December 21, 2024
Saturday
MAGAAN na dinispatsa ni Filipina junior tennis player Alex Eala at kaparehang si Priska Nugroho ng Indonesia ang nakatunggaling sina Ziva Falkner ng Slovenia at Matilda Mutavdzic ng Great Britain sa finals, 6-1, 6-2, para magkampeon sa Australian Open girls doubles championships Biyernes sa Melbourne, Australia. Bunga ng panalo, ang 14-anyos na si Eala ang […]
SI two-time Olympian at TNT KaTropa consultant Mark Dickel ang magsisilbing interim head coach ng Gilas Pilipinas men’s basketball team para sa gaganaping unang window ng 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers. Sisimulan ng Pilipinas ang kampanya nito sa isang home game kontra 2019 Southeast Asian Games silver medalist Thailand sa Pebrero 20 bago sundan ng […]
KUNG oras mo na, oras mo na! Iniwan na ni NBA superstar Kobe Bryant ang mundong malupit. Sigurado ako na lahat tayo ay hindi naniwala noong una nating narinig ang balitang ito. Hindi magandang biro ‘yan. Fake news ‘yan. ‘Yan ang unang lumagay sa ating mga isipan matapos kumalat na tila wildfire ang balitang kasama […]
BEFORE Kobe Bryant, the last NBA active or retired player to die from an air crash was Nick Vanos on August 16, 1987. Then 24 years old, the 7-foot-1 Vanos, a native of San Mateo, California and a product of Santa Clara University, was a member of the Phoenix Suns when the Northwest Airlines Flight […]
IF you base everything on prevailing rules and by-laws, the curious case of the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) is easy to decide. The PVF is the federation recognized by the FIVB, the world governing body of volleyball. In fact, during the 2018 FIVB World Congress held in Cancun, Mexico, the FIVB General Assembly rejected the […]
IT was a horrible news. I had hoped it was only fake news. But the reality was it was not. RIP Kobe Bryant. The all-time Los Angeles Lakers and National Basketball Association (NBA) great died in a fiery Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crash in foggy conditions at 10:00 Sunday morning Pacific time (2:00 a.m. January 27 […]
MALAKI na ang inangat ng laro ni Kai Sotto magmula nang pumunta sa Estados Unidos. Kaya hindi na katakataka kung ang Filipino teen sensation na si Sotto ay mapabilang sa isa sa pinakamahusay na high school big men sa 2020 class sa US basketball. Ang 17-anyos na si Sotto, na asinta ang maging kauna-unahang homegrown […]
TUMATAGINTING na P3 milyong premyo ang iuuwi ng kampeon sa ika-4 edisyon ng Laban ng Lahi Platoon Run na aarangkada sa Setyembre 17-19 sa Bislig, Surigao del Sur. May temang One Nation, One People, One Philippines, ang karera ay suportado ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Bislig City at kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng charter day ng […]
MATAPOS ang kanilang runner-up finish sa 2019 PBA D-League Foundation Cup nitong nakalipas na Oktubre, wala nang ibang hangad ngayon ang Marinerong Pilipino Skippers kundi ang makapag-uwi ng korona sa pagbubukas ng Aspirant’s Cup ngayong Pebrero 13. At kung si Marinerong Pilipino assistant coach Jonathan Banal ang tatanungin batid niya na kaya itong gawin […]
EVERYONE was caught by surprise when Taal Volcano erupted recently. Me, my wife and our granddaughter Livi got affected too even though we were on vacation in Iloilo during that weekend. We were supposed to return home that Sunday afternoon, well, at least until Cebu Pacific canceled the flights, same with all the other airlines […]