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Girls coming up

by Bill Velasco - November 30, 2024 - 12:00am

This year, the national girls under-18 basketball team participated in two international competitions.

What’s changed, and what hasn’t

by Bill Velasco - January 8, 2022 - 12:00am

There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Winston Churchill

Free market economy

by Bill Velasco - October 30, 2021 - 12:00am

The day has finally come.

Eulo Regala’s long way home

by Bill Velasco - September 11, 2021 - 12:00am

Eulo Regala wants to come home.

A life on the beach

by Bill Velasco - August 21, 2021 - 12:00am

Three months ago, this writer had to take one foot out of the city and find residence in a nearby province for family medical reasons (nothing to do with the pandemic).

GAB forges ahead

by Bill Velasco - November 7, 2020 - 12:00am

The pandemic hasn’t stopped the Games and Amusements Board from performing its duties and creating new projects.

by Bill Velasco - January 5, 2009 - 12:00am

I always get sentimental, more so since after all the furor of the holidays has died down, all that is left for most people is silence, and a return to the daily grind.

How realistic is Pacquiao-Marquez III?

by Bill Velasco - January 3, 2009 - 12:00am

In the mix of final fights being lined up for Manny Pacquiao’s farewell tour, an unlikely name cropped up, one that some experts believed the four-time world champion would never consider again: Juan Manuel...

Expect blockbuster 2009

by Bill Velasco - December 29, 2008 - 12:00am

2009 is going to be another blockbuster for Philippine sports, both in terms of a loaded schedule of events and the usual backroom and boardroom maneuvering going on in several sports.

Living with crisis

by Bill Velasco - December 22, 2008 - 12:00am

The year 2008 has once again been a test of endurance and financial stability for major sporting leagues.

Greens getting greener

by Bill Velasco - December 15, 2008 - 12:00am

Play your game. Feed the poor. Save the earth. With just one stroke.

Higher calling

by Bill Velasco - December 13, 2008 - 12:00am

This week, a turning point in Philippine sports came, and its impact will hopefully be felt well into the next decades.

Pacman did right, De La Hoya did not

by Bill Velasco - December 8, 2008 - 12:00am

What can Manny Pacquiao do for an encore? The four-time world champion emphatically tarnished the legend of The Golden Boy in a commanding performance over eight rounds.

Pumaren airs side on 'conflict of interest'

by Bill Velasco - December 1, 2008 - 12:00am

There was no concerted effort to exclude players of De La Salle schools from recruitment for the Philippine youth team, and there was no conspiracy to recruit players from the youth team for the Green Archers.

Pumaren out of youth team

by Bill Velasco - November 29, 2008 - 12:00am

The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is set to replace Philippine youth basketball team head coach Franz Pumaren with Eric Altamirano.

Lawn bowls, sure gold

by Bill Velasco - November 24, 2008 - 12:00am

ANGELES, Pampanga – The first Greg McDougall Memorial Cup lawn bowls tournament fired off, with almost the entire Philippine team in attendance.

Much work to be done

by Bill Velasco - November 22, 2008 - 12:00am

First, the SBP will be free to move and implement its programs, unless the Basketball Association of the Philippines actually commits to taking their case (overturned this week) to the Supreme Court. But, truth be...

Children of war, children of peace

by Bill Velasco - November 17, 2008 - 12:00am

MATINA, Davao – Metro Manila is not the Philippines.

Guam hoops exchange

by Bill Velasco - November 15, 2008 - 12:00am

Two weeks ago, this writer learned of the vast and frequent exchange of sports talent between the Philippines and China, not limited to the big cities we’re familiar with like Shanghai and Beijing.

Visionary wanted

by Bill Velasco - November 8, 2008 - 12:00am

We all hated school, except when it was our favorite subject (excluding recess, that is). Yet, much of what we learned about the fundamentals of life, we learned in school.

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