Tag: UP
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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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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…
