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Manny Pacquiao should retire, but here’s why he won’t
By Rene Pastor There was a jarring moment there as his head rested near the ring apron that I thought Manny Pacquiao had been hurt badly. A chopping right had knocked him out and it took several minutes for him to get back up. He finally did get up, but you could see the crowd […]
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Manny Pacquiao towers over Times Square
Commuters watch as boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao goes through a hard workout with trainer Freddie Roach in a training session that was broadcast live on a video board in Times Square. Pacquiao is preparing for his fourth fight against three-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez on December 8th at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Photo […]
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Pacquiao-Marquez #4? Yawn
By Elton Lugay The recently defeated Manny Pacquiao is back in the ring, scheduled to fight Juan Manuel Marquez on December 8 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao lost in a controversial split decision to Timothy Bradley in June, but a rematch is out of the question. Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach said, “Mr. Bradley doesn’t sell any […]
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Sultry Filipina is a sports & fitness journalist
Jeannette Josue used to imagine herself a broadcast journalist like Connie Chung, whom she and her grandmother would watch on the evening news and admire. But it was a thought that lingered unshared because at that time, Jeannette was conscious of her “speech impediment.” “I had a Filipino accent and had difficulty pronouncing my “Th’s, […]
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Mets celebrates Filipino Heritage Night on Sept. 17
For the third consecutive year, the New York Mets will celebrate Filipino Heritage Night when they play the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on September 17th. There will be pre-game festivities outside of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, featuring local performers such as the Kinding Sindaw cultural dance troupe and singer Adinah Lagud. Professor Kevin Nadal […]
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A race to save marriage
By Elton Lugay How can an athletic competition keep marriages from falling apart? That’s what Timothy Aquino, a 45-year-old contestant of Ironman Triathlon, will seek to find out. Tim is registered for the first Ironman U.S. championship in the New York/New Jersey area next month. The World Championship – bringing in all the winners across […]
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Jeremy Lin outsmarts Knicks’ Dolan, maneuvers way into $25-M contract
By Alek Bituin I hate playing the race card. It’s a cheap angle to take since writing from that lens elicits such visceral reactions from people. Sometimes, it’s justified. Oftentimes, it’s not. But using race as a central theme to a topic generally distracts the reader from the underlying message. That being said – how […]
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What happened in Vegas did not stay in Vegas
By Elton Lugay “Ring announcer Michael Buffer could not believe what he saw on the results sheet,” nursing assistant Elsa Mole from Connecticut excitedly recounted her story to The FilAm. “He was hesitant to announce Timothy Bradley as the WBO welterweight champion.” Mole was among the thousands who watched the Pacquiao-Bradley match June 9 in […]
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Clay Rapada, Filipino Yankee
By Nestor Enriquez There is someone new in the 2012 Yankees roster. A curve ball maybe, a Filipino American wearing the thin stripes #39 uniform: Clay Rapada. He is listed in the roster as 6’5”, 200 pounds. Certainly not the Pinoy frame as he is almost half a foot taller than San Francisco Giants’ Tim […]