Mendoza: Coke back to SMC? Nothing wrong there
WHAT’S all this fuss about Coke being owned again by San Miguel Corp. (SMC)?
If true, I see no problem there.
It’d just be a plain business deal. Nothing more, nothing less.
I don’t see this, it indeed it’s true, as interfering in the life and existence of the Philippine...
Mendoza: Believe it or not: Woods feels old at 34
TIGER Woods is merely five shots behind leaders Charles Wi and eagle-making Danny Lee (2 eagles) and Dustin Johnson (2) heading into today’s Round 2 of the AT&T.
Woods scored a 4-under-par 68 with six birdies yesterday in his first tournament in the rich PGA Tour where the winner on...
Mendoza: When will refs and judges end their folly?
A BOXER, his hands down, and not looking at his foe got knocked out.
Who knocked him out?
His foe, who else?
That was the case in the last fight of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather hit Victor Ortiz with back-to-back shots to the face and Ortiz lost by knockout.
...
Mendoza: Glad Pacquiao not fighting Mayweather
WHO is celebrating?
I am.
Why wouldn’t I?
From the very start, I never wanted a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout. I had always considered this a farce of a fight if ever it materialized.
It’d just be held for the money, never in the best interest of boxing.
Of course...
Mendoza: Zeroing in on Tiger, Rory, Rafa, Novak
TIGER Woods finishing third in Abu Dhabi is fine by me.
He played well and good and it just happened that The Rock played a little better to prevail.
Woods was two shots back after the tournament, blowing a third-round lead with one round left to play.
Not bad, although not...
Mendoza: TNT is champ but Powerade also fit for valor
TALK ‘N TEXT deserves to win because, well, that was expected.
It had all the reasons, if not artillery, to capture the crown.
Its 4-1 triumph over Powerade--achieved only last Sunday via a title-clinching 110-101 victory--typified TNT’s overwhelming edge.
The disparity in...
Mendoza: Whatever is the outcome, Tigers thrill
ONE will try to win the war, the other to survive another battle.
That’s the scenario in another PBA Philippine Cup Finals offering on Sunday.
Will Talk ‘N Text succeed?
As I said, Talk ‘N Text is the runaway favorite against Powerade in the best-of-seven series mainly...
Mendoza: Problem like The Fraud is akin to Maria
HOW do you solve a problem like Floyd Mayweather Jr.?
Akin to Maria in the film classic “The Sound of Music?”
Both Floyd’s father and uncle failed—terribly, miserably.
In the end, both found themselves getting fired as trainers – by Floyd himself. Nobody wins against...
Mendoza: Manny-Floyd tiff isn’t worth our while, sir
WHY Manny Pacquiao talked to him boggles the mind.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t worth our while, much more if you are Pacquiao.
He has libeled Pacquiao, telling the world Pacquiao uses drugs and steroids for power and body bulk.
Then, even as he faced oral defamation charges...
Mendoza: Powerade out if Tiger David couldn’t growl
I CANNOT doubt Talk ‘N Text’s ability to make it 2-0 over Powerade when they battle again on Monday, this time at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.
In fact, I find it hard to find a reason why TNT won’t proceed to win the best-of-7 title series.
From their emphatic...
Mendoza: I don’t troll, I just sing a la John Lennon
BELOW is the unedited e-mail to me of reader Marino G. Santos:
“Your column today (01/14/12) surely qualifies you to be a novice for fighthype. But you troll too much, I guess not[?]. The convicted Floyd has a jail term to face, that’s why he’s rushing. That’s his problem. The best is him...
Mendoza: Who will star in Game 7, D. I or Alapag?
EARLIER, it was the forgotten man that starred, powering Petron to a 3-1 edge over Talk ‘N Text in the best-of-seven semifinals of the PBA Philippine Cup.
Mendoza: What the heck is happening in Pac-May fight?
THE heat is on.
Or, is it, “The heck is on?”
Mendoza: I don’t like it happening but what can I do?
I CAN only think of three reasons if Manny Pacquiao will finally choose Floyd Mayweather Jr. to be his first foe for 2012.
Mendoza: We don’t have monopoly of judicial perfidy
WHO said it only happens in the Philippines?
Who said only our own Supreme Court can commit a flip-flop?
Only in the Philippines, huh?
Think again, fellas.
Even in great and glorious America, they also do it.
I specifically refer to Melissa Saragosa.
The...
Mendoza: A fourth fight biggest heist in boxing ever
IS it true that they are at it again?
I mean, that--hold your horses, fellas--a Pacquiao-Marquez fight is in the offing, yet again?
After three fights, we need a fourth one?
After three fights with Pacquiao the winner of two after the first one ended in a questionable draw,...
Mendoza: To the NSAs, just do it now: Liquidate or die
ALWAYS, it seems like the liquidation aspect bugs the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) no end.
Thus, again, we see PSC Chair Richie Garcia, who just lost a son, 38, that had succumbed to a heart attack last Christmas in Bacolod (my deepest condolences, Sir), issuing yet another circular...
Mendoza: One thing’s for sure: Madame Auring’s silent
IT is three days before Floyd Mayweather Jr. starts serving his 90-day jail sentence in Las Vegas, Nevada. If he behaves, he’ll be set free in March.
It can only happen in America.
Whether a nondescript man or a celebrity, you’ll get yourself thrown behind bars if you mess with...
Mendoza: Include senior citizens in your list, please?
WHAT is Christmas? What is New Year?
Christmas is more of giving than receiving—giving to both kids and adults. In fact, it’d be ideal if we are equally generous to senior citizens as though they are kids themselves. Shin Paul Chan agrees.
Better yet, give more to senior...
Mendoza: Donaire ready for 2012 but not Pacquiao
AS the year sees its last day today, Manny Pacquiao has yet to find his first foe for 2012.
But not Nonito Donaire Jr.
If ESPN.com is to be believed, Donaire will face Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. on Feb. 4 at the famed Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Already, Donaire, even if he’...
Mendoza: For Pacquiao, a question of word and cash
IT doesn’t get any better than this.
With Floyd Mayweather Jr. being sent to jail for domestic violence, chances are Manny Pacquiao’s case against The Fraud will also draw a favorable ruling from the court.
Mendoza: Bye again to Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight
GOOD for him.
I have nothing against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Nothing personal, I mean.
I want him punished for his sins against man, indiscretions against society, so that others may learn from his example. That’s all right, I guess?
The 90 days-in-jail for Mayweather wasn’t...
Mendoza: Cone can’t have his cake and eat it, too
LONG after the 2011 PBA Philippine Cup is over, Tim Cone might still probably be sulking.
I say this because of what happened to him in a span of only five days.
On Dec. 14, he needed to pilot his B-MEG to victory past Powerade. A win would push his Llamados to the semifinals. He...
Mendoza: Cone can’t be that weak or Bo will strike
TIM Cone had a rather unhappy birthday this year.
On Wednesday, he lost a game that, had he pulled it out of the fire, it would have been the embodiment of a best-ever birthday gift for him in years.
A win for Cone would have made his new job at B-MEG easier to handle. At the...
Mendoza: At 33, Pacman has the world on his fingertips
THIS is for the thirty or something.
When you turned 33, what have you already done, achieved?
