Bleachers Brew

He looked beaten and tired. What began as a season of hope ended as his beloved Maroons took its eighth beating in 10 games (with two more g...

Pacman Country by rick olivares Manny Pacquiao owns the Philippines. Okay, he doesn’t but he certainly has the country in the palm of his ha...

Why do you watch the NFL? Is it because of those spectacular touchdown catches? Is it because of the fourth quarter drives that result in Ha...

To paraphrase the Bard from Stratford-upon-Avon, “all the world is a stage and we are merely players…” And so the stage is set for basketbal...

The kleg lights’ white heat was on and the cameras zoomed towards his cool and unperturbed face. A dozen more digicams of the personal kind...

The last time I saw Pido Jarencio in the UAAP was in 1985. He walked towards the Blue Eagles’ bench with a minute left in the game. By then ...

He had that cred coming out of the amateurs: 2 UAAP titles with La Salle, a celebrated National Team stint, and one of the last pure Pinoy p...

One can sense that German Coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who is a man of few words, is itching to say something. Especially after his fellow German...

Those early images were of a roughly-hewn diamond. When Andre Agassi broke into professional tennis, he had those rock star locks and a cele...

The best gift I ever received was a soccer ball. Soccer was the first sport I actually played and loved so much. That ball was my teddy bear...

The atmosphere is supercharged. Fight songs and chants fill the air. A bobbing mass of humanity is ready to explode. And a goal is the match...

It’s in the air. You can feel it. And watch it. The spectacle that is the 2006 FIFA World Cup is on Solar Sports’ sister channel Sports Plus...

* by rick olivares Dear God, Hi. It’s me, Barry. Barry Bonds. I’ve been shaken and stirred a lot lately. But I’ve kept the faith, Lord! I k...

The Stripe Is A Badge of Courage by rick olivares Night after night they’re double-teamed, triple-teamed. Coaches, team managers, even the b...