Tag: Soaring Falcons
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#HumbleBlog #5 — Turning Trenta
Whaddup Tobs, As seven-plus years of friendship will attest, you shouldn’t be surprised that I’m replying only after two weeks. What can I say, life’s been kicking my ass around as of late (as it always does every September), and most of it is because of the UAAP. The same exact thing that you, me,…
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HumbleBlog #2
‘Sup Tobs, Took a while— Day job things, minor career switch-ups, and everything else in between. But yes, we definitely had a fun week of basketball, and I think Gilas Pilipinas deserves its flowers. We’ve been friends for quite a while now, and I’m pretty sure you know how… apprehensive (for lack of a better…
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HumbleBlog #1
Hi Karl, What a week it was for Philippine basketball, huh? A rebuilding Ateneo team beat two formidable NCAA teams in the PinoyLiga Cup, Adamson put up a valiant effort against DLSU en route to a silver finish in the Roxas City Tournament, and Gilas Pilipinas just swept the latest leg of the FIBA World…
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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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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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DOCTOR’S ORDERS: The Young Ateneo Blue Eagles needed that Character-Building win
By: Eriko C. Dela Cruz M.D. Ateneo vs Adamson games in the Tab Baldwin and Nash Racela era have been some of the most underrated matchups during the season. Aside from the usual spicy post-game quotes post-game, the action on the court has been some of the most intense battles. Season 87’s first round matchup…
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Running out the clock on Student-Athlete Transfers
By: Atty. Toby Pavon “Everything which is not forbidden is allowed” This is the legal maxim on which the UAAP board is (most probably) resting its justification for the new transfer rules intended to be implemented in the following seasons. In its press briefing, the UAAP released the following statement: “The University Athletic Association of…
