Sports has been a deeply entrenched part of my life since I was a kid. I took my first plane ride when I was eight years old to join a tennis tournament in Cebu. In high school, I was on a basketball court when I got a call informing me that my father was rushed to the hospital because of his cancer. One of the issues that my wife and I had to deal with in the early years of our marriage was my regular 2:00 a.m. appointment with FC Barcelona in our TV room.