Sad day for PBA in Dubai By Al S. Mendoza HAS it happened to you? You hold a confirmed, round-trip ticket, say Manila-New York-Manila. Usually, your departure date for New York is stated in the ticket.  Also, your trip back to Manila from New York.

Goodbye to the Azkals, but hope is in the air By Al S. Mendoza THE trouble with hello is goodbye? In a sense, yes. I just said hello to the Azkals.  That was on Thursday, July 28. About two hours later, I said my goodbye to the Azkals. You all…

Victory of Mt. Everest proportions By Al S. Mandoza (Happy birthday to my beloved, writer-journalist Sol F. Juvida [July 23], who is incisive columnist Jun Velasco’s comadre. Also to Malaya Sol M. Sadiwa [July 21], who is Ilak’s charming sister and daughter of Ricky & Malaya.  Incidentally, Malaya Sol is…

Sportsmanship dead in UAAP By Al S. Mendoza (Happy birthday to Mario C. Baloto of Mangatarem, who celebrates on July 22.  Friendly Mario is the younger brother of my bosom buddy, Fred, my high school classmate at Mangatarem High School not too long ago.  Kaaron Mario, iner tayu mambuwer ey?)

OFWs share honors with Azkals By Al S. Mendoza THERE is euphoria once more across the archipelago. No, not that P-Noy has survived one year in office. Nor, did Leila de Lima get past the wrath of the people over her bumbling of the Vizconde Massacre, when she combined with…

Arben+MVP=Asian Games basketball gold By Al S. Mendoza DO you still dream of an Asian Games basketball gold medal for the country? I do. The last time we won was in the 1962 Jakarta Asiad. So, it can be done. Our closest brush after that was in the 1992 Beijing…

A new kid in town By Al S. Mendoza (From faraway Los Angeles, California, Kuya Leonie Galvez even found time to text me and say, Happy Father’s Day…Cheers!) *    *    *    *    *    * LET’S go to golf, my game since 1985. I used to play it daily, except Sunday,…

The real story behind Dallas’s NBA conquest By Al S. Mendoza THE story was not that the Dallas Mavericks won the 2011 NBA Finals. That Dirk Nowitzki powered the Mavs to a 4-2 victory over the Miami Heat in the best-of-seven playoffs. That Dallas owner, the eccentric Mark Cuban, finally…

Nadal King of Clay; Federer King of Wins By Al S. Mendoza (Friends of Dr. Ruben “Boyet” A. Reyes, Jr., the American-schooled toxicologist whose expertise on treating snake-bitten folk of Pangasinan is the envy of many, wish for the speedy recovery of the good doctor.  Dr. Boyet was down with…

The Church & Pacquiao are lethal 1-2 punches By Al S. Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao does not only profess to fight poverty. The People’s Champ also fights the RH Bill. And now the Divorce Bill, too. Fighting poverty is a tall order. Doesn’t Pacman know?