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When Manny Pacquiao became the newest sporting icon, the mutterings began.
Like all athletes with “crossover” appeal, whispers echoed on about “tradeoffs” and “giving back,” and about it being time Manny developed a “social conscience.”
A handful of sports pundits and politicians, including those gluttonic executives from Malacanang, began the drumbeat: It’s time Pacquiao use his face [...]

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By Valerie Tort
“Train hard, eat smart, and hit like a guy” would be the next best thing in the boxing arena. Another Leila Ali or Regina Halmich would be a smashing hit, even in the corners of Elorde Boxing Gym, one of more popular boxing gyms in Manila.
The Philippine pride [...]

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More victorious fights and competitions to be won for 2007 as opposed to the 2006 Philippine sports highlights. Every Filipino wished triumph for our country as we bid goodbye to 2006 Philippine Sports Arena and welcomed 2007.
15th Asian Games for the 206 Philippine Sports Highlights:
Last year, 19 medals were garnered [...]

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TO SAY the 2005-06 season was a banner year for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is an understatement, considering the league’s eye-popping turnaround in terms of gate receipts, live attendance and TV ratings.

For PBA commissioner Noli Eala, however, there are only five words that fittingly describe last year’s effect on the league — “The PBA [...]

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EXPECT a “lean but mean” Philippine contingent in the Beijing Olympics two years from now after the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Committee (PSC) — the country’s two highest sports governing bodies — decided to shift to a different gear regarding the selection of Olympic bets.
POC president Jose “Peping” Cojuangco and PSC [...]

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