the dream match?

the match was all hyped-up. the media blitz and marketing was unreal. it was touted as the dream match, a collision between two of the best fighters in our lifetime. a matchup that only happens in video games has become a reality. unfortunately, in the end, it was all hype and [...]

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monday night football madness

it’s no secret that i love football. now, selle’s loving it too.

yesterday, i got a text message from my wife telling me that she was watching the mnf game between the saints and the vikings. she then sent a message about reggie bush getting a touchdown. no surprise there, bush [...]

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sbl champs

it was almost four months ago when i witnessed my departmentmates steadfastly sweeping and drying a wet basketball court so that they can play basketball against newly-hired employees. our company’s sportsfest has just concluded back then and there they were determined to play some ball. biruin mo naman, talagang ni-mop nila ang court [...]

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2008 uaap cheerdance: chalk one up for creativity

the uaap cheerdance competition is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, event in the uaap calendar. each year, the araneta coliseum is packed to the rafters as students and alumni for all eight universities come in throves to shout, cheer and support their respective cheering squads. i didn’t know this was [...]

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the thrill of victory…

…and the agony of defeat.

two things:

if michael phelps succeeds in achieving the great eight, he’s got to give jason lezak a HUGE treat.
to the french, you don’t talk smack if you can’t back it up.

if you weren’t able to watch it, this video will leave you speechless. [...]

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where are the so-called nba experts now?

“not tonight.”

those were the exact words that came out of kobe bryant as he was trash-talking with courtside celtics fans during the first quarter of game 6 of the 2008 nba finals. that was probably what the nba experts were thinking at the very same moment also. you see, entering this finals, practically ALL the [...]

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the real season begins

nba playoffs start tomorrow and it’s time to make some unsolicited predictions.

let’s start with the east.

celtics (#1) vs hawks (#8 )
i’ve always been a ray allen fan. so wherever he goes, that’s my team. at the start of the season, the experts knew the celtics will be good but they didn’t [...]

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a super superbowl

now that’s why i LOVE this game!

unlike most of the so-called experts, i knew the giants had a chance. if they could only control the clock (which they did in the first half) and put constant pressure on brady (which they did the whole game), they could win this one… and they did! [...]

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still undefeated

it was a super weekend for sports fanatics. marquee matchups in different arenas and different sports disciplines. reputations were challenged and undefeated records were on the line but when the smoke cleared after all the hostilities, they remained standing with hands up in the air… clearly victorious.

(photos courtesy of msn.foxsports.com and ufc.com)

honestly, for me, boxing [...]

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ouch.

how cruel can a sport be?

yesterday, we were glued to our tv as we watched and cheered on our fellow filipino, roberto gomez, in the finals of the 2007 world pool championships. our country has been known for producing champions in the past and it was like another one was in the making.

this particular finals [...]

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