I finally got to see Wei Jian dunk (yes, he’s Singaporean)
Finally, after four games, I got to see what I wanted to see: home boy Hong Wei Jian with a two-handed dunk in a competitive game for the Singapore Slingers.
I want to see what a 211cm, 103kg basketball player looks like at the Slingers-Barracudas ABL game this Sunday
The Slingers will come up against a man mountain in the form of Lonnie P. Jones of the Brunei Barracudas this Sunday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
An athlete’s insights into the IVP 10,000m race
Devathas Satianathan, 21, a law undergraduate at the Singapore Management University (SMU), shares his insights as he prepares for his first 10,000m race on the track this Sunday at the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Championships.
So some US athletes not coming because YOG is not a high-level competition? Never mind.
Let's just take it as another feather in our collective ability to stage world class events in Singapore, in the same way we have done so for the Formula One SIngapore Grand Prix.
Will EPL possibly cost you $80 a month? Probably.
If SingTel mio TV doesn't charge you around $70 to $80 a month for the English Premier League come next August 2010, they will lose their pants.
Watching EPL is too expensive? Nobody forcing you to pay, what.
So SingTel has won the right to air the English Premier League on mio TV in August 2010. Incumbent StarHub is staring at a financial black hole, especially since ESPN Star Sports is also walking out the door next year as well into the loving arms of SingTel (for a nice fat fee, no doubt).
The difference between Slinger and Ginebra fans? Like night and day.
If you ever wanted to see a contrast between Filipinos and Singaporeans, come down and watch a Singapore Slingers game against a Filipino team sometime.
You know why Caguioa dared to punch Jeffers in our house? Because we let him.
If we do not support our own boys - and there are seven Singaporeans on the 12-man Slingers roster - nobody else will.