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Raffy Uytiepo
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Move over Curry
by Raffy Uytiepo - August 1, 2023 - 12:00am
Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty won the WNBA 3-point contest recently in Las Vegas. 
NBA players in the world
by Raffy Uytiepo - July 4, 2023 - 12:00am
Don’t look now, but foreign players in the National Basketball Association are looking forward to hook up with their National Teams.
The first dunker
by Raffy Uytiepo - June 27, 2023 - 12:00am
The first seven-footer player is hardly a big name but Bob Kurland, also known as “Foothills,”
So close but…
by Raffy Uytiepo - June 13, 2023 - 12:00am
The Boston Celtics were on the verged of re-writing history, coming from a -0.3 deficit to win a championship, but it was not to be so.  It also made me a fake prophet, predicting that the Celtics would be NBA...
Boston icon Rick Hoyt dies
by Raffy Uytiepo - May 30, 2023 - 12:00am
Rick Hoyt who was born with cerebral palsy and could not use his arms or legs, finished the Boston Marathon 36 times, using his wheelchair with his father Dick, pushing the chair over 1,000 races. 
Happy days over
by Raffy Uytiepo - May 23, 2023 - 12:00am
In my previous columns, I wrote on the scheming and manipulating ways of hosts countries in the Southeast Asian Games.
Black is beautiful
by Raffy Uytiepo - May 16, 2023 - 12:00am
Segregation was a set of laws that forced people of different races to live separately. 
2023 Sea Games marathon
by Raffy Uytiepo - May 9, 2023 - 12:00am
The Philippines has always been a power in the SEA Games Marathon but sad to say, not anymore. 
London marathon
by Raffy Uytiepo - May 2, 2023 - 12:00am
Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya surged after the 30-kilometer mark to break this year’s London Marathon open, in 2:01:25. 
Boston Eludes Eliud
by Raffy Uytiepo - April 25, 2023 - 12:00am
Reigning marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya was the heavy favorite to clinch his fifth major marathon win the 127th Boston Marathon, but defending champion Evans  Chebet  34, also of Kenya,...
Athletic musicians
by Raffy Uytiepo - April 18, 2023 - 12:00am
In a previous column I wrote about running athletes.  Now, here’s athletic musicians
Bisdak runners
by Raffy Uytiepo - April 11, 2023 - 12:00am
The Kenyans are undoubtedly the best runners in the world, just look at the results of the prestigious marathons and it’s more likely that they occupy the first five places if not  the top ten. ...
Ethiopian runner misses world record
by Raffy Uytiepo - April 4, 2023 - 12:00am
Don’t look now but, Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha almost  broke the 5K world record but came in short by one second. 
Free throws
by Raffy Uytiepo - March 28, 2023 - 12:00am
A free throw could make or break a close game, but even the best three pointers could miss from the charity stripe and there’s even nobody to bother the shot.
Deaths in sports
by Raffy Uytiepo - March 21, 2023 - 12:00am
Some sports are more obviously dangerous than others, boxing, auto racing and football to name just three.
Gansu ultramarathon disaster
by Raffy Uytiepo - March 14, 2023 - 12:00am
On May 23,2021, 21 professional runners died from hypothermia out of 172 participants in a government- sponsored 100km trail running held in Yellow River Stone forest in Jinghai County, Gansen, China.
Home cooking
by Raffy Uytiepo - March 7, 2023 - 12:00am
It’s common knowledge that the host country in a tournament not only enjoy homecourt advatage but it could stack the deck on their favor, defeating the purpose of the games. 
Barefoot runners
by Raffy Uytiepo - February 28, 2023 - 12:00am
Rhea Bullus, an 11 year old student at Salvation  Elementary School Barangay  Cabalic,  Balasan, Iloilo City, made waves recently when she won 3 gold medals in the Iloilo Sports Council Meet.
Marathon deaths
by Raffy Uytiepo - February 21, 2023 - 12:00am
In my last column, I wrote on the hazards  and deaths in a marathon.
Run in Peril (rip) SPORTS EYE
by Raffy Uytiepo - February 14, 2023 - 12:00am
The running community was shocked the other week when news  screaming the death of a runner in the 7-Eleven 2023 Marathon, hit the headlines. 
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