Pages: Is Lance joining Cebu’s Xterra or Ironman?
YES. I mean, yes, there’s a possibility. The 7-time Tour de France champion joined two Xterra races last year.
What’s Xterra? It’s an off-road triathlon with an open-sea swim, a mountain-bike ride, and an off-road trail run.
Lance joined the Xterra USA Championship in Utah last...
Pages: Is Manny Pacquiao now a good boy?
THE Congressman from Sarangani had always been good. He’s good at boxing—winning his last 15 bouts. He’s good at accumulating wealth—earning $20 million per 36 minutes hopping on the ring. Manny is good at strumming the guitar and singing Dan Hill’s “Sometimes When We Touch.” He’s even good at...
Pages: Can we teach harmony through sports?
YESTERDAY’S article by sports editor Mike Limpag was like a Lionel Messi kick: it was direct, straight, razor-sharp.
The biggest losers in this controversy between the Cebu Football Association (CFA) and PAREF-Springdale?
The children. They’re innocent. They just want to play....
Pages: Tri again! Chris Aldeguer returns
The last time the youngest son of Antonio Lopez Aldeguer joined a triathlon event? In 2003.
The next time Chris Aldeguer will try the Tri?
Pages: 7 points on Novak’s 7th straight over Rafa
I HOPE you watched the ultra-marathon tennis battle last Sunday night. Seven minutes short of six hours, Novak Djokovic won for the seventh consecutive time against Rafael Nadal. “7th time unlucky?” I asked two days ago. What a premonition. What a Gladiator-like battle. Here are seven points...
Pages: Rafa vs. Novak: 7th time unlucky?
THE Swiss lost to the Spaniard who’ll face the Serb who defeated the Scot.
Confusing? That’s the “4S” (iPhone 4S, if you were to ask my daughter Jana) who composed the men’s semifinalists of the Australian Open.
The Spaniard, Rafael Nadal, bested his lifelong nemesis, the Swiss...
Pages: Fantastic Four clash at the Australian Open
THE last time Mr. Federer met Mr. Nadal in Melbourne was in 2009.
“God, it’s killing me,” Federer said after losing 9-7 in the fifth set Final, tears of pain rolling down his chiseled cheeks.
Pages: Milan, in Cebu, stars in Mexico vs. Philippines
MICHAEL Pastrano Aldeguer and Bob Arum recently met. One of the top prospects that the chieftains of ALA Promotions and Top Rank discussed?
El Metodico.
The Method Man known for his precise, well-designed and deliberate punches, his name is Milan Melindo.
Aldeguer explained...
Pages: Chess world record: ‘Proudly Made In Cebu!’
WANT to witness history? Today? The Guinness World Record?
Visit the Cebu City Sports Center. I did yesterday. What did I see? Thousands of students with their brain cells activated. They pushed the pawns forward. They gobbled up hundreds of rooks. They smiled when the King collapsed....
Pages: Australian Open notes from Edwin Salazar
WHEN we used to play tennis at the Casino Español prior to his departure for The Land Down Under, the forehand of Engr. Edwin Salazar was most feared. He’d grip the racket upside-down and spin that yellow ball from underneath. He was nicknamed “Cebu’s right-handed Rafa Nadal.”
Edwin is...
Pages: URCC Cebu 7: Bakbakan na!
IF YOU think boxing is bloody, watch mixed martial arts (MMA). With its ruthlessness and savagery, it makes boxing look like a ballet recital.
I watched last Friday. It was my first. Sure, boxing is noisy and full of energy—but you ought to see the Universal Reality Combat Championship (...
Pages: Dancing to chess, Cebu is the world-record city
PIT Señor! To all the balikbayans and guests visiting our beloved and historic Sugbu... maayong pag-abot… welcome!
Cebu City is not only known for hosting the country’s biggest festival—the Sinulog—that dances off the streets this weekend. Cebu City is not only home to the nation’s oldest...
Pages: Has MMA outkicked the sport of boxing?
THE world of boxing is lucky. There’s Manny Pacquiao. Without him, who’d be the superstar? Other sports have plenty. There’s Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic; there’s LBJ and KB; there’s Michael Phelps.
Boxing? Take out our Pinoy pride and there’s no more Mike Tyson or Evander...
Pages: Blessings for a CCM ‘sun’ day last Sunday
THANK you, Lord! When the rains deluged Cebu last Saturday night, we were worried. Rain is good. It usually is. But not during a major outdoor event like a marathon.
But, thanks to His divine plan, the stormy weather stopped at 3 a.m. and the skies
cleared (even from the...
Pages: Cebu Marathon: A celebration of running
THE marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.”—Fred Lebow, founder of the New York City Marathon.
Those words...
Pages: Cebu Marathon: 3 days to go and counting
“THE marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon”—Fred Lebow, founder of the New York City Marathon.
To the 7,000+...
Pages: 12 reminders on the ‘12 Cebu City Marathon
THIS Sunday, lives will forever be changed. Thousands will run the Marathon of Cebu called the Cebu Marathon. Nearly over 1,500 brave-hearts—many of them first-timers—have enlisted to run the 42.195 kilometer race called the Marathon. Another 1,200 are joining the 21K. Over 4,000 are expected to...
Pages: Prayers for the New You this 2012
REV. Billy Graham, spiritual adviser of many U.S. presidents, wrote this beautiful prayer. May these words guide all of us beginning today and for the rest of 2012...
Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year we confess our need of Your presence and Your...
Pages: Sports wishes for 2012
BOYING Rodriguez: 1) Fred Uytengsu invited Lance Armstrong to the XTERRA—I hope he can make it! Wow! 2) A successful Cobra Ironman Triathlon this August. As of today, 1,200 registered coming from 40 countries! 3) I hope I recover from all the holiday eating and have a decent time in the Cebu...
Pages: Miami will win the 2012 NBA Season
IT’S Showtime! After a 149-day lockout when the NBA season was expected to vanish, it’s back. Yes. It’s Christmas—the most joyous time of the year! What a day to start playing ball.
Pages: No joke, 2011 is the ‘Year of the Djoker’
GOOD news! Starting today until Saturday (Dec. 22 to 24), registration for the Cebu City Marathon will reopen. You can visit the website at www.cebumarathon.com or stride inside the Active Zone of Ayala Center to enlist. I...
Pages: A coffee a day keeps you running all day
EVER since I started drinking this brewed beverage back in 2007, I’ve been hooked. I sip coffee twice a day. The first when I arise before six each morning; the next, after lunch. It’s become a habit. A few times when this caffeine dose gets delayed, my body weakens. I feel sleepy.
Coffee...
Pages: Cebu City Marathon: Deadline is today
THE date “Jan. 8, 2012” is near. That’s the Sunday when thousands of runners --from all over the globe, including dozens and dozens of foreign visitors, some Kenyans and Ethiopians—will be participating in the all-awaited CCM.
Today, after over two months since the registration doors have...
Pages: The captain of the University of Champions (UC)
THREE weeks ago, I stepped inside the office of Atty. Augusto Go. The room was spacious. Leather seats rested comfortably. Portraits of the young Gus Go decorated the walls. A 32-inch Samsung TV flashed images beside his cavernous, all-hardwood desk. Papers were stacked. Books adorned the...
Pages: 2012: Year of the (Water Dragon) Triathlete
ACCORDING to the Chinese Zodiac, next year will be the Year of the Dragon. It will run from January 23, 2012 until February 9, 2013. The exact name?
Year of the Water Dragon.
This terminology is fitting because in 2012, water will be the leading and predominant form of sporting...
