Alaska couldn’t have started any better, Barangay Ginebra couldn’t have come out any worse and Game 1 of the much-hyped PBA Commissioner’s Cup title series ended emphatically in favor of the Aces at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Rookie Calvin Abueva of Alaska and veteran Barangay Ginebra playmaker LA Tenorio, the main cogs of the Aces and the Gin Kings battling for the PBA Commissioner’s Cup title, will also be chasing personal glory as well.
IF THE series openers were any indication of how tight the semifinals of the Shakey’s V-League Season 10 First Conference would turn out, then Game 2 today promises to serve up a couple of thrillers.
CONGRESSMAN Manny Pacquiao scored a knockout over an absent opponent in the last elections. If it were in boxing, that should’ve been properly ruled a no-contest.
FRUITAS seeks the second outright semifinal berth today when it clashes with dangerous Boracay Rum in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.
Jose Rizal University captured a third straight athletics championship in the NCAA recently, amassing 856 points behind a strong performance in the field events.
CRISANTO Pitpitungue takes a break from his job as Baguio City policeman to defend his bantamweight title against Japanese Michinori Tanaka in the main card of the PXC37 at the Ynares Sports Arena on Saturday night.
By the looks of it, the national teams for baseball and softball will be out of the picture for a long time.
CYNA Rodriguez fired a 3-under-par 69 on a windless day yesterday to seize a one-shot lead over fellow amateur Miya Legaspi and Jayvie Agojo after the first round of the P500,000 ICTSI Ladies Golf Tour at the Country Club in Laguna.
FIFTH in the table and virtually out of the title race, Kaya just refused to be rattled facing the big guns of the United Football League.
THE UAAP squads of University of the East and Adamson proved too sharp for their NCAA foes yesterday even as St. Benilde scored a breakthrough victory in the Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.
Barangay Ginebra, fiery and intense, likes to run at any given chance. Call the Gin Kings: Fire. Alaska, cool and composed, likes to set the tempo every game. Call the Aces: Ice.
DOTTIE Ardina, the most decorated amateur the country has produced in the last decade, makes her pro debut and is tipped as the overwhelming pick when the P500,000 inaugural ICTSI Ladies Philippine Golf Tour tees off at The Country Club in Laguna.
