MANNY PACQUIAO ARRIVAL IN LOS ANGELES ARPORT

This is reported from my favorate Elie Seckbach who is very entertaning and humurous. I cant beleive Fabio is unaware of Pacquiao. No doubt he is not a boxing fan.

NEW YORK CITY ATTRACTIONS BUS AND SUBWAY DIRECTIONS: PACQUIAO MARGARITO PRESS CONFERENCE CHELSEA PIERS NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK CITY ATTRACTIONS BUS AND SUBWAY DIRECTIONS:

Chelsea Piers [W. 24th St. at the Hudson River, Chelsea. Subways are not close but it's easy to take subway C, E to 23rd St. and transfer (free) to an M23 bus, which stops at the entrance.





NEW YORK CITY ATTRACTIONS BUS AND SUBWAY DIRECTIONS:


Battery Park [Battery. Subway 4, 5: Bowling Green]

Battery Park City [not accessible to the general public]


Chinatown [Subway 6, J, M, Q, W, Z: Canal St]

Coney Island [Astroland is at Surf Ave and W. 10th St., Brooklyn. Open noon-midnight daily. Deno's is on W. 12th St. at Boardwalk, Brooklyn. Open 11 a.m.-midnight. Both parks are open daily from late May through early Sept., with weekend hours for several weeks in late spring and early autumn. Subway F, Q, W: Stillwell Ave.-Coney Island]

Ellis Island [Liberty Island. Subway 4, 5: Bowling Green. Then ferry from Battery Park. Ticket booth is inside Castle Clinton]

Empire State Building [Fifth Ave. at 34th St., Midtown. Subway B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, W: 34th St. Observation deck is open weekends only, 9:30 a.m. until midnight]

Federal Hall [26 Wall St., Lower Manhattan. Subway 2, 3, 4, 5: Wall St. Free]

Fraunces Tavern [54 Pearl St., Lower Manhattan. Subway 4, 5: Bowling Green; J, M: Broad St.]

Fulton Mall [Subway 2, 3: Hoyt St.; M, N, Q, R: DeKalb Ave.]

Guggenheim Museum Soho[575 Broadway, Soho. Subway B, D, F, Q: Broadway-Lafayette. Closed Tues. and Wed. Free]

Madison Square [E. 23rd St. and Madison Ave, Chelsea. Subway 6, N, R, Q, W: 23rd St.]

Museum for African Art [593 Broadway at Houston St., Soho. Subway B, D, F: Broadway-Lafayette St. Closed Mon.]

Museum of Chinese in America [Subway 6, J, M, Q, W, Z: Canal St]

Museum of Jewish Heritage[18 First Place, Battery. Subway 4, 5: Bowling Green. Closed Sat.]

Museum of Modern Art [11 W. 53rd St, Midtown. Subway E, V: 5th Ave. Closed Wed. Open until 8:15 p.m. Fri. Under 16 free. 4:30-8:15 Fri: pay what you wish]

Museum of Television and Radio [25 W. 52nd St., Midtown. Subway E, V: 5th Ave.]

New York City Transit Museum[Boerum Pl. and Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn. Subway 2, 3, 4, 5: Borough Hall; M, N, R: Court St. Closed Mon.]

New York Skyride [Fifth Ave. at 34th St., Midtown. Subway B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, W: 34th St. Open until 10 p.m.]

Radio City Music Hall [1260 Sixth Ave. at 50th St., Midtown. Subway B, D, F, V: Rockefeller Ctr.]

Rockefeller Center [47th to 52nd streets along Fifth and Sixth avenues, Midtown. Subway B, D, F, V: Rockefeller Ctr.]

St. Paul's Chapel [Broadway at Fulton St., Lower Manhattan. Subway A, C: Broadway-Nassau; 2, 3, 4, 5, J, M: Fulton St. Free]

Sony Wonder Technology Lab [550 Madison Ave. at e. 56th St., Midtown. Subway E, N, R, V, W: 5th Ave. Closed Mon. Free]

South Street Seaport [Water St. to the East River between John and Beekman streets, Lower Manhattan. Subway 2, 3, 4, 5, J, M: Fulton St. Prices and times of attractions vary.]

Statue of Liberty [Liberty Island. Subway 4, 5: Bowling Green. Then ferry from Battery Park. Ticket booth is inside Castle Clinton]

Staten Island Ferry [The Manhattan terminal is at Whitehall St. and South St., Battery Park, Lower Manhattan. Subway 4, 5: Bowling Green. The Staten Island terminal on Richmond Terrace is served by the Staten Island Railway and numerous buses.]

Trinity Church [Wall St. at Broadway, Lower Manhattan. Subway 2, 3, 4, 5: Wall St. Free]

Union Square [E. 14th St. and Park Ave. South, Chelsea. Subway B, D, F, N, Q, R, W: 14th St.-Union Square]

Pacquiao-Margarito NY News Conference Open to Public

Pacquiao-Margarito NY News Conference Open to Public
source:www.eastsideboxing.com 24 hours of boxing coverage

NEW YORK (August 30, 2010) – Ten-time world champions Congressman MANNY “PacMan” PACQUIAO and The Tijuana Tornado ANTONIO MARGARITO, their respective trainers FREDDIE ROACH and ROBERT GARCIA, along with Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM, will host a news conference luncheon to announce PACQUIAO vs. MARGARITO World Super Welterweight Championship. The news conference, which is open to the public, will be held at the Chelsea Piers – Pier 60 (23rd St. & The Hudson River, New York, NY 10011), This Wednesday! September 1. Media Report Time is 11:30 a.m. ET with the news conference beginning promptly at Noon. Lunch will be served to media following the news conference..

Paid parking is available near the entrance to Chelsea Piers via the southbound lanes of Route 9A, off the West Side Highway, at the entrance opposite 23rd Street. Taxi pick-up and drop-off locations are located at Pier 61 and Pier 60 along the Chelsea Piers Access Roadway.

The U.S. Media Tour, which begins in Los Angeles on Tuesday, will conclude on Friday with a news conference, open to the public, at Cowboys Stadium-East End Zone Platform, beginning at 11:30 a.m.CT. Pacquiao and Margarito are also scheduled to attend Thursday night's preseason game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins at Cowboys Stadium.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Cowboys Stadium and MP Promotions, PACQUIAO vs. MARGARITO will take place Saturday, November 13 in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. The $1.2 billion stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, and Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs), of Tijuana, México, will be battling for the vacant World Boxing Council super welterweight title. Pacquiao vs. Margarito will be produced and distributed Live on HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

Miss Universe will be held on August 23. Pacquaio authographed boxing gloves sold for $450

A pair of boxing gloves signed by pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao fetched $450 at the 2010 Miss Universe National Gift Auction at the Palm Foyer on the 3rd Floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday, Manila Time.

ABS-CBN Las Vegas correspondent Bev Llorente reported that a pearl necklace also from the Philippines was auctioned off for $1,250. The funds raised are for the benefit of the Nevada Cancer Institute .

The Philippines candidate Maria Venus Raj personally auctioned off the prized item from her home country just like the other 82 contestants in a show hosted y KSNV Channel 3 personality Alicia Jacobs and featuring current Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez.

The Miss Philippines winner auctioned off the signed gloves along with a photo of the congressman representing the lone district of Sarangani signing the gloves as a form of authentication in an affair which, according to Llorente took some two hours.

Prior to her departure the Miss Universe candidate paid a courtesy call on Pacquiao, the national sports hero who advised Maria Venus Raj "you must be confident. Just think you are in the Philippines. There are many of our countrymen there who will support you. I will call our friends who are there to help you."

The ABS-CBN correspondent reported that several Filipinos had traveled from across the United States to attend the affair and to show their support for Miss. Philippines with tickets costing $100. She also said that Raj received a lot of attention from the international media “not because of the items she auctioned off but because of her standout appeal.”

Tim Tebow first round draft pick by the Denver Broncos

Getting down to brass tacks of Tebow deal


The contract details on Broncos rookie quarterback Tim Tebow show that his five-year deal is worth $9,713,500, not the $11.25 million the industry reports, according to a union source.

The difference is a one-time playing time bonus of $1,537,500 that the players association counts because it's "easy to earn." Almost all first-rounders hit the one-time playing bonus, but Jarvis Moss and Brady Quinn from the 2007 draft are among those who have yet to hit their one-timers. Tebow will be well on his way to his first NFL million on Friday, when the Broncos pay him a $975,000 advance, which essentially will be counted as a signing bonus for prorated salary cap reasons. Some details on the Tebow deal:
Base salary

2010: $1,295,000 (fully guaranteed)

2011: $1,618,750 (fully guaranteed)

2012: $1,942,500 (fully guaranteed)

2013: $2,266,750 (fully guaranteed)

2014: $2,590,500 ($567,500 guaranteed)
First payday Friday

Advance-signing bonus:

$975,000 on Friday (salary reduced to $325,000)

$6.275 million due 29 days after start of 2011 league year. Typically season starts March 1, but it's written this way in case work stoppage delays start of season. (Salaries from 2011-14 reduced to offset advance.)
Put me in, coach

One-time playing time bonus: (contractually considered likely to be earned)

Tebow collects $1,537,500 if he plays 35 percent of the offensive snaps in 2010, or 45 percent of the snaps in any of the seasons 2011-14.

The bonus rolls over from year to year until Tebow reaches the playing-time threshold, and expires the first time he hits it.
High thresholds

Mid-tier incentives: (contractually considered unlikely to earn)

Value of Tebow's contract doubles from $11.25 million (including one-time playing time bonus) to $22.5 million if he reaches multiple thresholds, including:

55 percent playing

Which quarterback do you wish to see take the majority of snaps as the starter this year for the Denver Broncos?
Kyle Orton: The incumbent will flourish in his second season under coach Josh McDaniels.
Brady Quinn: Given a second chance in a new system, his vast potential will be realized.
Tim Tebow: Why wait? He has proven himself a winner at the highest levels of college ball.
time in two of his first three seasons, 2010-12, or 70 percent playing time in 2013.

The Broncos make the playoffs, he reaches certain QB ranking thresholds, and receives unspecified honors.
Playoffs, honors equal bigger check

Max value: (contractually considered unlikely to earn)

The total value of Tebow's contract can escalate to $33 million if the Broncos reach the playoffs multiple times in his first four years, he has multiple top-five QB rankings, and he has multiple league honors such as NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP.