Category Archives: Sports

By Waylon Galvez Games Tuesday (Mall of Asia Arena) 1 p.m. – San Beda vs Lyceum (Jrs) 4 p.m. – San Beda vs Letran (Srs) Expect an all-out war when San Beda and Letran clash in the finals of the NCAA Season 95at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena in Pasay City. (Czar Dancel) AgainstContinue reading “NCAA Finals: Red Lions heavily favored vs Knights”

San Miguel Alab Pilipinas downs Gilas Pilipinas 93-89 in a tuneup game Monday at the Meralco gym in Pasig City. (Waylon Galvez) By WAYLON GALVEZ Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone isn’t one who makes excuses. But after a 93-89 setback to San Migual Alab Pilipinas, the veteran mentor thinks his players didn’t have the same energy inContinue reading “Alab downs Gilas in friendly match; Cone feels players are exhausted from ongoing conference”

By Jonas Terrado San Miguel Alab Pilipinas’ Jason Brickman was pleased with his performance against some of the PBA’s best guards during two tune-up games between the ASEAN Basketball League outfit and the Southeast Asian Games-bound Gilas Pilipinas. Alab Pilipinas’ Jason Brickman, left, defends Gilas Pilipinas’ Chris Ross during their recent tune-up. (PBA Images) Brickman gaveContinue reading “Alab’s Jason Brickman pleased with performance vs some of PBA’s best guards”

  Beach volleyball pair Bernadeth Pons, left, and Sisi Rondina Two sports which are looking to make a noise in the 30th Southeast Asian Games serve as special guests in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday at the Amelie Hotel-Manila. Kickboxing and beach volleyball will discuss their respective campaigns during the biennial meetContinue reading “Kickboxing, beach volleyball at PSA Forum”

By Jonas Terrado NLEX Road Warriors coach Yeng Guiao Coach Yeng Guiao compared his NLEX Road Warriors to a second-hand automobile that rolls smoothly as they continue their dream run in the PBA Governors’ Cup. “Puro surplus lang ‘tong mga piyesa natin dito,” Guiao said after the Road Warriors erased another huge deficit to escapeContinue reading “NLEX: Surplus parts, souped-up engine work wonders for Yeng Guiao”

By Nick Giongco World champion Carlos Yulo of gymnastics and EJ Obiena of athletics are assured of receiving more than the usual from the Philippine Sport Commission (PSC) as they gear up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. PSC chairman Butch Ramirez said Filipino athletes who will make the Olympic grade need not worry about gettingContinue reading “Ramirez assures Tokyo-bound PH athletes”

Humbled the last time out, Team South seeks not just redemption but domination of a side that is likewise keen on bucking the odds and proving its worth again in The Duel ­–North vs South which gets going Wednesday at the Sta. Elena Golf Club in Laguna. That should guarantee a spirited battle right inContinue reading “Golf: South eyes payback in ‘Duel — North vs South’”

By Kristel Satumbaga Game Thursday (Olivarez gym, Parañaque City) 12 noon – Olivarez vs Diliman Diliman College evens the best-of-three series to 1-1 after taking Game 2 of the finals. (UCBL Images)   Diliman College denied Olivarez College 82-72 yesterday to forge sudden death for the PG Flex Linoleum-Universities and Colleges Basketball League title atContinue reading “UCBL: Diliman forges winner-take-all”

By Jonas Terrado The Luzon Cup got an additional boost with the Philippine Sports Commission lending its support to the boys under-12 football tournament set Nov. 21 to 24 at the Jose V. Yap Sports Recreational Park in San Jose, Tarlac. PSC Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez expressed his support to the competition organized by NegrosContinue reading “PSC supports Luzon Cup”

Lucio “Bong” Tan Jr. Lucio ‘Bong’ Tan Jr., namesake son of tycoon Lucio Tan, passed away Monday morning at a hospital in San Juan where he was rushed after collapsing during a basketball game in Mandaluyong last Saturday. He was 53. As words of mourning and sympathy poured from the sporting community, many of whomContinue reading “Longtime basketball buddy mourns Bong Tan’s passing”