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Alam ko, nakalulungkot. Hindi kasama ang isang halimaw sa laro sa koponan ng Gilas Pilipinas na lalahok ngayong buwan para makapag-qualify sa Rio Olympics sa darating na Agosto.
Pero ano nga ba magagawa natin? Ano naman ngayon kung wala na siya sa Gilas 12? Awtomatiko bang masisira na rin ba nang tuluyan ang mga pagkakataon natin na manalo sa darating na Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT)?
Thursday noon was another written day in the history books. Switching gears, as Micheal Cole once said, we just ended a new chapter and will be writing on a new one; and we're talking about administrations of both Presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte.
But first, let's take a rewind to six years ago. Where were you on 30 June 2010?
Gaya ng kanilang slogan ng pangangampanya, change is coming. Darating na raw ang pagbabago. Dahil andito na raw ang magpapasimuno nito na si dating Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
At totoo naman, dahil pagkatapos ng eleksyon na ginanap noong Lunes a-9 ng Mayo, taong 2016, ay hindi na siya alkalde ng pinakamalaking lungsod sa Pilipinas, kundi pangulo na siya ng bansang Pilipinas mismo.
Perhaps we have seen this before. Like more 16 months in the making. Do you remember when this guy was on the verge of having his contract expired that his championship reign was already been booked with a period on it?
Draw ang resulta sa isang maingay na bigwasan na naganap kagai sa Valkyrie.
Oo, draw ayon sa mga hurado. Unanimous draw nga eh, 19-all ang iskor sa labanang Baron Geisler at Kiko Matos. Kaya humihirit na lamang ang mga 'to ng isang beses pa na maglaban sila sa URCC cage.
Sa totoo lang, parang isang malaking sports entertainment ang nangyayari dito eh. Ang pinagkaiba, hindi ito sa isang wrestling promotion ginanap. At hindi naman sa minamaliit ko ang sport na yun ano (hoy, avid fan kaya ako ng professional wrestling, no?), pero alam mo naman ang nangyayari kapag pinapairal ang ideya ng machismo.
It was a blockbuster Sunday night at the United States as the world of sports and entertainment had put up a massive heavyweight treats (and it actually came in threes) in time for Father's Day. People worldwide had been waiting for a new episode of Game Of Thrones, while at the Bay Area and Ohio, thousands witnessed the culminating game 7 of an epic finale showdown between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.
And here at Las Vegas, professional wrestling gambled all in for the World Wrestling Entertainment's annual special event known as the Money In The Bank.
Emergence. This is the word that described best about LeBron James. After being a choker in the past two NBA Finals series as the leader of Cleveland Cavaliers, James carried his team back into the biggest stage of professional basketball world and all the way til they reached the pinnacle of success, the NBA Championship! All that despite being almost buried down in the deep midway through their best-of-seven semifinal series against (and again) then-defending champs Golden State Warriors.