Behind the drama of pro wrestling
I REMEMBER during the early ‘80s when VCRs were still in. Every weekend we used to rent some wrestling tapes and together with my...
Another hit-and-run fight
AT AN OUTDOOR Tokyo music event sometime last month, two boxing superstars had a chance encounter when both were on the venue having separate...
Oldies but not-so-goodies in the NBA
IN LESS than two weeks, the 2018-2019 NBA Season opens. A good batch of rookies will try to impress, second-year players hope to improve...
The Tiger roars again
THE PAST 10 years had been muddled for this top athlete – romantic calisthenics with different women, a messy divorce, four procedures on his...
Where to, Jimmy Butler?
CHICAGO’S 30th pick during in 2011 Draft spent the first year and a half coming off the bench. An injury to the then very...
Challenging the Golden State Warriors
THERE’S no need for a PhD in basketball to assume that the 2019 NBA title will remain in the Bay Area.
Unless season-ending injuries happen...
Serena Williams’ epic US Open meltdown
I REMEMBER the first stanza of a childhood poem “The Maker of All Things” that say, “All things bright and beautiful / All creatures...
Boston Celtics’ time to shine?
LAST season, it took the best player in the Eastern Conference and his band of Cavaliers seven games to dispose of a gritty and...
The Asiad postscripts
FROM the start, we’ve never heard of wild medal predictions from our sports officials as to our performance in the recently concluded 2018 Jakarta...
The Class of 2018 to the Basketball HOF
THIS Saturday morning’s HOF have 13 people who had made significant contributions to the sport of basketball up for induction. Among the cast, seven...