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Pinoy climbers reach Torq peak
By Peter Atencio
THE seven-member Mt. Everest Team, led by former Transportation Undersecretary Art Valdez, made the summit of Mt. Torq—Southeast Asia’s highest peak—in Kota Kinabalu at the crack of dawn yesterday and stayed there only for an hour due to bad weather.
Pacman won?t accept 50-50 split
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FILIPINO boxing icon Manny Pacquiao’s lawyer said they won’t accept a 50-50 revenue sharing for the planned May 2 showdown with Britain’s Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton and may look for another opponent.
By Rey Joble
AIR21 president and board representative to the Philippine Basketball Association Lito Alvarez expressed confidence the board of governors would allow his company’s request to transfer its existing franchise to one of the companies owned by the Lina Group—Burger King.
THE special board meeting called by chairman Joaqui Trillo to discuss the media-publicized plans of Air21 to change its team name to Burger King in the import-reinforced conference nothing much was achieved.
THE Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals weathered a big scare from the La Salle-Dasmariñas Patriots and escaped with a 76-67 victory yesterday in the 16th National Capital Region Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament at the San Andres Gym in Manila.
BY RONNIE NATHANIELSZ
BOXING fans have a right to be protected when they buy tickets for boxing events, unlike fight cards staged in places such as the Mandaluyong City Gym, where entrance is free and in addition, the fighters are most of the time evenly matched providing exciting battles and excellent entertainment.
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