Category: Columns
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UAAP Season 88 has been *Cinema*
By: Kyle Reiner Pineda This start to the UAAP Men’s Basketball season has been the most interesting in quite a while. The previous season’s Finalists currently sit at #4 and #5, while several teams have performed way above expectations, making this the most unpredictable season in a while where there’s no clear winner until the…
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Flagrantly Foul UAAP Officiating
by: Atty. Toby Pavon Officiating in the UAAP Season 88 Men’s Basketball Tournament has been terrible. Just ask Coach Gavina of the UE Red Warriors. His expletive laden tirade verbalized what was on everyone’s minds, the referees need to do better. “They’re supposed to be the best of the best? Hell no! Get the f*ck…
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Resuscitating the Champion Ateneo Blue Eagles
By: Dr. Eriko C. dela Cruz Four games into UAAP season 88, the Ateneo Blue Eagles have matched their win output from season 87. It looks like Ateneo fans are still traumatized from the nightmare of the past season. After the first three wins against FEU, UE, and Adamson, many were still unsure about whether…
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Anu na, Ref?
By: Atty. Toby Pavon Part of every competitive sport experience is complaining at the referees for a call, non-call or generally just doing their job. The players do it, the coaches do it, heck, even the fans do it. Being a referee is quite frankly a thankless job, damned if they do, damned if they…
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Are the Ateneo Blue Eagles Great Again?
by: Dr. Eriko C. dela Cruz The Ateneo Blue Eagles took multiple monkeys off their backs after their opening day win against the FEU Tamaraws. First, the uncertainty of Coach Tab Baldwin’s tenure with the team ended prior to the game as he inked a three season extension, guaranteeing the head coach would stay with…
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There’s a new FEU guard duo in Town
By: Atty. Toby Pavon Previously the UAAP had gotten used to FEU Tamaraws teams with elite guards in their lineups— LJay Gonzales and RJ Abarrientos, Terrence Romeo and RR Garcia, RR Pogoy and Mike Tolomia… the list goes on. It’s almost like having a duo of elite guards in their roster is a tradition for…
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One Last Ride: Kevin Quiambao — With the World on his Shoulders
By: Toby Pavon “Hingi talaga ako (ng) pasensya sa mga humihingi sakin ng shout out niya at autographs,” said Milo Sandig, one of several people in the room with Kevin Quiambao at the middle of the night right before the UAAP Finals Game 2 between the DLSU Green Archers and UP Fighting Maroons. “Yun lang…
