9 Filipino Sports Heroes and the 1954 Philippine Basketball Team Enshrined to Hall Of Fame

Nine Filipino outstanding sportsmen with remarkable feats and a formidable team made the Philippines proud, will be inducted to the first ever Philippine Sports Commission PSC Hall of Fame last May 5, 2010 at the Maynilad Hall of the Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippines

Late boxing greats such as Gabriel “Flash” Elorde, Francisco “Pancho” Guilledo, Ceferino Garcia, and the father and son tandem of Jose “Cely” Villanueva, Anthony Villanueva, track and fields stalwarts Miguel White and Simeon Torribio, swimmer Teofilo Yldefonso, and the basketball quintet led by Carlos “Caloy” Loyzaga, that took home the bronze medal that glitters like gold in the 1954 World Basketball Championships made up the illustrious first batch of PSC Hall of Famers.

Elorde reigned as WBC super featherweight Champion for seven years from 1960 to 1967, while Guilledo was the world flyweight champion from 1923 to 1925. Garcia on the other hand was the world middleweight champion from October 1929 to May 1940.

Yldefonso, the first Filipino medalist in the Summer Olympics salvaged a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. He duplicated his feat when he took another bronze medal in the same event at the Los Angeles Games, four years later.

The Los Angeles Olympic Games also produced another great Filipino athlete in Torribio who collared the bronze medal in the men’s long jump and boxer, Jose “Cely” Villanueva, who annexed the bronze medal in the bantamweight division.

In 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, athletics stalwart White brought home the bronze in the men’s 400-m hurdles.

Villanueva’s son Anthony made a breakthrough as he took the country’s first ever silver medal in the games, as he wound up second in the men’s featherweight in boxing in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Taking the cudgel for the RP team, Loyzaga steered the vaunted Philippine basketball squad to a respectable bronze medal triumph in the 1954 World Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Philippines’ lofty finish here is still the highest placing for any Asian country in the World Championships.

Two thumbs for making the Filipinos spirits high!

Probable Manny Pacquiao Next Opponent Edwin Valerio Committed Suicide

One of the most feared and exciting  boxer in the planet, Venezuelan Edwin Valerio committed suicide while in jail for allegedly killing his wife. He was last seen hanging on his own clothes, which give speculations that, the death of Valerio was not suicide.

Known for his slam-bang action, brute force and ferocity in the ring, Valerio was being groomed as the next fighter that Manny faces which could’ve been a treat to all boxing pundits and aficionados worldwide.

Holding an impressive record of 27 wins and with no loss, the Venezuelan pug was the likely opponent for the Filipino champion and world welterweight champion Pacquiao.

“He was a sensational fighter, sensational,” Bob Arum said as he continued, “He was just electric. A complete crowd-pleasing style… I was grooming him as a great future opponent for Manny Pacquiao. That would have been a sensational fight.

The 28-year old Valerio is the current World Boxing Lightweight holder and was just recently been declared as “champion in recess,” after being jailed in March for mistreating his wife and was on a treatment for alcohol abuse.

Phil Mickelson Steals Show in the Augusta Masters

An American is set to hoist the Augusta Masters trophy, no not the beleaguered and controversial Tiger Woods, but his compatriot Phil Mickelson who fashioned out an emotional and hard fought win.

Mickelson submitted a remarkable 5-under pat 67 to cap his performance on 16-under 272, edging out second placer Lee Westwood by just three strokes.

The sweet victory was indeed dramatic since Mickelson’s wife Amy is fighting her breast cancer for almost a year now.

“It has been an emotional year,” quipped Mickelson, and added, “I’m very proud of the fight and struggle she has been through. It has been very difficult and very emotional. To be on the other end and feel the jubilation is incredible.”

Woods who was in a hiatus for several months after his wife exposed him of his extra-marital affairs with twelve women finished tied for fourth with South Korean K.J.  Choi on 277 after firing a final round 3-under par 69. The two golfers was just a stroke behind third placer Anthony Kim of US.

With this stirring triumph Mickelson increase his Masters title to three and his major titles to four. Mickelson climbed to a share of fourth on the All-Time Masters win list, four short of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus and just one away of Woods and Arnold Palmer.

This year’s edition of the Augusta will go down as one of the most emotional championships, as Mickelson was seen embracing his beloved wife.

Philippine Team Eyeing Jared Homan and More Filipino-Foreigner Players

The Philippine Smart Gilas team is now pinning its hope on Jared Homan as a naturalization prospect to reinforce the team in the shaded lane. The 27-year old Homan of Iowa State is currently playing in the Greek League as contract was sent and team as waiting for his reply.

The 6-10 Homan averaged an impressive 13.6 points and 8.1 rebounds in 31 outings. On his last game with Iowa State he amassed 19 points and 20 rebounds in a losing effort against eventual 2005 NCAA champion North Carolina.

The aggressive effort of the Gilas team is not only in acquiring a naturalized player but also plan to obtain promising Filipino-foreigners to bolster its lineup further.

The team is eyeing two Filipino-Italians 6’6 Christian Stanhardinger of Nebraska and 6’1 Chris Bancher of Seattle University. Filipino-America Chris Lutz of Marshall University is set to join the team in a tournament in Doha, Qatar.

The team’s itinerary in the remaining months ahead includes: a trip to Las Vegas to play five games and then the team departs to Canada to play three more games. The team is also competing in Stankovic Cup in Beirut, Lebanon, the Jones Cup in Taipei and the tough Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

In their recent Aussie stint the Philippine hacked out impressive and scintillating victories. The team came home with five wins and a draw.

In their trip to basketball powerhouse Serbia, the Philippine team missing a reinforcement in the middle and plagued with injuries, absorbed four losses and won just once. The Serbs mightily put the lights out of the Filipinos, by taking full advantage of their sheer height and heft. The losses of the Filipinos were on the Hands of Metalac Valjevo, 76-86, KK Hemofarm Stada Vrsac 67-98, Partizan Belgrad 71-87 and UKK Beograd 79-80. The solo win registered by the Filipinos was against Super Fund 91-84.

Fil-Am Marco Lassiter was the team’s brightest player in Serbia as he unleashed 17 points against Metalac and Beograd and 21 points against Partizan.

How To Cope With Writing Essay Subject And Technology Term Paper?

Did you know that engaging in physical sports boosts your brain to become powerful in writing essay subject and technology term paper? However, if you are a person who is not inclined to writing, you need to learn further what I’m going to say to you.

Very few people can actually write well enough. From primary level, secondary level up to college, you will need to battle up challenges in writing essays. Writing quality essays as your school projects is a daunting task. Have you experienced cramming in writing your school projects? This normally happens if you need to pass your written report the next day. More often, your teacher is impressed by the way you write. So if you passed a written project that is professionally written, you will feel the satisfaction of a job well done. But intelligent teacher can easily perceive if you actually written your report or somebody else had written for you. However, your real aim is to compose a project and meet the deadline. After all, what a teacher really want is that you have accomplished a written essay. If your school campus has a Wi-Fi internet zone access, you can easily bring along your laptop computer with you so that you can easily tap the help of the internet in composing your essay subject. However, you will still suffer the pain of copying plagiarized articles from the internet, and in worst case there is a high possibility that your classmate and you have downloaded exactly the same article and pass it to your teacher. Don’t let this happen to you. And never plagiarize article from the internet. More than 90% of all students in the world need a help in writing their essay subject, therefore, it is more practicable to hire someone from the internet to write for you. But before you begin writing on your own, you need practical tips for writing essay. Considering our hi-tech world, most of our writing needs deals with technology term paper or writings dealing with computer technologies. Again, browsing the internet is a handy help.

Graduate Studies Is Worth Investing For

To be successful in life, you must learn how to deal with it like playing sports. Nowadays, finishing college degrees is not enough. Acquiring post graduate education is a necessity, for the reason that so much competition in this world, employers prefer to hire employees with more degrees. If you are contented with just acquiring a college degree, you are fooling yourself. To land a good job with a decent salary, you need to build a good decoration to yourself by acquiring a masteral degree and even doctoral degree. Studying in a post graduate school is not a simple task. It requires hard work, money and sleepless nights and reading hundreds of pages. What compounds the difficulty of acquiring master or doctor is a difficulty of acquiring a thesis and a dissertation. Nowadays however, writing thesis or dissertation is simplified. The reason is we can top invaluable help from writing service. We encountered writing service who is very handy and helpful in writing for the dissertation. Only few people can actually write well enough. But to pass the masteral and the doctoral degree you should have a convincing and professionally written thesis or dissertation. In order to achieve this, it is now a necessity and very practical to tap the help of the online dissertation to prepare for custom written papers. The challenge of hiring the help of online dissertation services is the meeting of the deadline of the paper. It is important therefore to choose writing service that can meet the deadline. Certain companies that offer custom written papers can easily complete your written requirements within 3 to 12 hours and they support you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And in case of oral inquiry they must have a live support system to instantly answer your queries.

Be practical. Invest some of your finances in acquiring your masteral or doctoral program. After all, the dreaded part is now easily hurdled upon by availing yourself of the online custom writing service!

Have Fun In Playing Basketball

Here are the practical tips you must know by heart when playing basketball: you should have a good running shoes. Do not wear dark colors especially when you are living in a tropical zone. Drink plenty of water and always think of your safety including your team and your opponents. It’s been said that ‘winning the game is not important if at the end of it you acquire injuries’. Of all the body parts you must protect, the most susceptible to injury is your fingers, so exercise caution when handling or catching a ball. Oftentimes, to achieve maximum protection, you need to acquire personal gadgets and practical effects.

Playing basketball is one of the healthiest and happiest sports a person can engage in. To be more efficient in playing especially in basketball, it is a necessity that one must possess quality accessories. The choice of sportswear and sports gadgets must be selected with utmost care considering the durability, the cost-efficiency and the current trends not emphasizing the current fads. If you will browse the internet for online shopping, let say you want to buy NBA paraphernalia, you need to search carefully. But for simplicity however, I suggest you visit the following NBA shop. If you heard of these basketball associations in the nearby region, NBA jerseys and NBA basketball jerseys, you need to have an access to a good NBA shop. Even if you are not an official player in the 2010 All Star-Game, acquiring the gadgets for your personal satisfaction and identifying yourself as a fan of the said 2010 All Star-game, possessing a shirt or any gadget with an All-star logo is a real fun.

Compilation or Collection of Kobe Bryant Quotations or Quotes

Kobe Bryant is perhaps one of the most popular basketball players in the NBA and in the world right now. Kobe which dons the Los Angeles Jersey playing as a Lakers, was tabbed as the 13^th Pick in the 1996 NBA draft, after he was traded by the then Charlotte Hornets for Yusgoslavian now Serbian Vlade Divac. Bryant was a bright prospect ever since he went straight to the NBA upon graduation from high school and made great impact as a rookie. Teaming a formidable one-two punch with Shaquille O’neal, they helped the Lakers collar three straight NBA Championships from 2002 to 2004. The behemoth O’neal parted ways with Bryant and the Lakers in 2004 and the electrifying and exciting Bryant carried the cudgel for his team from then on. Bryant was the scoring leader twice in the NBA and even scored a very impressive 81 points over Toronto Raptors, second best ever in a single game in the NBA, next only to NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points. Also dubbed as the Black Mamba, Bryant bagged the MVP plum in the 2008-2009. In 2009, Bryant captured his fourth championship with the Lakers, the list of accomplishments is indeed astonishing and he is still expected to earn more accolades in the near future if God permits though, for Bryant is always a work in progress and always practice as hard as he could. Moreover, Bryant’s savvy plays in the floor is even reinforced with his maturity in the court, for he is now unselfish and would be willing to carry his team with sheer teamwork and chemistry.

Now here are some of Kobe Bryant’s inspirational quotations or quotes:

“What I’m doing right now, I’m chasing perfection.”

“As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don’t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.”

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

“I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.”

“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”

“I’m playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition – that’s what I’ve always wanted.”

“My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.”

“Sometimes I do wonder what college would have been like. But I made my decision.”

 ”There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.”

“These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.”