{"id":1785,"date":"2008-12-07T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2008-12-08T18:29:40","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T00:29:40","slug":"the-birth-of-a-sports-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=1785","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of a Sports Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.thenewsroom.com\/mash\/swf\/voxant_player.js?a=V3553560&#038;m=721743&#038;w=480&#038;h=380'><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao on his win against Oscar De La Hoya during HBO&#8217;s Dream Match yesterday, December 6.  He is an inspiration to Filipinos everywhere. Talk about changing your stars!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>PACQUIAO LINKS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mannypacquiao.ph\/\" >PACLAND &#8211; Official Web Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manny_Pacquiao\" >Manny Pacquiao on Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pacquiaovideo.com\/\" >Pacquiao Video Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/boxing\/fighters\/pacquiao_manny\/bio.html\" >Pacquiao Bio on HBO Boxing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mannypacquiaofan.com\/\" >Pacquiao Fan Web Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mannypacquiao.com\/\" >Another Pacquiao Fan Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nike.com.ph\/manny\/\" >Nike&#8217;s Manny Pacquiao<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NEWS COVERAGE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/07\/sports\/othersports\/07boxing.html?partner=permalink&#038;exprod=permalink\" >Smaller Pacquiao Topples De La Hoya<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/printedition\/la-sp-boxing7-2008dec07,0,3900216,full.story\" >Analyzing Pacquiao&#8217;s victory over De La Hoya<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2008\/12\/07\/SPSC14JKCI.DTL\" >Pacquiao too fast, too strong in lopsided win<\/a> (SF Chronicle)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.usatoday.com\/gameon\/2008\/12\/oscar-de-la-hoy.html\" >De La Hoya-Pacquiao round-by-round<\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/sportsNews\/idUSTRE4B608E20081207?sp=true\" >Pacquiao stuns &#8220;Golden Boy&#8221; De La Hoya with TKO<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videosearch?q=dream+match&#038;emb=0&#038;aq=f#q=pacquiao%20vs%20de%20la%20hoya%20dream%20match&#038;emb=0\"><br \/>\nClick here for videos on Google!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao on his win against Oscar De La Hoya during HBO&#8217;s Dream Match yesterday, December 6. He is an inspiration to Filipinos everywhere. Talk about changing your stars! PACQUIAO LINKS: PACLAND &#8211; Official Web Site Manny Pacquiao on Wikipedia Pacquiao Video Collection Pacquiao Bio on HBO Boxing Pacquiao Fan Web Site Another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,22],"tags":[193,194],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1798,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}