Beware: Honeyed words bad for Gilas; Donaire flattens talkative Casimero

July 4, 2021

THE mushrooming of self-styled experts after Gilas Pilipinas Olympic qualifier campaign in far but picturesque Serbia pains me. I’ve been reading a lot of stories from the social media regarding the tremendous improvement of the national team to the point that the write-ups tend to bury that glaring fact that we didn’t win a single game in our group, thus kissing our Olympic hopes goodbye for the nth time.

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Fightworld

Frank Grillo [Wikimedia Commons | Gage Skidmore]
July 3, 2021

The documentary features fighting already imbedded into the fabric of the cultures of the featured countries, Mexico, Thailand, Myanmar, Senegal, and Israel. Fighting isn’t just a sport to them, it’s a tradition and it’s also cultural.

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Knowing Michael and Kobe

TOP (L-R) Roland Lazenby, Vincent Juico and Brian Yalung
June 14, 2021

Two peas in a pod. Brothers from different mothers. Cut from the same cloth, and same pages from different books (Michael Jordan: The Life and Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant), both bestsellers authored and written by Roland Lazenby.

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Jump Manila

photo from Jump Manila Facebook page
June 1, 2021

I used to weigh 220lbs then I got into boxing for six months doing six five-minute rounds with only 30 seconds to rest in between. After boxing, I ran on the treadmill for about an hour then did circuit training which involves jump rope.

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Do Bronx Does It

Charles Oliveira
May 20, 2021

It’s been 11 years and 28 fights since Charles Oliveira joined the UFC, but all that changed on Saturday. He made the most of his title opportunity, his first and only one so far since entering the UFC in 2010 as a skinny 20 year old.

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