Discover how Gwen Legge, a seasoned sales and marketing veteran, is breaking barriers in the male-dominated world of boxing and MMA with Eruption Boxing Management. Learn how her 30+ years of experience and unwavering integrity guide her fighters to success. Tune in to hear her story on Sports For All with Vince Juico.
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Is mountaineering or mountain climbing a sport? According to flypgs.com, “Mountaineering, otherwise known as mountain climbing, is a very popular outdoor sport. There are thousands of mountains in the world, all with their own unique terrain, their own challenges and excitements.”
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George “Ferocious” Kambosos Jr., Manny Pacquiao’s many time sparring partner won a few belts of his own by upsetting heavily favored Teofimo Lopez who beat Vasiliy Lomachenko just 13 months ago.
Over the long weekend, I came across a Sports Illustrated Daily Cover article, “How One Women’s Football Team Took Control Away From the Men” by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo. As I was doing my research on women’s American Football, there’s a lot of history behind the effort to establish women’s American Football.
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Conversing with Tamir Goodman, whose life has been a series of twists, turns and detours, but his passion for his faith is as straight as straight can be.
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The proof is in the pudding and the body of work speaks for itself. Even after 30 years of sideline skirmishes with opposing head coaches, Daleo is still learning.
A then 17-year-old AJ Galante becoming the President and General Manager of his own hockey team. Something out of a Disney movie but it ain’t no Disney film and AJ ain’t no Disney character.
As a former Math and Science teacher, Dan Pfaff dealt and taught an abundance of analysis, science, and critical thinking which carried over to almost 50 years of coaching in athletics, specifically track and field.
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Cebu FC will be bannered by team captain, Evren Tasci and former UAAP men’s football MVP, Kintaro Miyagi. The team is composed mostly of homegrown players, born and raised in Cebu.
I met one last Saturday and his name is Rene Barrientos. Around Cagayan de Oro City, he is known as Champ. Champ was one of my guests on my program, Sports For All, together with Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar “Oca” Moreno, former professional boxing promoter Carlo Almirante, one of Cagayan de Oro’s finest sports journalists, Mike Banos and, Rappler and Mindanao Gold Star Daily sportswriter, Lynde Salgados. We discussed Cagayan de Oro as a rising power in Philippine boxing, but that’s for another conversation.