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A blast from Peyups past: My running diary of the UAAP opening day 2003 by Fire Quinito on Jul 7, 2011I started writing about way back, filing stories about the UP Fighting Maroons for an old incarnation of Peyups.com. With the new UAAP season opening this Saturday, I unearthed an old article I wrote in 2003, a running diary of the league's opening.
Guess who’s broadcasting the Azkals’ World Cup qualifying match in Sri Lanka by Fire Quinito on Jun 26, 2011It’s our favorite naturalized Filipino (by a Marcos presidential decree) from Sri Lanka himself, Ronnie Nathanielsz! I can’t really make a comment on ABS-CBN’s choice itself (considering I’ll soon be technically working for a television net...
FIBA-Asia Champions Cup day 1: Smart Gilas dominates Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia by Fire Quinito on May 28, 2011I’m filing reports on Smart Gilas in the FIBA-Asia Champions Cup for InterAksyon.com, the official news website of TV5. If you’ve been following this site from the very beginning, you’d appreciate the delicious irony of me covering the team for...
SLAM Philippines out now! by Fire Quinito on May 25, 2011I’ve been a fan of SLAM since high school, and up until a few years ago I still bought the magazine every month, until the hefty price tag (~P500-P600 a pop) made me reassess its place in my life’s list of priorities. Continue reading "SLAM Phi...
Pacific Rims now out on paperback by Fire Quinito on May 20, 2011Got a text message earlier this afternoon from Pacific Rims author and occasional Fire Quinito contributor Rafe Bartholomew. He’s been back in town for a few weeks now, and he has some great news to announce about his book: Great news! The paperba...
Solar screws Pinoy basketball fans, pulls Basketball TV out of Global Destiny Cable by Fire Quinito on May 2, 2011This weekend, basketball fans subscribed to Global Destiny Cable were shocked to find that Basketball TV was no longer part of their channel line-up. The cable company announced that Solar, which owned the channel, had signed an exclusive deal with t...
An apology by Fire Quinito on Apr 21, 2011GMA News Online editor-in-chief Howie Severino emailed last Tuesday night, taking issue with a paragraph I wrote in my last piece about Krip Yuson’s plagiarism: When I first called up Rey Joble to inform him about the apparent plagiarism, I asked...
Krip Yuson is a plagiarist AND a jackass by Fire Quinito on Apr 18, 2011I was ready to just let the whole Krip Yuson plagiarism issue die down; the man said his piece immediately after I’d brought the issue to fore, and writers from other corners of the Internet came up with thoughtful, well-written pieces on the matte...
FQ turns two by Fire Quinito on Apr 12, 2011This blog turns two years old today, so let me take this opportunity to celebrate this blog’s modest achievements. Over the past couple of years, the level of discourse about sports in this country has deepened and broadened, and I’m proud to sa...
Links about Krip Yuson's plagiarism issue by Fire Quinito on Apr 12, 2011Presented without comment: GMA News Online: “Famed writer Krip Yuson apologizes for plagiarism” stuart santiago: “plagiarism and, uh, krip yuson? is that you?” RadikalChick: “plagiarism apology as can of worms” Interlineal: “Ruins a...
