Daunting tasks for incoming PBA czar
Even before the PBA board of governors come to a final decision May 14 on who will succeed outgoing commissioner Chito Salud, the immediate tasks of the would-be chosen one…
Cancer patient seeks Pacquiao
Cris Esguerra left Wednesday from North Carolina where he has been living for more than a decade and arrived in this city not to gamble or be entertained, but to…
Fil-Am singer nervous, excited
Gail Banawis, the statuesque New Yorker who will sing the national anthem before the start of the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight on Saturday, said she is nervous but excited…
Pacman has winning formula
Freddie Roach said Thursday he has devised an elaborate strategy that will deliver a decisive victory for Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao in his ‘Fight of the Century’ against Floyd Mayweather.
Boxing’s future at stake
When Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao enter the ring on Saturday the stakes could not be higher, even for a bout already labeled the “Fight of the Century.”
Roach, Floyd Sr. provide fireworks
Rival trainers Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr. engaged in a verbal tussle on Thursday, providing the fireworks that the main event fighters declined to produce in the runup to…
Freddie wages own war
Freddie Roach, the trainer who has prepared Manny Pacquiao to step into the ring against Floyd Mayweather for the biggest fight of his life, wages his own constant war against…
Expect an aggressive Mayweather
Zab Judah, the main sparring partner of Floyd Mayweather Jr., cautions everyone that his benefactor is raring to make heads turn when he faces Manny Pacquiao on Saturday at the…
‘Don’t trust Floyd’
Manny Pacquiao spent what was supposed to be a day-off into something worthwhile when he worked out for the very last time Thursday, two days before what millions think will…
Never been kissed, never been touched
ONLY child si Eunice Lagusad, ang gumaganap na Melody na BFF ni Bianca Umali sa “Once Upon a Kiss” (OUAK). Bago pa siya ipinanganak ng mama niya ay naghiwalay ang…
Tanduay five ends skid
Tanduay Light finally ended its four-game losing streak at the expense of ATC Livermarin, 92-76, in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup, yesterday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.
‘Floyd has to bring his A-game’
As all eyes were on Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather taking their respective seats on the dais on Wednesday, a burly man with a face tattoo began to draw attention.
Arum says Pac-May fight not biggest
Bob Arum, Manny Pacquiao’s legendary promoter, said it was wrong for people to say that the coming bout between his fighter and Floyd Mayweather on Saturday will be the biggest…
PBA: Uichico credits players for title
A career game for veteran forward Ranidel de Ocampo, a near triple-double for Jayson Castro, and a solid performance from import Ivan Johnson carried Talk ‘N Text to the PBA…
Floyd insists fight isn’t about angels, demons
Floyd Mayweather insisted Wednesday that his blockbuster fight against Manny Pacquiao is about boxing and business, not angels and demons, as the rivals went eyeball-to-eyeball at their final pre-fight press…
No trash talk?
There was no snarling, no trash talk, no last-minute gamesmanship, just a simple face-to-face meeting between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. during a subdued press conference Wednesday at the…
