for a 5th straight crown By Al S. Mendoza WHEN a team can afford to release its top gun amid an impending war for the crown, it is almost cocksure of victory. That was Ateneo in the just-ended UAAP basketball tournament, when it beat FEU, 2-0, in…

Revisiting the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ in 1975 By Al S. Mendoza THE nation did not observe yesterday’s 36th anniversary of the “Thrilla in Manila” Well, so what, you might say. The event doesn’t have any meaning anyway to the common tao. Commemorating it can’t even feed hungry mouths.

Mayweather does another of his evil stunts By Al S. Mendoza IF you weren’t stunned, shocked, by what Floyd Mayweather Jr. has done, something’s wrong with you. Sorry, but that’s my thesis. Cruel? But then, come to think of it. Mayweather hit a defenseless foe and came out the winner…

Rule of life: Some are lucky, others aren’t By Al S. Mendoza SOME guys have all the luck. Some lack all the luck. Novak Djokovic had the luck to survive Roger Federer in the semifinals and won. Serena Williams didn’t have the luck to have a Greek for an umpire…

Good luck to Phl Smart Gilas By Al S. Mendoza  (My deepest condolences to Hermie & Tina Rivera of Dagupan City/Rosario, La Union/San Francisco, CA, whose daughter, Christine, succumbed to cardiac arrest during a business trip to New York last week.  Christine was so young, so alive, when the “thief…

The case of Go Teng Kok By Al S. Mendoza IF that wasn’t funny, then that was weird. How else can you best describe what they’ve done to Go Teng Kok (GTK)? First, the top brass at the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), headed by Peping Cojuangco, held a signature campaign…

Factory of the unexpected By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, the quirks of fortune. Talk ‘N Text was the hands-down favorite, Petron the acknowledged patsy. It was like seeing the Dallas Mavericks of Texas meeting the UP Fighting Maroons of Diliman, Q.C. When the dusts of battle cleared, so to speak,…

That Pacquiao-Mayweather fight again By Al S. Mendoza (Deepest condolences to the loved ones of Tia Remy Vela, who passed away on Monday at Villaflor.  The sad news came from Dr. Ruben “Boyet” Reyes Jr., the brilliant young doctor from Mangatarem and Chicago, Illinois.  Tia Remy was the mother of…

Misplaced applause amid euphoria By Al S. Mendoza WE won on the world stage again but then, what’s this? The heroes weren’t genuine – or so their detractors said. Read on.