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An unexpected blow-out
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 23, 2025 - 12:00am
Barangay Ginebra’s 95-78 romp over TNT in Game 4 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the Ynares Center, Antipolo, last Friday was an unexpected blow-out. The 17-point margin was the largest in...
The Sting that stung Ginebra
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 21, 2025 - 12:00am
Rey Nambatac got TNT coach Chot Reyes’ nod to start in Game 3 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the PhilSports Arena last Wednesday and didn’t disappoint.
EJ’s secret plan
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am
The dream is to land a podium finish at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and World No. 4 pole vaulter EJ Obiena realizes the journey won’t be easy to make it come true. World No. 1 Mondo Duplantis looks unbeatable...
Yulo to receive Sports Hero award
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am
Two-time Paris Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Carlos Yulo will be feted with the first-ever Outstanding Sports Hero trophy, a departure from the usual boxing honors, in the second Pacquiao-Elorde Awards Night at...
PBA Finals by numbers
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 19, 2025 - 12:00am
The venue for Game 3 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals shifts to the PhilSports Arena tonight with the best-of-seven series tied at a win apiece.
EJ takes break in Dubai
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 19, 2025 - 12:00am
World No. 4 pole vaulter EJ Obiena is taking a brief rest in Dubai to confer with adviser/benefactor Jim Lafferty and map out plans for the coming outdoor season. Obiena, 29, hasn’t cleared over 5.80m in seven...
Ginebra’s escape act
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 18, 2025 - 12:00am
TNT could’ve raced to a 2-0 lead in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals but dropping Game 2 to Barangay Ginebra by a solitary point at the SM Mall of Asia Arena last Sunday was something that coach Chot...
It poured like rain
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 16, 2025 - 12:00am
TNT stormed out of the starting gates like a horse on a blazing saddle in Game 1 against Barangay Ginebra in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena last Friday.
Ginebra out for payback
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 14, 2025 - 12:00am
It’s been four conferences since Barangay Ginebra won a PBA championship and for the team’s impatient legion of fans, the wait seems like an eternity
You be the judge
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 13, 2025 - 12:00am
The outcome of the Hiroshima-Taoyuan championship game for the EASL’s $1 million first prize could’ve gone the Pilots’ way if the right coaching calls were made in the homestretch of the thriller...
Olympians to vie in Liverpool?
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 12, 2025 - 12:00am
Nothing is set in stone but it’s likely that Olympians Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas will headline an all-star cast to represent the country at the World Boxing Championships on Sept. 4-14...
EASL comes of age
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 11, 2025 - 12:00am
EASL’s journey into the world of basketball started in 2017 and after wrapping up a second straight home-and-away season here last Sunday, the verdict is it has come of age.
Repeat or revenge
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 9, 2025 - 12:00am
A $1 million prize is on the line when Japan’s Hiroshima Dragonflies face Chinese-Taipei’s Taoyuan Pauian Pilots in the grand finale of EASL’s second home-and-away season at the Studio City Event...
Room for two more?
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 7, 2025 - 12:00am
Gilas coach Tim Cone has persistently resisted suggestions to expand the national pool but with Kai Sotto out for this FIBA Asia Cup cycle and a few glaring weaknesses exposed in the third qualifying window, will...
EASL unfolds Final Four
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 6, 2025 - 12:00am
For the second straight season, no Filipino team is left standing to compete in the EASL Final Four which reels off in Macau tomorrow.
Playing for pride
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 5, 2025 - 12:00am
With its back against the wall, NorthPort will play for pride and try to avoid a sweep in engaging Barangay Ginebra in Game Four of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup semifinals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum toni...
Why restore 15 rounds?
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 4, 2025 - 12:00am
Korean fighter Kim Duk Koo was only 27 when he died from injuries five days after suffering a 14th-round knockout loss to Ray (Boom Boom) Mancini in a WBA lightweight championship bout in Las Vegas in 1982. Kim had...
Down to earth
by Joaquin M. Henson - March 2, 2025 - 12:00am
If NorthPort was up in the clouds as the PBA Commissioner’s Cup No. 1 team entering the playoffs, the Batang Pier is now firmly back with feet on the ground after taking a severe spanking from Barangay Ginebra...
More mandatory challengers
by Joaquin M. Henson - February 28, 2025 - 12:00am
In yesterday’s column, three Filipino No. 1 contenders were featured as mandatory challengers in line to take world title cracks this year – WBO No. 1 superfeatherweight Charly Suarez, IBF No. 1 lightflyweight...
Mandatory challengers
by Joaquin M. Henson - February 27, 2025 - 12:00am
The latest WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO ratings show six Filipinos in line for title shots as mandatory challengers.
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