This — is a very good night. A great night. A night every Ginebra fan should remember. From the right side of the bed they woke up on, down to their own pre-game rituals come game 7 tipoff. On this night, a worn down, yet (always) fighting Ginebra squad effectively withstood a mighty Air21 onslaught. When each Ginebra player finally gets some alone time after all the victory drinks tonight, they should reflect on how they started the season, and watch tonight’s game on tape.

Aside from my obvious and heartfelt congratulations, Ginebra’s win isn’t what this post is about. Read the rest of this entry »

I was on my work today when I was reminded by a radio show host of a question I’ve also asked myself so many times before, but was too lazy to find out the answer to — why haven’t we been able to nail our first gold medal in the Olympics?

I’ve got a few answers for you.

1. Bowling and Billiards are considered “games”, not sports.
2. Manny Pacquiao won’t be slugging it out inside the ring anytime before November.

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Who said all the big name stars would only be available in 2010?

Restricted or unrestricted, we have Elton Brand, Baron Davis, Josh Smith, Emeka Okafor, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Andris Biedrins, Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette, and Ron Artest out there. While they’re not what you would consider max contract stars, they’re not there just to hand out Gatorades either.

And then there’s Gilbert Arenas.

“Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas has informed Wizards team president Ernie Grunfeld he will agree to a six-year deal worth $111 million, in his words, giving back roughly $16 million of the max, $127 million deal the team offered him Tuesday morning. “This is in line with what I’ve been saying the whole time,” Arenas said Thursday evening in a telephone conversation from China. “You see players take max deals and they financially bind their teams. I don’t wanna be one of those players and three years down the road your team is strapped and can’t do anything about it.“

Link to full story here

Although I’m reserved to the fact that I won’t be seeing that much money in this lifetime, I think Agent Zero is giving himself too much credit here. He “gave back” $16M spread over 6 years? Based on the 06-07 salaries of NBA players, you won’t even be able to sign an aging Brian Scalabrine with that amount. Pffft.

Even if the guy is a bonafide superstar, no one coming from a career threatening injury should be given a contract of that magnitude. If he had played an injury free 07-08 season, his intentions would have been much more believable.