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 […]
Gov’t must prepare support for PHL women’s football team for first its World Cup game
MANILA – Less than 18 months until the Philippine women’s national football team will debut in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, senatorial candidate Gilbert (GIBO) Teodoro wants the government to pour in support for the national team.“Our athletes in the women’s national football team deserve adequate support from the government as the team prepares […]
Alba, Cojuangco lead Hall of Fame nominees
MANILA – Pre-war race jockey Ildefonso Alba and the late sports patron Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco are expected to head the first batch of inductees to the soon-to-be launched Philippine Racing Hall of Fame. Speaking at the “Sports On Air Weekly” program, Philippine Racing Commission (PHILRACOM) chairman Aurelio “Reli” de Leon said Alba and Cojuangco are hands […]
PH athletes to do well in Hanoi SEAG despite limited training
MANILA – The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) believes the Filipino athletes can hold their own in the coming 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 12-23. They may not win the overall championship again and capture 149 gold medals like in 2019, but they can surely finish in the Top 3 with possibly 100 […]
Mark Magsayo fulfills date with destiny
LOS ANGELES — It took almost a lifetime, a journey dotted with sharp curves and steep roads. But in the end, Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo finally fulfilled his dream of winning a boxing title. “It’s the green belt,” he told reporters of the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight diadem he took from dethroned champion Gary Russell Jr last […]
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 […]
Jade Bornea – A rising, sparkling star
LOS ANGELES — Most of the regulars at world renowned trainer Freddie Roach’s sweatshop called the Wild Card gym along Vine street have a closely-guarded secret. A kid named Jade Bornea, who trains there while he chases his championships dreams. is really, really good. But now, though, the rest of the boxing world has caught up. Nicknamed “The Hurricane,” the murderous-punching 26-year […]
NBA: Warriors look Golden in Bulls rout
CHICAGO — With Kevin Durant now in Brooklyn, Draymoind Green nursing an injury and Klay Thompson still rounding back to form, Golden State isn’t exactly looking like “The Greatest Show On Earth” that they were once vaunted for. But make no mistake, these current Warriors are still a very, very good show. And they flexed that familiar might with a […]
