Big day in Mangatarem for sports – and roots By Al S. Mendoza ANYTHING about my town is almost always grist for column. That has been the template since I started here in 2003. Remember that time? I was in Bacolod covering the PAL Interclub when Jun Velasco, my greatest…

Mayweather must be crying over spilled milk Al S. Mendoza IS it final? I mean, is the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight finally off? My take is, it can still be saved. In boxing, as in politics, nothing is impossible. The fight was supposed to be held on March 13 in Las Vegas.

Maguindanao Massacre hits PAL Interclub By Al S. Mandoza I FIRST got wind of it from Jun Canton. I was to board my PAL flight at the Mactan International Airport when I bumped into Jun, a top gun at PAL Cebu. This was mid-December last year, after I had stood…

The gift that restores Pinoy family tradition By Al S. Mendoza MY legman of many years, Valentin Dakuykoy, couldn’t believe his eyes. “Sir,” he said. “Look, what I’ve got.” He was flashing a big, brown envelope. “Inside this envelope are two tickets,” he said. “One for me. One for the…

To make Christmas meaningful, be forgiving By Al S. Mendoza TODAY, December 27, is two days after Christmas 2009. Because to me, late is never late, Merry Christmas! What is Christmas? Christmas is Jesus Christ.

Tiger Woods needs us in his hour of need By Al S. Mendoza FROM winning to womanizing to wastage. That is Tiger Woods.  Right this minute. First, he kept on winning. Nobody knew about anything about Tiger Woods. Just winning. Then he figured in a car accident.

In golf, honesty is the name of the game By Al S. Mendoza BAGUIO CITY–I am still here holed up for the second straight week holding twin jobs:  As rules man for and journalist covering the 60th Fil-Am Golf Invitational at both courses here. I said it before and I’ll…

Tiger Woods: From legend to a weakling? By Al S. Mendoza (It’s a bit late but just the same, happy anniversary to Honda Cars-Ilocos in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte (Nov. 28), headed by the super-friendly Mel Co, who was a chief architect of Honda Cars Dagupan’s surge to prominence and…

Sonsona: It’s not in the rising but in the falling By Al S. Mendoza (Happy, happy birthday tomorrow, Nov. 30, to Bonifacio M. Sison, the greatest lawyer Mangatarem has ever produced.) * * * * MARVIN Sonsona does not only make me sad. He also makes me angry. Here he…

With Pacquiao’s TKO win, I was as relieved as Gabriel By Al S. Mendoza I SAID third round. By knockout. Almost, but not quite. I also said, it could happen in the sixth. By knockout. Again, almost, but not quite. Miguel Cotto fell in the third. But it was only…