LISTEN: Reliving the historic moment the Philippine women’s national team qualified for 2023 World Cup
By Colin Salao Medill Reports The Philippine women’s national football team has achieved something no other Philippine football team has ever done: qualify for the FIFA World Cup. To do this, they won one of the most momentous contests over Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup last January. The Malditas, […]
Cincinnati Bengals celebrate magical season, first Super Bowl appearance in 34 years despite rowdy road atmosphere
By Colin Salao Medill Reports The Super Bowl is played in a supposedly neutral site. But in Super LVI, the Cincinnati Bengals drew the Los Angeles Rams playing on the team’s home turf of the SoFi Stadium. Rams fans showed up in jubilant force. The Bengals were essentially a road team for the Feb. 13 […]
Collin Morikawa’s high school mentors laud humility of the ‘best athlete that’s ever come from La Cañada’
By Colin Salao Medill Reports LOS ANGELES — Collin Morikawa’s former instructors at La Cañada High School can speak at length about how the now-professional golfer was well-liked, performed well academically and, outside of being a golf wunderkind, was known for his now patented smile. But Spartans’ boys basketball coach Tom Hoffman has the briefest […]
LA-based Filipinos show the Philippines can love football
By Colin Salao Medill Reports LOS ANGELES — In the Philippines, despite the NBA’s continued success, American football has been off the air since the NFL was dropped by TV5 after the 2017 season. However, the NFL has found a following within the Filipinos in Los Angeles, host of Super Bowl LVI and home to […]
The Super Bowl is for the rich — or those willing to sacrifice
By Colin Salao Medill Reports LOS ANGELES — On Saturday night, less than 24 hours before Super LVI, the entry price for tickets to the game at SoFi Stadium was $3,054 according to ticket reseller site SeatGeek. In a city where the median monthly household income is a little over $5,500, the lofty price tag […]
