Archive for November, 2008

Sumandal ang Purefoods sa mainit na paglalaro nina Kerby Raymundo, James Yap at Enrico Villanueva tungo sa kanilang 96-88 panalo laban sa Air21 sa pagdalaw ng KFC-PBA Philippine Cup sa Tacloban Convention Center sa Tacloban City kahapon. Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES — Bringing down the granite-chinned Oscar De La Hoya is going to be extremely difficult, acknowledges ace trainer Freddie Roach, who will be the driving force behind Manny Pacquiao’s bold bid to topple the Golden Boy next week in Las Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao swears he has all the bases covered for his mega match with Oscar De La Hoya next week in Las Vegas.

If De La Hoya chooses to box from a distance, Pacquiao said he knows what to do and if the Golden Boy elects to engage in a phone booth warfare at the onset, the Pacman will be more than willing to respond in kind. Read the rest of this entry »

Barangay Ginebra held off Coca-Cola, 84-77, last night in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Olivarez College Gymnasium in Parañaque City.

The win, Ginebra’s sixth in 12 games, shoved the Gin Kings to a five-team logjam at third spot with defending champion Sta. Lucia, Talk ’N Text, Air21 and Rain or Shine. Read the rest of this entry »

At least for now, Ricky Hatton is not on Manny Pacquiao’s radar.

After Hatton bullied his way past Paul Malignaggi at the MGM Grand the other day, the British superstar and reigning IBO light-welterweight champion called out Pacquiao’s name. Read the rest of this entry »

The PBA is likely to deviate from its North versus South format in this season’s All-Star Game with league officials mulling on holding instead a series of games featuring the national pool against the best of the rest boosted by imports.

PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios is open to the idea to be formally proposed by Air21’s Lito Alvarez in the coming PBA board meeting. Read the rest of this entry »

Seeded teams Ateneo and San Beda lived up to their billings, crushing zonal qualifiers Lyceum and San Jose-Recoletos, respectively, at the start of the 2008 Champions League at The Arena in San Juan yesterday.

The Blue Eagles, the UAAP champs, sized up the Pirates in the early goings before stepping up their game on the way to a 77-56 victory.

The Red Lions, the NCAA titlists, buckled down to work early and never let up in clobbering the Jaguars, 98-83. Read the rest of this entry »

A badly cut and bloodied Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista fought courageously through a third round knockdown but lost a unanimous eight round decision to tough Heriberto “Cuate” Ruiz on the undercard of the Ricky “Hitman” Hatton – Paul Malignaggi IBO/Ring Magazine light welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Read the rest of this entry »

DRESDEN, Germany — The Philippines put up a brave stand against highly-rated Czech Republic in the ninth round of the 38th World Chess Olympiad, dropping a close 1.5-2.5 decision on a day John Paul Gomez became the newest Filipino grandmaster. Read the rest of this entry »

Ricky Hatton facing the winner between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar dela Hoya is not a sure thing.

While there’s nothing in the Pacquiao-Dela Hoya contract that calls for an immediate rematch between the two, Top Rank big boss Bob Arum said you just couldn’t discount that possibility.

“There is none,” Arum said recently when the ageless promoter was asked if there’s any clause calling for a rematch between Pacquiao and Dela Hoya. Read the rest of this entry »

Anna Christine Patrimonio’s Cinderella bid ended in tears yesterday when she bowed to a far superior rival as her title dreams evaporated in a maze of errors in a highly-anticipated match. Read the rest of this entry »

Inamin ni Oscar Dela Hoya na hindi siya komportableng labanan ang mga mabibilis na boksingerong kagaya ni Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.

Kabilang sa mga maliliksing nakalaban na ng 35-anyos na si Dela Hoya na nagbigay sa kanya ng sakit ng ulo ay sina light middleweights Sugar Shane Mosley, Floyd Maywether, Jr. at middleweight Bernard Hopkins. Read the rest of this entry »

JayR Reyes dished out his best game in the season and Rain or Shine came through with its second-best defensive effort as the Elasto Painters beat the Alaska Milk Aces for the first time, 92-88, in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum last night.

The 6-foot-6 Reyes had a stirring 5-of-5 shooting effort from the three-point area and finished with double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Asian Coating franchise to its first win in 10 matches with the Uytengsu team.

Reyes led his team to 12 treys – breaching their tournament-best average of 11.1 as they stalled the Aces in their bid to be the third team to notch a 700th win in the league.

The Aces suffered their first loss in their last five games but remained in the lead with an 8-3 win-loss record.

“This is easily our biggest win in this season so far because we beat the hottest team in the tourney. It’s because of pure hard work which we hope to carry in our next game against Coca-Cola,” said Rain or Shine coach Caloy Garcia after they posted their sixth win against five Read the rest of this entry »

Kung balak ni Manny Pacquiao na umakyat sa light welterweight division, mayroon na siyang kaagad na makakasagupa.

Sinabi kahapon ni world light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton ng Great Britain na nais niyang makaharap sa boxing ring ang sinumang mananalo sa non-title welterweight fight nina Pacquiao at Oscar Dela Hoya. Read the rest of this entry »

Anna Christine Patrimonio finally did what no other Filipino player has done.

She beat China’s Liu Min, 6-4, 6-3, yesterday to advance to the second round of PLDT-Smart ITF Women’s Circuit Week 2 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis courts. Read the rest of this entry »