Category: Sports
Marquez to fight Bradley next, not Pacquiao: report
LOS ANGELES, (AFP) – Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez and unbeaten US boxer Tim Bradley, who each beat Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao last year, will fight each other in September, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Promoter Bob Arum told the newspaper that Marquez would take on Bradley in Las Vegas on September 14 for the [...]
LA Autism Walk Hosts 40,000 Attendees and Raises Over $1.8M for Autism
Celebrity attendees included Holly Robinson Peete PASADENA, CA—40,000 community autism supporters united for a single cause at the 11th annual Los Angeles Walk Now for Autism Speaks at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The event raised more than $1.8M for autism. Powered by volunteers and families with loved ones on the autism [...]
Magbabalik na sa Pechanga ang World Championship ng WCK Full Rules Muay Thai
Ang World Championship Muay Thai, na itinatag ni Dennis Warner at In Sync Productions, ay magdaraos ng kanilang championship fight sa Abril 6, 2013 sa Pechanga Resort & Casino. Ang WCK Full Rules Muay Thai ay unang nagpalabas sa Pechanga Resort & Casino noong Hulyo 19, 2008 kung saan ay pumasok sa labanan ang tatlo [...]
WCK Full Rules Muay Thai comes back to Pechanga for the World Championship
The World Championship Muay Thai, founded by Dennis Warner and In Sync Productions, will hold their championship fight on April 6, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino. WCK Full Rules Muay Thai made its first appearance at Pechanga Resort & Casino on July 19th, 2008 as three legendary fighters from Thailand: Kaensak Soh, Kongnapa [...]
NBA exec vows ‘memorable experience’ for fans
MANILA (Mabuhay) -– Filipino fans will be treated to an “incredibly memorable” experience when they watch the Houston Rockets and the Indiana Pacers play in the first ever NBA pre-season game to be held in the Philippines this October 10. This, according to NBA Asia vice president and managing director Scott Levy. “It’s training camp, [...]
Rain or Shine weathers late flurry to send Ginebra back to last place
The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters won their fourth straight game, but not before weathering a late three-point flurry by Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 96-93, Sunday at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum. Two free throws by Beau Belga gave Rain or Shine a five-point lead, 92-87, with just 12.2 seconds to go. Mark Caguioa then made a [...]
Legendary L.A. Lakers’ owner Jerry Buss dies
LOS ANGELES, Feb 18, 2013 (AFP) – Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers owner who transformed the team into the glamour franchise of a revitalized NBA, died on Monday at the age of 80. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spokeswoman Sally Stewart said Buss died at 5:55 am. He had been reported to be in hospital last [...]
Donaire says he learned from Pacquiao’s mistake
MANILA, Dec 19 (Mabuhay) –A victorious Nonito Donaire Jr. returned to the Philippines Wednesday, following his third-round KO of Jorge Arce in a successful defense of his WBO and Ring Magazine Super Bantamweight title, and told reporters that he had picked up a few pointers from Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Juan Manuel Marquez. “Alam ko [...]
Life After the KO
SO LA – by Jannelle So It was the outcome boxing fans were hoping to see; although not from the man many were expecting it come from. The much-anticipated fourth battle between champions Manny Pacquaio and Juan Manuel Marquez ended in the most convincing way – a knockout… not from Pacquiao; but from Marquez who [...]
