Tag: UP
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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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Do the Ateneo Blue Eagles still have that extra gear?
By Eriko dela Cruz “Ateneo has had a rollercoaster of a season.” would be the understatement of the year. They split their match-ups against the number 1 (UP) and 2 (DLSU) seeds, but got swept by FEU. They led against Adamson by 19 in the first round, only for a once cushy lead to evaporate…
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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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Just getting started: Underdog Defending-Champions on the Rise
By Eriko dela Cruz To say the Ateneo Blue Eagles had wild first round is a massive understatement. The Season 85 Champions end the first round with a 4-3 record– a record that features losses from teams at the bottom half of the standings, and wins against two of the most stacked teams in the…
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THIS IS THE UP FIGHTING MAROON’S REVENGE SEASON UNDER CANSINO’S LEADERSHIP
BY MARCUS ASINAS The UP Fighting Maroons head into the season as a championship favorite once again. Can they live up to the hype coming of being the biggest winners of the offseason? Last UAAP Season 85, the UP Fighting Maroons started the season as the defending champs, showed their muscle the elimination round and…
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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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