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Super bantamweight championship titlebout will air on the premier Asian-American network on television

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (February 23, 2011)– Bay Area native and three-time World Champion, Ana “The Hurricane”Julaton formally partners with MYXTV, set to broadcast hertitle bout, nationwide. Defending her title with the World Boxing Organization,Julaton is set to come face to face with world contender Franchesca “TheChosen One” Alcanter on February 25, 2011 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, California.

The sports exposition will feature 22 roundsof professional boxing, nine rounds of kickboxing and three stages of entertainment.The event will be hosted by St. John and Freska from 99.7 NOW. Performancesby the AJ Rafael Band and Sway Penala are slated for the evening.

The fight will be broadcast around the countrythrough the network, available in the Bay Area and central California on Comcast channel 368, Comcast channel 673 in Chicago, Cox channel 479 inOrange County, Cox channel 474 in Northern Virginia, MCV Cable channel16 in Guam, and RCN channel 464 in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphiaand Washington, D.C.  The channel is also available throughout NorthAmerica on DirecTV channel 2067. The official fight “TheReturn of the Hurricane” ispresented by Orion Sports Management, 37 Entertainment, CP Presents/CageCombat and the Philippine News, in association with The Luna Co.

“I am ecstatic about being able to be apart of MYX TV,” shares AnaJulaton. “MYX has been a greatnetwork for our Asian American youth and I’m happy to know that all mysupporters all over the USA will get to see my fight. Team Julaton andMYX is a fantastic partnership to inspire our youth of today.”

Julaton recently joined the training teamunder Freddie Roach, famed coach to MannyPacquiao, the eight-divisionchampion of the world who was named “Fighter of the Decade” for the 2000’sby the Boxing Writers Association of America.

“Partnering with Ana Julaton, one of themost prolific boxers today, is exciting for the network,” says MiguelSantos, head of MYX TV. “We are proud to be able to broadcast this fightnationally for all Asian-American youth to watch. We support Ana and themany other female boxers who bring competitive strength to the sport.We look forward to seeing them through to the 2012 Olympics!”

Tickets to the WBO super bantamweight worldchampionship fight are available at www.thehurricanereturns.com.To catch the fight on the air, check your local listings at www.myx.tv.

Ana Julaton prepares to take on the biggest fight to defend her WBO belt against World Contender, Francesca “The Chosen One” Alcanter with events this week leading up to Fight Day

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF—February 21, 2011, The long awaited fight, “The Return of the Hurricane” is set to take place this Friday at the Craneway Pavilion. This week, a press conference and Weigh-In event will commence in preparation for the official event on Friday.

To build up to the big fight on Friday, events will be taken place throughout the week. First, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, a press conference will take place at Mink Lounge at 7:30pm. The day after, Thursday, February 24, 2011, the official Weigh-In event will also take place at Mink Lounge at 6:00pm. Mink Lounge is located at 6192 Mission Street, Daly City, California 94014.

On Friday, doors will be open to the general public at 6:00pm. Undercard fighters—Alhadi vs. Marc Toledo, Gaston Bolanos vs. Ike Spears, Phil Devera vs. Marc Toledo, Bruno Escalante vs. Floyd Smith all start at 7:30pm. Following the undercar fighters will be a special performance by Sway Penala. The World Title Fight between “The Hurricane” and “The Chosen One” will begin approximately around 8:30pm. Following the World Title Fight will be a performance by the AJ Rafael Band and 454 Entertainment. A post-fight press conference will conclude the evening. Craneway Pavilion is located at 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond, California 94804.

TV5 will broadcast the event live in the Philippines and also in the United States by Myx TV. “The Return of the Hurricane” will feature professional boxing, amateur kickboxing and performances by AJ Rafael Band, Sway Penala and 454 Entertainment. Special guests include commentator/analyst, two-timer former Champion Glenn “The Filipino Bomber” Donaire and the evening will be hosted by St. John and Freska of 99.7 NOW, “The Return of the Hurriance”’s media partner.

For more tickets and more information about the event, please visit www.thehurricanereturns.com or contact Christina Luna at c.luna@thelunaco.com or Lisette Cruz at lisette@37mgmt.com.

ANA “THE HURRICANE” JULATON, THE MOST DECORATED FILIPINA BOXER IN HISTORY FIGHTS AGAINST FRANCHESCA “THE CHOSEN ONE” ALCANTER THIS MONTH

“The Return of the Hurricane”, a historical event, will take place on February 25, 2011 featuring Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton and Franchesca “The Chosen One” Alcanter in Richmond, California

(Photo credit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/154328)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF—February 1, 2011, Orion Sports Management, 37 Entertainment, CP Presents/Cage Combat and Philippine News, in association with The Luna Co and Philippine network giant TV5 presents “The Return of the Hurricane” on February 25, 2011 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, California at six in the evening.

The Bay Area’s own “Female Fighting Pride of Filipinos worldwide” and WBO & IBF Superbantamweight World Champion Ana Julaton is on the quest to be the best as she fights one of her toughest challengers and defends her WBO belt against World Contender, Franchesca “The Chosen One” Alcanter. This event is much anticipated as Freddie Roach is coaching Julaton for this particular fight. Ana Julaton (born on July 5, 1980) is the first Filipino-American boxer to win the Women's WBO Super Bantamweight and IBA Super Bantamweight titles. Nicknamed “The Hurricane,” she is also one of the “quickest” boxers ever to win a world title, having fought only five other professional bouts before winning the IBA Super Bantamweight title.

The official fight and event will be broadcasted live in the Philippines by TV5 and also in the United States by Myx TV. This event will be an exposition which will be featuring professional boxing, amateur kickboxing and performances by the AJ Rafael Band, and Sway Penala. Special guests include commentator/analyst, two-timer former Champion Glenn “The Filipino Bomber” Donaire and the evening will be hosted by St. John and Freska of 99.7 NOW, “The Return of the Hurriance”’s media partner.

This event will be held at the Craneway Pavilion and is an arts and entertainment exposition featuring nine founds of amateur kickboxing, 22 rounds of professional boxing, three entertainment stages and ultimately, one WBO Title Fight. Craneway Pavilion is a world-class and sustainably designed event facility centrally located on 25 waterfront acres where it delivers awe-inducing views of the San Francisco skyline. significant.

Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/154328. For more information about the event, please visit www.thehurricanereturns.com or contact Christina Luna at c.luna@thelunaco.com or Lisette Cruz at lisette@37mgmt.com .

For media credentials, log on to: www.thelunaco.com.

Olympic speed skater and bronze medalist, JR Celski has been nominated for Sports Star of the Year: Male Sports Star. The Male Sports Star of the Year is given to a male athlete or coach for outstanding sports achievement in the past year or season.

You can vote for JR by following this link: http://www.seattlesports.org/site480.php

By clicking the "Vote" button at the bottom of the page, you will be directed to a page asking you to enter an email and code in order to vote.

-That's So Pinoy Staff

Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Last night, November 1, 2010, the San Francisco Giants made history. After 52 years, the San Francisco Giants are finally World Series Champions. With doubts coming from all across the country, each of the Giants contributed their skills throughout both the regular and post seasons to earn the World Series Championship title. Tim Lincecum had 10 strike outs in 8 innings and Aubrey Huff hit his first career bunt, but it was Edgar Renteria's 3-run homerun that allowed the Giants to win with a score of 4-1.

To join in on the celebration, there will be a parade in San Francisco tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3, 2010, beginning at 11 A.M. The parade will begin at Montgomery and Washington Street, and will end at the Civic Center Plaza, where the team will be presented a key to the city by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

That's So Pinoy's September Artist/Person of the Month

Interview with Olympic Bronze Medalist JR Celski!

The That's So Pinoy got a chance to sit down and talk to 2 time Olympic Bronze medalist JR Celski when he was in San Francisco. We asked him a few questions about his new project called MADNW, his future plans with the company, school and the Olympics. Watch the interview to find out what JR had to say.

Note: Special thanks to JR Celski for taking time to meet up with the That's So Pinoy crew to film this short interview when he was in town. Special shout out to Andrew Rose and his company Square Marden.

Check out MADNorthwest at:

http://madnw.org

(www.MadNorthwest.com launching soon)

Follow them at:

http://twitter.com/madnw

-That's So Pinoy Staff

Check out the latest interview Olympic Bronze Medalist JR Celski (@celskeet) did with Seattle's King 5 New Day NW!

JR Celski and his future projects

By: Anne Ong      Posted: 1:47PM

Seattle, WA, Fil/Am Olympic Medalist JR Celski talks to King 5 New Day NW about the latest projects he has in the works. The 20-year talks about his plans post-Olympics. He recently started a company called MADNW, a site dedicated to promote Northwest underground talent. Celski has also teamed up with Team Up 4 Non-profit by becoming an official ambassador. JR is set to make his first Gigs4Good appearance tomorrow at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle.

To watch the full interview, go here.

For more information about JR's Gigs4Good Event Tomorrow:

TEAM UP PRESENTS GIGS4GOOD FEATURING ALEX MERCIER WITH THICK AS THIEVES AND BEKKER BENEFITING SEATTLE WORKS

Thursday, August 19

Hard Rock Café

116 Pike Street, Seattle WA 98101

Doors 7 p.m., Show 8 p.m.

Tickets $20 Advance, $25 at the Door ($15 Students at the Door)

-That's So Pinoy Staff

Fil/Am Speed Skater JR Celski (@celskeet) faces new challenge by summiting Mt. Rainier!

Two-time Olympic bronze medalist J.R. Celski meets George Dunn on topof Mount Rainier on Saturday morning. It was the first summit for Celski and a record 500th for Dunn.

Olympic medalist J.R. Celski summits Rainier

Posted By Craig Hill on August 4, 2010 at 2:49 pm

Two-time Olympic speed skating bronze medalist J.R. Celski climbed Mount Rainier for the first time Saturday morning and as coincidence would have it he ran into George Dunn on the summit. Dunn was reaching the summit for the 500th time, a record.

Here's a photo of Celski and Dunn on the summit courtesy of Bruce Tschider, Celski's uncle. Tschider was summiting for the 11th time and Celski's cousin Michaela Holmberg went along for summit No. 1. Former Rainier Mountaineering Inc. guide Jeff Hanson (128 summits) and his friend, Kara Koetje, was also part of Celski's climbing party.

"J.R. reported that speed skating is great training for climbing Rainier," Tschider said via e-mail. "He was, as expected, very strong on the mountain."

Source: The Adventure Guys

-That's So Pinoy Staff

JR Celski (@celskeet) discusses his latest plans regarding M.A.D. NW, the Olympics, and college.

Celski is M.A.D. about Seattle arts

Riley Steinmetz 8/4/2010

J.R. Celski is best known for his triumphant return to short track speedskating after a gruesome injury during 2010 Olympic Trials. Ultimately, he won a bronze medal in the 1500-meter skate at theVancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. 

But follow him on Twitter or listen to a couple of his interviews and it becomes clear that there is more to this Olympian than just his sport.

Despite not anticipating a busy summer, Celski’s post-Olympic Games summer began with an internship and ended with the creation of a company, M.A.D. Northwest. 

A passionate fan of the Seattlemusic scene, Celski had originally intended to spend a good portion of his summer planning a benefit concert.  However, when plans fell through, King County councilman Pete von Reichbauer offered him an internship position withhis office.  The two were acquainted after von Reichbauer set up a county recognition of Celski’s Olympic accomplishments in April.

Celski took the internship because he was interested in learning the internal workings of the city.

“As outsiders, we hear what’s going on from the news … so it was pretty interesting to be able to learn from an inside perspective how government works.”

Celski, who worked alongside University of Washington quarterback Jack Locker, spent his summer sitting in on King County Council meetings and watching councilmembers advocate for their constituents.  There was one meeting in particular, though, that struck a particular chord in Celski.

“An economics professor from the University of Washington came in, sat down, and the Board asked him to explain how the economy of Washington could change,” Celski recalled. He added he was captivated by how the professor explained the Seattle music and art scene is under-promoted and how it could be what sets the city apart, increasing tourism and bettering the economy.

Instead of walking out of the meeting and moving on to his next internship project, Celski took the professor’s words to heart. 

“I was like struck because I know personally how big our art scene and dance and music scene is,” Celski said. 

After brainstorming ways to expose the Seattle arts, Music, Art, Dance (M.A.D.) Northwest was born.

Along with Dan Torok and Terrence Jeffrey Santos, students at the Art Institute of Seattle, Celski hopes he can play a role in turning around the economy of the city he knows and loves.

“We’re creating a documentary that will showcase the urban underground independent music, dance and art scene in Seattleto the rest of the country, so that’s where I’m heading with this right now.  We’re taking steps to hopefully change the economy of Seattle.”

While the effects of the project are yet to be seen economically, M.A.D. Northwest has certainly had an impact on individuals in the Seattle area.  Just recently, the company hosted a small, private concert at the Seattle Children’s Hospital.  They brought in a number of artists, as well as a break dancing group.

“We were inspiring the kids and having these artists tell these stories about how they overcame hardships because you know, kids in theSeattle Children’s Hospital are affected by so many different things and diseases, and basically a lot of them have been in there since birth,” said Celski. “Just to see the amount of hardships they go through, I thought it’d be great to have them connect with somebody other than patients or nurses or doctors. I thought that bringing in artists would be kind of a spin on it.”

Interestingly, it was the artists rather than the children who were the most moved by the experience.

“Part of being an artist is giving back to the community that raised you,” said Seattle emcee Wizdom, one of the artists who performed at the hospital.

“To be able to talk, play and laugh with these little warriors is truly inspirational.  I feel like these kids made a bigger impact on me, than I did on them…They are the true heroes and hanging out with them all afternoon was something I will never forget.”

Read full article by CLICKING HERE

Source: http://speedskating.teamusa.org/

-That's So Pinoy! Staff

JR Celski (@celskeet) blogs about the first successful event put together by the MAD Northwest Team at Seattle Children's Hospital July 26, 2010!

Johri, Grynch, Kami, JR, Macklemore, Wizdom

Seattle Children’s Hospital Event

By: JR Celski 7/28/10

What’s goin’ on everyone?!

M.A.D. Northwest had it’s first ever official event at the Seattle Children’s Hospital on July 26, 2010. With the help of Eve Kopp (Director, Corporate Annual Giving) and Lorraine del Prado (Sr. Director, Trust Services and Legacy Planning) we were able to host this gathering of artists, dancers, hospital patients and their families.

It was nothing less than successful.

Hip Hop artists Macklemore, Grynch, Wizdom, Violinist Andrew Joslyn, Drummer Phil Bondy, and the Break Dancing Crew MASSIVE Monkees performed for a few patients and their families in a playground setting. The goal of the concert was to have the artists inspire the children by telling them stories about overcoming hardship and how they got into their careers. University of Washington Football player Johri Fogerson made an appearance to talk about his childhood and the difficult obstacles he faced that ultimately turned him onto football. Ben Haggerty (Macklemore) explained his problems with drug addiction and how he was finally ableto break the “disease” after coming close to death. He then performed his song ‘Otherside’ A cappella which captivated everyone’s attention with his passionate approach. John Overlie (Grynch) shared with the children an embarrassing situation having to do with him and his hero. Dave Mazzeo (Wizdom) turned the crowd onto an interactive performance involving clapping their hands while he rapped a couple lines out of one of his songs. He also explained how his Mother played an integral roll in his life and how he considers her his idol. I had the chance to speak about overcoming obstacles and gave the patients my story about my injury and how music has inspired me throughout my lifetime.

Drummer Phil Bondy then started playing his street drums for the crowd while artists Grynch and Macklemore rapped over the top and violinist Andrew Joslyn played violin. The vibrations of the performance were definitely ringing throughout the hearts and souls of these kids. After ther appers performed, Phil started playing break beats (which break dancers use to dance) and the Massive Monkees (America’s Best Dance Crew, Season 4) came out to perform a very “re-freshing” lively show.

Believe it or not, the people who were affected most by this event were actually the artists. Personally, I would have never thought a rapper or football player would have warmed up that much to kids. After seeing what happened at this event, I realized that it doesn’t matter what background you come from, your words have an impact.

I may be a little naive by saying this, but I firmly believe that everyone who witnessed this intimate performance will remember it for the rest of their lives.

Be on the lookout for future M.A.D. Northwest performances!

Also check out these artists websites at:

http://www.myspace.com/macklemore

http://www.myspace.com/grynchmusic

http://www.myspace.com/wizdom

http://www.myspace.com/andrewjoslyn

http://www.massivemonkees.com/

http://www.ryanlewisproductions.com/

Thanks!

-JR (celskeet)

Source: MAD Northwest

Pictures from the MAD Northwest Event!

Photo credit:  Jordan Nicholson

Click to Enlarge!

-That's  So Pinoy Staff