2 in shooting of PBA player admit assault

Two suspected hired guns have been arrested and have admitted their role in the shooting and wounding of professional basketball player Ali Peek last year, police said.

Two suspected hired guns have been arrested and have admitted their role in the shooting and wounding of professional basketball player Ali Peek last year, police said.
An outright ride to the semifinals will be nothing but a welcome reprieve for Talk N’ Text.

There was some point in the PBA Philippine Cup when coach Chot Reyes thought that his Tropang Texters were not good enough.

Talk ‘N Text and Petron Blaze square off Thursday in their PBA Philippine Cup’s Final Four series described as the “championship before the championship” with no team given an edge at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.

Talk N’ Text against Petron Blaze in the other half of the Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup’s Final Four is being described even by the league’s media arm as the “championship before the championship.”

As resilient and as tough as his team is, Talk ‘N Text coach Chot Reyes still thinks the extended break should come in handy for the Tropang Texters as they gear up for the harder grind in the PBA Philippine Cup.

B-Meg and Talk ‘N Text, the top two squads after the elimination phase of the PBA Philippine Cup, try to seal their respective places in the semifinals when they battle lower-ranked foes at the start of the playoffs Wednesday.

Powerade blew undermanned Talk ‘N Text off the court right in the first half and went on to down the Tropang Texters for the first time in more than three years to basically snap a PBA playoff drought dating back to the last seven conferences.
MANILA, Philippines—Talk N’ Text power forward Ali Peek, who was shot by a still unidentified gunman in the nape at the parking lot of the RFM gym in Mandaluyong on Monday evening, did not sustain any injury to his artery. A statement released by neurosurgeon Dr. Gap Legaspi said “an angiogram performed (Saturday) showed that [...]
Talk N’ Text’s power forward Ali Peek faced the media for the first time Thursday after being shot by an unidentified gunman in the nape Monday evening.
Peek is already in stable condition after the shooting at the parking lot of the RFM gym in Pasig City but the bullet remained embedded at the base of his skull.

Already hobbled by injuries, Talk ‘N Text will carry another burden caused by an offcourt mishap on one of its key players when the Tropang Texters guns for a share of the lead in the PBA Philippine Cup.
Talk ‘N Text (TNT) cager Ali Peek was shot in the neck Monday night, but the gun used was not powerful enough to knock down the hulking player.
Talk ‘N Text team owner Manny V. Pangilinan has offered a P500,000 bounty for information that would lead to the arrest of the gunman who shot and wounded Ali Peek in Mandaluyong City Monday night, the team’s head coach Chot Reyes said on Twitter.