Jimuel Pacquiao off to a great start
LOS ANGELES— Sons, like movie sequels, rarely live up to their fathers, so goes the old saying. But in the pursuit of following in his famous father’s footsteps, Emmanuel Pacquiao Jr’s journey into boxing is looking a lot like a very good production right now. Jimuel, the son of the famous Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao, […]
In defeat, Jerwin Ancajas shows the grace of a champion
LOS ANGELES — Boxing’s longest reigning champion surrendered his belt last Saturday when Jerwin Ancajas lost a unanimous decision battle against Fernando Martinez at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan hotel on the world-famous Las Vegas strip.. Ancajas was making the 10th defense of his IBF junior bantamweight title when he met the fate of a tornado from Argentina. Despite […]
NBA: Utah Jazz edge Houston Rockets, 132-127, in Filipino Heritage Night duel
HOUSTON – On Wednesday night in front of a crowd of 13,583, the NBA celebrated the fourth and final time two Filipino-American players shared the court during this historic regular season. The Rockets hosted its second Filipino-American Heritage night of the season and treated fans to the national anthem sung by Filipino-American dance-pop singer, Jocelyn […]
NBA: Kyrie Irving shines as Brooklyn Nets polish Milwaukee Bucks
MILWAUKEE – When two Eastern Conference contenders locked horns on Saturday night at Fiserv Forum, it was the Nets who emerged victorious following a hard-earned upset over the Milwaukee Bucks, 126-123. Kyrie Irving took charge and carried Brooklyn on his back by racking a season-high 38 points (14-26 FG) with 5 rebounds and 5 assists. […]
Celebrity-studded 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend kicks off in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — What cold? The frigid, wintry February weather in Cleveland thawed in the heat of the NBA’s annual All-Star Weekend, which kickes off on Friday at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Among the festivities that took place included the Rising Stars Challenge, which showcased the league’s top 48 rookies and sophomores led […]
‘Asero’ seeks knockout win vs ‘The Jackal’
MANILA – FIT as a fiddle. That’s how Filipino champion Vincent “Asero” Astrolabio describes himself exactly nine days before his much-awaited World Boxing Council (WBC) International Bantamweight title fight against two-time Olympian Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux of Cuba on February 26 at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai. Astrolabio, ever so eager to make his presence […]
Support Gilas Pilipinas in FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers, tickets go on sale February 17
MANILA – The Philippines is set to face its legendary rival South Korea twice in the FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. As basketball fans and the whole country recall, Gilas Pillipinas pulled off one of its historic victories after breaking the ‘Korean Curse’ in the 2013 FIBA Asian Championships, winning 86-79. We again dominated our […]
With Pingris around, Super League hopes to make a difference
THE Pilipinas Super League, the newest and hottest play-for-pay league in the country, hopes to make a big difference starting with the opening of its first conference next month. PSL President Rocky Chan, Vice President Rey Alao and Commissioner Marc Pingris vowed to put in the extra work necessary to ensure the success of the […]
Wild Bunch at Wild Card Gym
LOS ANGELES. Unless he makes a drastic u-turn from his official retirement announcement, the great Manny Pacquiao isn’t walking back inside the Wild Card gym to wrap his battle-tested hands one more time and prepare for another blockbuster fight. Sadly, realistically, that train may have left the station for good. But Freddie Roach, the owner of this world-famous sweat […]
Pilipinas Super League top officials to grace SOA Weekly
MANILA – The newest professional basketball league — the Pilipinas Super League– will be the main topic in the fifth “Sports On Air Weekly” program via Zoom on Friday, Feb. 11. Pilipinas Super League president Rocky Chan, vice president Ray Alao and PBA legend-commissioner Marc Pingris will talk about the new league scheduled to kick […]
