Elorde’s boxers hanging tough amid COVID-19
BY NICK GIONGCO The Elorde Sports Center in Sucat, Paranaque, a sprawling property put up by boxing immortal Gabriel ‘Flash’ Elorde in the 1970s, continues to operate…
Tiger enjoys Masters champions dinner ‘quarantine style’
Reigning Masters champion Tiger Woods had a relaxed dinner with loved ones on Tuesday instead of the Masters Champions Dinner he was once scheduled to host Tuesday at Augusta National.…
No crowds, no Ryder Cup, suggests European captain
LONDON (AFP) — Europe's Ryder Cup captain believes the biennial match with the United States should be postponed if fans are ordered to stay away due to the coronavirus pandemic.…
Nadal, Contador auction memorabilia for Spanish Red Cross
PARIS (Reuters) — Alberto Contador is auctioning his bike from the 2011 Giro d’Italia and Tour de France while Rafa Nadal is selling the shirt he wore when he won…
Giannis, brothers donate masks to Greek city
ATHENS (AFP) - Greek basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brothers donated 10,000 surgical masks to the Athens suburb of Zografou on Wednesday to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. “The municipality of…
Napikon!
NAPIKON si Luis Manzano sa isang basher na tinawag siyang bayot. Cebuano word ito meaning bakla. Sinagot ni Luis ng pa-cool na, “Kung makabayot ka naman, as if masama…
Good Friday thoughts
GOOD Friday is soon upon us. Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God, as they say it in De La Salle. Montemaria is a…
Nagbunga
MAGANDA ang kinalabasan ng panawagan ni Manila Mayor Isko Moreno online sa mga mambabatas. Mungkahi niya, i-donate daw ng mga ito ang kanilang mga suweldo sa ngangailangan dahil…
Garnett on Wolves owner: ‘I don’t do business with snakes’
Kevin Garnett still carries hard feelings toward Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor after an acrimonious split in 2016. Garnett, who was recently selected to be enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame,…
‘Misled’ Australian basketball fans to get refunds for Team USA games
SYDNEY (AFP) — A sports promoter has promised to refund fans left disappointed by poor views and a lack of big-name NBA stars, such as LeBron James, at two Australia vs…
Pampered Kuwaitis quibble in five-star quarantine
The meat is too fatty and the staff are slow to clean up coffee stains -- some Kuwaitis quarantined in five-star hotels due to the coronavirus outbreak have a litany…
Virus may spark ‘devastating’ global condom shortage
A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of…
Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins
Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people fled Wuhan on Wednesday after a 76-day travel ban was lifted on the Chinese city where the…
Players, fans saddened by UAAP volleyball cancellation
BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Players and their fans expressed their disappointment over the cancellation of the UAAP Season 82 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as it…
Stranded in Malaysia, Diaz still looking to raise funds for frontliners, poor
By WAYLON GALVEZ Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is doing her own part to raise funds in her effort to provide food to the poor…
Marcial tries hand in growing veggies, making ‘tuyo’
BY NICK GIONGCO To keep ultra-active athletes like him pre-occupied and always on-the-go, Filipino boxer Eumir Felix Marcial is going into growing vegetables like eggplant, bitter gourd (ampalaya)…
