Loving the Raiders is Hating Football

BY MICO HALILI February 09, 2010 | 11:18AM

I totally can’t relate to the 2010 Superbowl. Truth is, I totally couldn’t relate to the Superbowls of the past years. Year after year, my interest in the NFL waned. It was once a passion. Now it’s simply the past.

I suppose if this were horse-racing and you kept betting on wrong horses, horses who always ended up dead last, and kept at it for several years, you’d eventually run out of interest that compels and money to burn. I thought the Oakland Raiders rumbled on the field like the legendary thoroughbred Man ‘O War. Actually, the Raiders once did. But not anymore. They haven’t had a decent gallop in a while. A long while. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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From Walking-Out to Closing-Out in the PBA

BY MICO HALILI February 08, 2010 | 12:57PM

Let me update my blog about expectations for Game 4 between Ginebra and Talk N Text. Firstly, we didn’t have a Game 4. What we had was a walkout and potentially the ugly end of a series. I definitely didn’t expect that. Thankfully, TNT agreed to play Sunday night. So let me update my expectations for Game 4 with what transpired in Game 5. Fair enough? Okay. Let’s go.

In tonight’s Game 4 of the best-of-5 PBA Quarterfinals between Talk N Text and Ginebra and between Purefoods and Rain or Shine, I expect…

Mac Cardona to have a strong 4th quarter. Cardona always wants the ball in his hands. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Sports Scandals

BY MICO HALILI February 07, 2010 | 12:59PM

What a coincidence. I was interviewed for the QTV Channel 11’s weekly show Ang Pinaka last Thursday. The topic was biggest international sports scandals. The day after, Talk N Text walks out of Game 4 of the PBA Quarterfinals. Nice.

I was on EDSA north-bound about to make the 6pm calltime for the Purefoods-Rain or Shine game. While on the road, I followed the Talk N Text-Ginebra game on radio (810khz). First, the collision between Ranidel de Ocampo and Ronald Tubid. Then, the announcement for a Flagrant Foul Penalty 2. Then, the ejection. Then, PBA radio sportscaster and ANC Hardball host Boyet Sison hollered in baritone, ”Talk N Text is walking out of the court!” Read the rest of this entry »

 
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What to Expect in Game 4 of Quarterfinals

BY MICO HALILI February 05, 2010 | 09:30AM

In tonight’s Game 4 of the best-of-5 PBA Quarterfinals between Talk N Text and Ginebra and between Purefoods and Rain or Shine, I expect…

Photo Post: Behind the Scenes at BTV

BY LIA CRUZ February 04, 2010 | 10:08AM

This is how we roll on BTV: I am very focused, shooting spiels or recording VOs

and everyone else (I love them all) tries their darndest to distract me.

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