On the fourth issue of Rebound

This afternoon, I got my advance copy of our fourth issue of Rebound (thanks, Ken). And it's just a thrill to be a part of this. As a kid, I was weaned on Sports Illustrated (I have almost every issue that I bought in my lifetime save for what I lost during Ondoy and left in my apartment in New York. And later still, I bought every single local sports mag I could get my hands on from Sports Flash, Atlas Sports Weekly, Champ, and Sport and read as many columnists as possible. In the pre-IT days, it was one way of keeping informed. I had them until a few years ago when I was in the US when my mom sold them. I should sue her I know. Hahaha. Now here's a chance for myself to be able to contribute to a very lively local sports scene via Business Mirror, bleachersbrew.blogspot.com, and Rebound (hey, I am also doing exclusive stuff for Yahoo real soon).

I've always said that I'm proud to be a part of Rebound for what the mag stands for and for the people involved. Sid Ventura was the first online writer out there that I respected and read. Friends would forward what he wrote and meeting him later, it was sure nice to know we followed and watched the same things. Then there the other inboundpass guys Chris Soler and Mike Abasolo are just so in tune with the local college sports scene that they are literal walking encyclopedias. Of course, there are mine chums Kenneth Ti, Mike Yu, Raddy Mabasa, and Bob Guerrero (who thinks I'm joking when I say he's an advertising genius) who help put the publication together.

Rebound is a labor of love. We obviously spend a lot of time putting an issue together. It's not perfect but we love it nonetheless. It's something we'll all get better at since we've put out only four issues. Hope you like the product. And we're still looking for contributors (we're kinda picky because there's a certain style that we're advocating).

I wish I had more time to devote to certain topics but there's only so much time in the day. Time was I had someone looking at my work for feedback. Not having that anymore and a heavier workload makes it difficult. Take for example my piece on Joshua Webb in Rebound #4. Re-reading it again, I wish I added a little more to it but well, it's done. Next time though. I'm doing something on Cheerdancing. Yes, I am. And Joe Etame and John Njei. That's a riot, I promise.

Anyways, my NCAA preview will be posted on Tuesday!