It’s called “The Oscars” of its sport. If the game were American football, it would be the Super Bowl. If soccer, the once-every-four-years World Cup. It is comparable in stature to The Masters of golf, the NBA Finals of basketball, the Olympics of the 100-meter dash. Such is the popularity of this 14-day-long event that [...]

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While before, when the question is asked, “What’s in Cebu?” we often answer with the usual “sweet mangoes” and “Magellan’s Cross” and “white-sand beaches” and “SM and Ayala shopping,” after this weekend, we’ll have to add another description: “world-record holders.” For what a brilliant idea from a brilliant man whose passion for dance is incomparable. [...]

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What do you think? For me, it’s a little bit too “girlish.” Or flashy. His white apparel with gold trimmings is fine but that bag??? Peter Bodo says he looks like a “cruise ship host” in his piece entitled Dressing Roger.

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Picture-perfect swing While Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson fanatics stayed up all evening last night to watch the U.S. Open final round, I’d like to share with you the experience of a top-notch golfer who was a recent spectator at the event called “The Wimbledon of Golf.” Maria Johnson, whose former name was Maria Teresa [...]

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Here’s an article I wrote about Mrs. Johnson last May 13, 2007… Today, I’d like to greet a dear friend. We’ve met only once. We’ve met six dozens of times. Confused? In person, yes, only once—but through exchanges of emails the past two years, I’ve gotten to know her very well: that she’s lived in [...]

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Here’s a major running event in Metro Manila happening on July 19. Organized by Globe Telecom and Ayala Land, it will feature the country’s first-ever disposable timing chip. Read more here.

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Published in Nov. 13, 2007, this has to be my favorite of all the articles I’ve written… One of my most fulfilling roles in life is being a dad. I love being a father. I love the moments when I hold my daughter’s hand and take her out to a date, when we sit on [...]

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Once, there was a teenager who lived alone with his father. The two owned a special relationship. Even though the son never got to play basketball—he was always on the bench—his father never stopped cheering from the stands, never missed a game. This young man was the smallest of his class when he entered high [...]

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One of the funniest messages I received this morning… Why is Father’s Day celebrated just days after June 12, Independence Day? To remind us, fathers, that we were once free men! Now on to the more serious ones… Here are quotations I compiled about dads… “I actually tell my son that I don’t have any [...]

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Among the hundreds of fathers I know, he is one of those I admire the most. Successful in his practice as a top ophthalmologist with ACES (Associated Cebu Eye Specialists), he is even more successful in his role as husband to his wife, Stephanie, and as a father. Dr. Ronald Anthony Medalle, when I asked [...]

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Dr. Ronnie Medalle, John Pages, Jingle Polotan, Jana Pages, Santi Medalle, Jasmin Pages, Jourdan Polotan and Steph Medalle in CDO

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Thanks to Dr. Vic Verallo, my mentor in running, for sharing this most profound and meaningful article about fatherhood. (These two stories are true.) STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and [...]

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Two basketball tacticians I conferred with yesterday. JOHNVIC GULLAS, whose family owns the University of the Visayas (UV), stands over 6 feet tall and, during his schooldays, shot eight triples for Sacred Heart (Boys) in one game and nine three-pointers in a Velez College intrams contest. ELMER “BOY” CABAHUG is a celebrity. A former PBA [...]

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ORLANDO WINS GAME 4! THEY DID IT! SERIES NOW TIED, 2-ALL!!! Sorry. That was supposed to have been the script. Orlando should have won. They led 24-20 after 12 minutes, held a 12-point advantage during halftime, led 67-63 after the third quarter and, with just 39 ticks left, led by five. Then, with the same [...]

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Read the full-length SI piece by S.L. Price

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The most prestigious 42K race in the world is in Boston, Massachussetts. Last April 20, the 113th Boston Marathon started with top Filipina runner, Leica Carpo, among the participants. In the Phil. Daily Inquirer article she wrote last June 10, she said…

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Last February, Sports Illustrated conducted a survey where 190 NBA players were asked, “With the game on the line, which NBA player would you want to take the last shot?” Dwayne Wade got two percent; Paul Pierce got three percent, same with Chauncey Billups and LeBron James. Who received a staggering 76 percent? You guessed [...]

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Meyrick and Perl Jacalan are furious. Devoted sports enthusiasts (Meyrick has completed the Hong Kong and Singapore Marathons and follows F1 racing while Perl finished the Singapore 21K and relishes Federer vs. Nadal), they’re infuriated because they can’t watch any sports. Hooked up with Dream Satellite TV, since May 1 almost all the top channels [...]

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Photos taken last November 2007 in Kuala Lumpur when we watched the Federer-Sampras exhibition match… Stephanie Medalle, Jasmin Pages, Michelle So and Chinggay Utzurrum

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