Thoss out; Chot wants Abueva
By Musong R. Castillo
Gilas-Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes just lost another member of his national pool with Sonny Thoss of Alaska scheduled to have his injured back treated in China.
Gilas-Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes just lost another member of his national pool with Sonny Thoss of Alaska scheduled to have his injured back treated in China.
Andy Murray will miss the French Open with the back injury that flared up at the Rome Masters, the world number two announced on Tuesday.
Boracay Rum survived a thriller to advance to the Final Four for the first time while Big Chill forged a winner-take-all in its own quarterfinal duel in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup yesterday at Blue Eagle Gym.
Everyone thought Alaska owner Wilfred Uytengsu had gone nuts when he appointed Luigi Trillo—zero for 28 as a UAAP coach and winless in a short stint on the bench in the D-League—coach of the Aces in the PBA.
After climbing from 0-4 and making a surprise trip in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals despite having a shorthanded lineup, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel just didn’t have enough left against Alaska.
THE PHILIPPINE rugby team came up with a brave, battling game to smother the United Arab Emirates, 24-8, before a big, wildly cheering crowd at Rizal Memorial Stadium Saturday night and keep its spot in the HSBC Asian Five Nations elite group at least until next year.
Alaska leaned on a late surge to pull away from Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 104-80, and seized its first championship in three years after pulling off a three-game sweep in their best-of-five PBA Commissioner’s Cup championship series before a record crowd at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Sunday night.
MORE than clinching its 14th PBA title with no less than a sweep, Alaska takes to the floor today looking to regain old glory under a coach owner Fred Uytengsu gambled on following the sudden departure of Tim Cone for greener pastures last year.
Hot start, cold start—it really didn’t matter. Alaska still has complete mastery of Barangay Ginebra. The Aces wiped away an early seven-point deficit with ease and all but crushed the spirits of the Gin Kings with a 104-90 win last night in their PBA Commissioner’s Cup title playoffs at Mall of Asia Arena.
The Philippines will face fellow AFC Challenge Cup final round qualifier Kyrgyzstan in an international friendly in Bishkek on June 8.
Pre-season king National University added University of the Philippines to its list of victims in an unprecedented 19-game win streak dating back to last year.
La Salle thrived in the open court, making it hard for Emilio Aguinaldo College to keep up all game, en route to a 91-63 win on Friday in the 2013 Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.
Letran bucked the absence of main man Raymond Almazan and got back on winning track after two setbacks by clipping winless Lyceum, 77-72, Friday at the 2013 Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.
