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Outside One of my earliest recollections of Charles Barkley was when he was in Philadelphia and they were playing Portland at the Spectrum. ...

Home Before the ASEAN Football Cup Finals, I was shocked to hear most of my friends and colleagues say that our National Team was going to g...

I. Homeward Bound After seven months of living in airport terminals and a fire station, footballer Ayi Nii Aryee was finally cleared to leav...

As a kid, I was weaned on a steady diet of Bruce Lee movies in Binondo. That and the Marvel Superheroes. So imagine my surprise when my dad ...

"A horse. A horse. My kingdom for a horse, " cried out Richard the Lion Heart after his nights were besieged by Moors. The one thi...

Sports are a metaphor for life as one has oft heard. But many times, the lines are blurred when the unscrupulous and the greedy take over. H...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...