Fifty Peso Shots: October 2010

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Now, some shots (good and bad) from the cheap seats:


The Good:

• Kudos to the new UFC Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez.  I was among millions who doubted him, but he sure proved us wrong.  He showed tremendous quickness and cardio which allowed him to move well and escape from his back.  I think that was his key to defeating Brock Lesnar.

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Fathers and Sons....Iiiiinteresting...

     Ask almost anyone and they'd remember when Mother's Day is.  Father's Day, though, is a whole different story.  In honor of the oft-forgotten special day to honor dads, here's my special post, featuring the most interesting father-son relationships in sports.










Bill and Luke Walton (NBA Basketball)












     NBA players with famous NBA fathers are growing in number nowadays, but few have the special relationship these two have.  Bill was the anchor of the 1976-77 Portland Trail BLazers team that won an NBA Championship.  Then, he went on to the Boston Celtics and also earned a championship there.  Although injuries would shorten his career, BIll would continue his affair with the NBA, by being a TV analyst.  Meanwhile, Luke was drafted into the NBA to, in the irony of ironies, hated Celtics rival LA Lakers.  As of this week, Luke has tied his dad, winning two championships with the Lakers.  As if a father and son playing for the Celtics and Lakers, respectively, isn't interesting enough, there were games about at least six times, where Bill did the coverage of the Luke's games.  BIll tried his hardest to sound objective, but his being silent during Luke's exploits is quite indicative that he had a difficult time analyzing his son's game to the public.

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A Wish Granted?

The biggest bowling news lately is how American cops endangered the arrest and incarceration of a suspected drug dealer because they played Wii bowling in his house after they raided it. In the side of my bowling world, however, no news is bigger than the headlines made last Friday.

Last Friday, legendary Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno notched another bowling victory by earning the right to represent the country in the 2009 AMF Bowling World Cup, which will be held in Melaka, Malaysia from November 14 to 21, 2009. The 52 year old placed 2nd in the 64-game elimination round and then blasted his much younger competition in the stepladder finals. Paeng first faced Paolo Valdez and smashed him, 244-236 and 213-181. He then brought the pain to top seed Benshir Layoso, whipping the national team bowler 217-201 and 242-195 to earn his 16th trip to one of bowling's most hyped tournaments. Paeng's enviable record at the World Cup (an unprecedented 4 titles in 15 attempts) plus his record of 118 overall titles is what he plans to bring to the table come November.

While this piece of news is more than enough for me to get excited for November, another older, but no less important piece of news added very dry wood to the already raging fire of my excitement.

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