Tight UAAP race looms; UST’s Aljon Mariano earns POW
By Jasmine W. Payo
If the first week is any indication, the UAAP men’s basketball tournament this season will be a tight race.
If the first week is any indication, the UAAP men’s basketball tournament this season will be a tight race.
MANILA, Philippines—Every victory is crucial to Ginebra’s claim to make it to the next round. And Mark Caguioa was up to the task of delivering the goods to the Gin Kings in the crucial stretch of the elimination round of the 2012 PBA Commissioners’ Cup. The veteran guard exploded in the second half and carried [...]
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines sparkled in the recently concluded 2012 AFC Challenge Cup as it proudly took home the bronze medal. And one of those behind the wheel that steered the Azkals drive is top scorer Phil Younghusband, who was awarded with the Golden Boot award. “It’s my first award at the senior level, [...]
He roughly stands at six-foot-five and has a lanky frame that’s not built to bang in the inside.
With defending champion NLEX made up of high-caliber players headed by college stars RR Garcia and Calvin Abueva, slotman Ian Sangalang sometimes may get overlooked.
Will to win is what separates the good ones from the great.
Jeff Chan just couldn’t help but flaunt his lethal range.
Averaging 24 points in Rain or Shine’s last two triumphs, Chan emerged as Inquirer Sports’ Performer of the Week from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7.
Photo by Top Rank Boxing/Chris Farina Armed with a lethal combination of speed and power, Nonito Donaire showed why he’s one of boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter. Donaire breezed through against a too-wary Omar Narvaez Sunday night to retain his twin world bantamweight titles at the Madison Square Garden’s The Theatre in New York. The Filipino [...]
When the game is on the line, expect the ball to be in the hands of Garvo Lanete.
Not even injuries could slow Chieffy Caligdong down. Caligdong, the 29-year-old star striker, flirted with a hat-trick twice in the recently concluded Long Teng Cup to help the Philippine Azkals seize second place.
With Ateneo’s slew of stars led by Greg Slaughter and Kiefer Ravena, if there was one player overlooked and under-appreciated perhaps it would be Nico Salva.
As the dust settled, a retooled National University found themselves below what was expected of them – another fifth place finish. But even as the deafening hype died down, Parks simply rose above everyone else – bagging the most valuable player plum for UAAP season 74. The 18-year-old slasher, son of seven-time best import Bobby [...]
Things are supposed to be tough for sophomore ballers who have had great rookie years. Don’t tell that to second year guard RR Garcia, who is picking up the leadership cudgels for the FEU Tamaraws and carrying the squad scoring-wise.
