Streak Shooter

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. This film hasn't been shown yet in the Philippines as this was being written. ONE Saturday afternoon, I took advantage of my day off from my supermarket work to catch the newest boxing movie Creed 2 starring Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, the opponent of Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa. As the title suggests, this is the sequel to the 2015 movie that launched a new look to the Rocky franchise which Stallone started in 1976 where the latter played the underdog Philadelphia boxer whose Cinderella story spawned numerous sequels through the years. In this new movie, Adonis Creed (Jordan) is enjoying his reign as world heavyweight champion with the help of Rocky (Stallone) as his trainer. He is also having a good time in his romantic relationship with his girlfriend Bianca (Tessa Thompson of Thor: Ragrarok ) who is also enjoying a steady career as a pop singer. The couple eventually start a family and Bianca gives birth to a bab...

IF there is one thing that ABS-CBN Sports should do in order to improve its coverage of the NBA games, it's that it has to add more weekend games on its flagship station Channel 2. At present, the NBA on ABS-CBN is only on Saturday mornings. The first half is delayed but the second game comes in live with the usual Taglish commentary coming from PBA legends Benjie Paras and Ronnie Magsanoc. On Fridays, Sundays and Mondays, ABS-CBN airs its NBA telecast on its sister channel S+A which used to be the old Studio 23 that aired a number of canned shows in the 90s. As I have posted many times on this blog, ABS-CBN should add one Sunday game on Channel 2 aside from its regular Saturday games.  Here are the reasons why ABS-CBN should add a Sunday game on Channel 2. 1. It's better than a Tagalized Disney movie. The Sunday morning time slot on ABS-CBN is usually reserved for kids who stay at home with their families. But a big problem in that time slot is the K...