Tag: UP
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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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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…
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Season 87 First Impressions: UP Fighting Maroons
By: Karl Batungbacal UAAP Season 87 has begun with all the teams beginning to put their cards on the table. The hands have been dealt, all bets are off, now it’s time for first impressions and give our assessments based on these categories: What’s obvious? The UP Fighting Maroons might not have CJ Cansino and…
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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…
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Analyzing the Goodbye to Bahay
By: Eriko Dela Cruz 2024 is almost a week old yet the New Year fireworks are still going off in the college basketball offseason. The biggest and brightest of the fireworks are going off around Jared Bahay, the number one high school player according to the National Basketball Training Camp (NBTC) who has reportedly withdrawn…
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HumbleBola’s Best 25 Players Under 25
By: Francis De Ungria Philippine basketball has had a ton of young talent come through in recent years. It is only fitting that we take an in-depth look at the young buds, some of whom are plying their trade overseas, while others opting to grow their roots on Philippine soil. The list will rank Filipino…
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