LeBron, Rafa & Tiger: Three for the road By Al S. Mendoza THREE athletic greats have just traveled identical roads that somehow became grist for sports copy. Basketball’s LeBron James, tennis’ Rafael “Rafa” Nadal and golf’s Tiger Woods, take a bow. Despite your recent debacles, defeats if you will, you…

No doubt Kobe now a certified NBA star By Al S. Mendoza YOU have patience, you will succeed. You sacrifice good time, happiness is within an arm’s reach. You believe in yourself, there ain’t no mountain high. Those are lessons learned from the just-ended NBA Finals won by the Lakers…

So-called leaders take people for granted-again By Al S. Mendoza IT WAS shot down early this month. And I applauded. Heartily. Shouldn’t you applaud, too? Every freedom-loving Pangasinense should. I refer to House Bill (HB) 4267, redistricting our beloved Pangasinan from six districts to seven districts. What are they trying…

Lakers will be NBA champ in 6 games By Al S. Mendoza AS I WRITE this, Game 1 (Friday, June 5) of the 2009 NBA Finals has yet to begin. The Los Angeles Lakers, the Western Conference champions, and Orlando Magic, the Eastern Conference titlists, are supposed to be playing…

Cotto or Mayweather versus Pacquiao? By Al S. Mendoza WHO will be Manny Pacquiao’s next foe? Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Sugar Shane Mosley? Miguel Cotto? Juan Manuel Marquez? Edwin Valero? All of the above. That is, if everybody can wait. And I suggest they should fall in line. Pacquiao isn’t pound-for-pound…

Kudos to Fab Four in National Milo Open By Al S. Mendoza FROM HERE ON, remember them: Guv Spines, Mayor Al Fernandez, Raffy Baraan and Alvin Fernandez. They are the new Fab Four of Pangasinan. Together, they gave us something not only to cheer about but also to think about…

Ludong could be the most expensive fish in the world? By Al S. Mendoza A FISH for P4,000 a kilo. Who can afford that? Ate Glue can but not me. On second thought, maybe, with my eyes closed, I’ll buy a fourth of a kilo. Curiosity. But not after cutting…

Pacquiao saves me from hell By Al S. Mendoza IN my May 3 column, I said Manny Pacquiao would win in 3, if not 7. Thank God, Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton in the second round for the Pacman’s 37th KO win and 49th overall in 54 fights. Otherwise, I’d…

Pacquiao to win in 3, if not 7 By Al S. Mendoza DID Manny Pacquiao win? I ask because some of you, if not many of you, may already know it – today, May 3, being the day Pacquiao is scheduled to face Ricky Hatton for the IBO light welterweight…

Not only Pacquiao is world-class By Al S. Mendoza Happy birthday to Dicks Estrada, the assessor of my hometown Mangatarem, and Mangatarem Mayor Teddy Cruz, who will both celebrate tomorrow, April 27. Here’s a wish that many, many more years would come as you are both men of faith and…