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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Peace Be the Journey, The Football Odyssey of Ayi Aryee

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It is incredible how the hopes and dreams of many lie in a spheroid that measures 28 inches in diameter and weighs 14-16 ounces. The ball is...
Monday, December 25, 2006

The terminal: A football story

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Remember Tom Hanks’ character of Viktor Navorski in the Terminal? It was about an Eastern European traveler who was stuck in the terminal of...
Monday, December 18, 2006

(Controversial) Sportsman of the year

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There’s a line that former WWE General Manager Eric Bischoff swears by: “Controversy creates cash.” That may be very well true. It sure jump...
Monday, December 11, 2006

The Brewskies

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It’s that time of the year where people hand out gifts and whatnot. I on the other hand will hand out my year-end awards. Before we jump int...
Monday, December 4, 2006

Talking Smack

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As a kid, I was enthralled each time I’d catch ABC’s The Wide World of Sports .. Hearing Jim McKay’s stentorian voice, “ Spanning the globe ...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Go west

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On the 11th month of the year, the Philippines leapfrogged 11 slots from a #195 ranking in the footballing world to #184. The three consecut...
Monday, November 20, 2006

We go to the Scorecards

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Go figure. 18, 276 people in the Thomas & Mack Center. The second biggest in the arena’s history. Ringside seats cost $500 per ticket fo...
Monday, November 13, 2006

A Pair of Football Stories

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The Resurrection They’ve scored an astounding 252 goals in 75 matches. That’s an average of 3.36 goals per game. Not bad at all. Their wome...
Monday, November 6, 2006

Elvis Has Left the Building

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The King is gone. He isn’t too far removed from this generation who will remember the 90’s with the fondness of tales by the fireside, by th...
Monday, October 23, 2006

Laying the Smackdown

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Were you one of those who stayed up till 10:30pm (while hiding from your disapproving parents) to watch pro wrestling on IBC-13? Were you on...
Monday, October 16, 2006

CCL: They Might Be Giants

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For the longest time, US college basketball was way more popular than the NBA. It took the entrance of the star forward from the Indiana Sta...
Monday, October 9, 2006

October

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I used to have great memories of October. In grade school, there was the Feast of the Guardian Angels and that meant there was a carnival on...
Monday, October 2, 2006

If You Build Them, They Will Come

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When it comes to the development of other sports in the country, many point their fingers towards too much emphasis on basketball. Why not f...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Solar Sports

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In the early hours after December 25, 2005, a fire swept the squatter colony underneath the Katipunan flyover area that bridges Escopa in Qu...
Monday, September 18, 2006

For the Heart of a City

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To paraphrase Sterling Silliphant’s famous opening line from The Naked City , the police television series that paved the way for many of t...
Monday, September 11, 2006

A UAAP Showdown of a different kind

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The UAAP Basketball season is winding down to its exciting finish and conspicuously absent is De La Salle University, a perennial Final Four...
Monday, September 4, 2006

It’s All Greek to Me

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About a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics, in one of the most surprising and stirring runs by any team in football, an unfancied Greek t...
Monday, August 28, 2006

A Lipa Faith

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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...
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