December 22, 2024
Sunday
WITH David Joel Stern’s passing on New Year’s Day (January 1) afternoon (U.S. time) at age 77, all four predecessors of current NBA commissioner Adam Silver have crossed the Great Beyond — Maurice Podoloff (the league MVP hardware is named after him), J. Walter Kennedy (the NBA Citizenship Award is named after him), Lawrence O’Brien […]
IT’S back to the salt mines for this Hoopster. Juniors competitions in the boys and girls divisions of the 7th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions among the eight Chinese-Filipino member schools in the Metro Manila area will unwrap on Saturday, January 11, at 12 noon at the Uno High School gym in […]
ANG pinakamalaking sabungan sa buong mundo, Roligon Mega Cockpit, ay ipagbubunyi ang ika-30 taon ng makasaysayan operasyon nito sa pamamagitan ng isang matinding pasabong mula Enero 30 hanggang Marso 26. Ang Roligon 30th Anniversary 5-Cock Derby ay nagwawagayway ng garantisadong premyo na P4,000,000 para sa mababang entry fee na P11,000 at minimum bet na P5,500. […]
BAGO ang lahat, hayaan ninyo muna akong bumati ng isang maka-Diyos at masaganang 2020 sa ating lahat. Asahan ang mga pagsubok na darating ngunit huwag mawalan ng pag-asa sapagkat ang lahat ay lilipas din. Nais kong humingi ng paumanhin sa mga taong hindi man sinasadya ay nasaktan ang damdamin. Rest assured, trabaho lang po at […]
THE long holiday season is practically over although, traditionally, it ends here for us after ‘Three Kings’. I wrote this column on the second day of the new year but before anything else, I would like to look back at the year that was in 2019 highlighted, of course, by the Philippines winning the overall […]
CARLOS Yulo vividly remembers the days when, as a poor seven-year-old, he used to jump, hop and somersault in the playgrounds of Leveriza, Manila. Those typical mornings and afternoons fooling around at the playground are memories close to his heart and became the foundation of a fledgling gymnast who is now toying at the brink […]
THE year 2019 ends today and the year 2020 unwraps tomorrow, that is according to the Gregorian calendar. It is a solar calendar that is named after Pope Gregory XIII and is used in most parts of the world since October 1582. It consists of 12 months and there are 28 to 31 days in […]
2019 was a year of success stories in sports. All 12 months were full of courage and unyielding drive for pride and glory. A fitting end to the year was a celebration for Philippine sports as Filipinos claimed the overall championship in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Sports, however, is not all cheers and victory. […]
PASOK si reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao sa Top 10 ng highest-paid athletes sa mundo ngayong patapos na dekada. Si Pacquiao ay nasa ikawalong puwesto sa highest-paid athletes in the world ng dekada 2010-2019. Ayon sa Forbes magazine/Forbes.com si Pacquiao ay kumita ng US$435 milyon sa huling sampung taon. Sinabi […]
THE Philippines is between 12 and 15 hours ahead of the United States in time and so the Christmas Day games in the National Basketball Association (NBA) are actually being played this morning. The five-game holiday slate features Boston vs. Reigning NBA titlist Toronto (1 a.m. Manila time), 2018-19 NBA regular-season champion Milwaukee at Philadelphia […]