Where Fighters Are Forged: Cebu’s Villamor Boxing
CEBU CITY — The air was hot and heavy, a hallmark of the place I call home: Cebu City, Philippines. The sky was a gloomy gray. For the first time in a long time, my morning was free and unburdened by the stress of the life I momentarily left behind in the United States by way of California. It […]
A Tribute: Remembering “Cory” Bryant and Trash Can Three-Pointers
My mother always messed up names. She’d say Noel instead of Noah, Marky instead of Marcus, Evan instead of Ethan and so on. The “murdering” of names got worse with the hundreds of sports stars that my dad adored. There were too many common names with too many unfamiliar faces. I shared the same problem […]
Monster Talk
LOS ANGELES — For boxers in the bantamweight division, getting a ring date with WBA and IBF champ Naoya Inoue has become a magnificent obsession. The 5-foot-5 Japanese is a box-office draw that facilitates huge paydays for whoever challenges him and his belts. The undefeated 29-year old Inoue, still blossoming in his prime, is a […]
