Bleachers Brew

Liverpool supporter. Win one for the Kop, gentlemen! Here is an excerpt from Liverpool: A Season on the Brink Chapter 3 Before the Kick-off...

I picked up this book at Kinokuniya at the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok. A great read that bridges Gerard Houllier's last year and Rafae...

It’s only in the Philippines where the global brands allow their focus to shift from football to basketball. There’s a fledging hoops scene ...

(this appears in my column in the sports section of today's Business Mirror) The Amazing Sports Wonder That Is Thailand by rick olivares...

Jerry Buss, Los Angeles Lakers owner on the possibility of trading Kobe Bryant: "I would certainly listen. At any time, I think you hav...

No - 19 Yes - 28 Total 47 votes. Now that the votes are in, my two cents' worth: maybe the new NSA should look into integrating all the ...

She's a crowd fave here. Although Venus Williams was upset by Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 7-6 (10) in the semis today, she was very gra...

Word is that NABRO, the current officiating body for the UAAP basketball tournaments will not be asked back for next season. Even during the...

It's golfer's month here in Thailand this October! I had dinner with some friends at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club that doubles as a...

Can you believe this... the overhaul at Chelsea has begun... Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba are on the selling block. It seems that new man...

History Lesson After the fabled Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990’s was scattered to the four corners of the NBA (Michael Jordan retired fo...

Back when Lito Atienza was City Mayor of Manila, Manny Pacquiao would always kick-off his return to the Philippines with a parade in the nat...

As part of my lament, my sorrow because the Yankees lost once more... It's okay Ms. Suzyn Waldman and Mr. Joe Torre that we shed tears o...

Showing off my colors at the Angels of the Waters I was working in a marketing company in West 36 corner 8th Avenue in mid-town Manhattan. P...

They might have been giants: (players whose careers in blue and white didn't last) 1. Paquito Diaz 2. Benjie Chua 3. Francis Arnaiz 4. L...

Adidas - 34 votes Nike - 21 votes Converse - 6 votes New Balance - 3 votes Puma & KSwiss - 2 votes Reebok, Accel, Anta - 1 vote Others -...

(also out in today's issue -- October 9, 2007 -- of the Business Mirror) The Golden Age For a man who just endured another tumultuous se...

In the 1984 Pro Basketball Handbook edited by Zander Hollander, NBA analysts Steve Hershey and Fran Blinebury wrote of the 1983-84 season P...

(from this Monday's issue of the Business Mirror) Making mountains out of baseball caps by rick olivares So what’s the fuss over LeBron ...