Archive for September, 2008

Believe the hype. Even before tickets for the Dec. 6 bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao were sold to the public last Sept. 24, there were already sellers on the Internet with an asking price of as much as $ 35,000 for a premium ringside seat although the face value of one is a mere $ 1,500. Read the rest of this entry »

Malaysian Mohd Syafiq Ridhwan outdueled Hall of Famer Paeng Nepomuceno, 234-227, to retain the PBAP-Bevida Storm Challenge International Classic crown at Paeng’s Midtown Bowl at Robinsons Place-Manila late Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

San Beda College turned yesterday’s deciding Game 3 into a virtual scrimmage, plastering Jose Rizal University, 85-69, to win its third straight NCAA championship at the jampacked Araneta Coliseum. Read the rest of this entry »

It wasn’t a nice birthday present but losing coach Ariel Vanguardia of Jose Rizal U offered no excuses after failing to steer the Bombers to victory and end the school’s long title drought in the NCAA. Read the rest of this entry »

SINGAPORE – Shell general manager of global sponsorships Juan Carlos Perez of Colombia said yesterday there is no reason why a Filipino – who is small by European standards – can’t become a Formula One champion and pointed to 5-4, 130-pound Ferrari racer Felipe Massa as an example of a successful undersized driver. Read the rest of this entry »

Top officials of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) yesterday expressed confidence and full support to the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) and its pool of referees officiating the 84th NCAA season. Read the rest of this entry »

Manny Pacquiao is simply laughing off what’s considered as a late, ill-advised and desperate attempt to have his Dec. 6 fight with Oscar dela Hoya in Las Vegas called off.

“Are they crazy?” was Pacquiao’s immediate reaction, according to someone very close to him, to those calling for the cancellation of his boxing license. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion San Beda College and Jose Rizal University collide today for the basketball championship at the Araneta Coliseum amid another controversy that hit the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Read the rest of this entry »

Oscar De La Hoya is going back to the tried and tested way of preparing for a big fight.

When De La Hoya begins his training camp in the mountains of Big Bear, California in the second week of next month for his Dec. 6 crossroads clash with Filipino star Manny Pacquiao, the Golden Boy should employ the tactics and training regimen that many times were proven effective by the ring heroes of yesteryears. Read the rest of this entry »

Oscar De La Hoya sees Manny Pacquiao as a stepping-stone – not a stumbling block – to his dream of doing his farewell fight at the historic Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Read the rest of this entry »

Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez is not rooting for Oscar De La Hoya nor is he picking Manny Pacquiao to win their much-ballyhooed Dec. 6 bout in Las Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

Jose Rizal University stayed alive with a gut-wrenching 62-60 win over two-time defending champion San Beda College yesterday that sent the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Finals into a deciding Game 3 at the Araneta Coliseum. Read the rest of this entry »

Roseller “Yeng” Guiao, the most consistent top performing coach in the pro league the last few years, has been tapped to call the shots for the Philippine team competing in the FIBA-Asia men’s championship next year. Read the rest of this entry »

Franz Pumaren, the De La Salle coach, was shouting above the din of the frenzied Ateneo Blue Eagles celebration in the UAAP Finals.

“It was like a script for Ateneo to win,” a bitter Pumaren told sportswriters after the 62-51 loss, unmindful of the consequences of his statement. Read the rest of this entry »

Jose Rizal University is expected to play with more urgency and aggressiveness as it tries to prevent defending champion San Beda College from winning its third straight NCAA championship today at the Araneta Coliseum.

Smarting from their 72-68 loss in Game 1, the Bombers vowed to even the best-of-three series and forge a winner-take-all match on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »