Tag: De La Salle
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The Largest 3-point Lead
By: Toby Pavon After missing six shots from the arc, most of them short, Evan Nelle pulled up from two steps behind the arc to unleash a seventh triple for the game. The La Salle Green Archers were down four points with half a quarter left to play when Nelle decided he would risk the…
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FINALS GAME 3: Breaking the Curse— A UP vs DLSU Edition
BY MARCUS ASINAS Reading Time: 3 minutes What’s up with the UP during finals and Araneta Coliseum? Is their signal weak too? Can Coach Topex break his personal championship curse as the two giants square off in a winner-take-all Game 3? In game 1 of the UAAP Season 86 Finals, the UP Fighting Maroons clobbered…
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One Last Ride: Jerom Lastimosa- Point-god ng Bayan
By: Toby Pavon Jerom Lastimosa catches the ball on the right wing. He pulls up for the shot. The ball leaves his hand right before the buzzer sounds. SWISH! Three points for Jerom Lastimosa! His booming triple brings Adamson to within 22 points against Ateneo as the final buzzer sounds on the game, Adamson’s season,…
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The UAAP has an Opacity problem
By: Toby Pavon “Tell me why?” This has been a common sentiment in the UAAP even before the start of Season 86. First was the matter of the amateur status of Francis Lopez. The UAAP Board put the matter to rest, deeming Lopez eligible to play in the UAAP, citing technical reasons for the unanimous…
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HEY, THEY’RE LA SALLE-ING AGAIN
BY KYLE REINER PINEDA Reading Time: 3 minutes The Boys from Taft have an infamous trend in recent years. Lead throughout the game, looking as if it’s just another win on the calendar, but fall apart in the fourth quarter one way or another. Take for example the game versus Ateneo this season or the…
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Why Schools won’t give student-athletes “that bag”
Every time there’s recruitment news about a student-athlete transferring to a school with a known wealthy sponsor, two questions immediately enter the minds of fans everywhere: 1) How much money was offered for them to make the transfer; 2) How much will they be earning to play for that school program. No school will admit…
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So many questions, but the answers are so few for the DLSU Green Archers
By Gio Gloria Almost is never enough. Such has been the narrative for the DLSU Green Archers in recent times, when despite taking a couple of steps forward, they seem to take a few steps back. For the third time in four UAAP seasons, the Green Archers finished in fifth place, with two of those…
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