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PBA: Dubai duel
Barako faces Rain or Shine Game Today (Al-Shabab Sports Club Dubai, UAE) 8 p.m. – Barako Bull vs Rain or Shine Game Tomorrow (Al-Shabab Sports Club Dubai, UAE) 8 p.m. – Rain or Shine vs Ginebra By WAYLON GALVEZ Manila, Philippines – With the appointment of Talk ’N Text coach Chot Reyes as head of the Smart-Gilas Pilipinas 2, management of the national team hopes to get the ball rolling...
Carmelo returns, but NY loses
NEW YORK (AFP) - Jeremy Lin flirted with a triple double but the New York Knicks struggled to find the right chemistry with the return of Carmelo Anthony from injury, losing 100-92 to the New Jersey Nets on Monday. “I need to come out with more energy and the team needs to come out with more energy. That is why we lost,” said Lin. It marked just the second loss since Lin’s amazing...
Scribes’ choice
Manila, Philippines – LA Tenorio is bent on playing while his injured elbow continues to hold up. If his game results in a win for Alaska, so much the better. That is why Tenorio’s jubilation was extra double after being named the Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week for boosting the Aces to a much-needed victory in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup. Tenorio highlighted a 23-point, four-assist...
PBA: Keep Lassiter
Perasol’s appeal to Coke management By Waylon Galvez Manila, Philippines – Powerade mentor Bo Perasol has one appeal to the Coke management – don’t ever trade Marcio Lassiter. Believing that Lassiter is a vital part in their quest to end their long title drought, Perasol insists that the only way they can challenge the league giants is to keep Lassiter in the lineup. The 6-foot-2 Lassiter,...
Knicks are back to their… WINNING WAYS
28 points, 14 assists for Lin in victory over Mavericks NEW YORK (AP) – Linsanity lives. Forget the off night that had NBA fans worldwide wondering if the Jeremy Lin story was too good to be true. It’s still plenty good, all right. The Harvard sensation was back at his whirling ways Sunday, and the stage couldn’t have been better – against the defending champions on national TV. Lin...
Kobe outburst
PHOENIX (AP) – Kobe Bryant has lashed out at Los Angeles Lakers management for leaving teammate Pau Gasol wondering whether he’s about to be traded. In a postgame monologue punctuated by a couple of profanities, Bryant says the Lakers either need to trade Gasol or come out and say it won’t happen. Bryant’s comments came in the aftermath of a 102-90 loss at Phoenix on Sunday. Bryant...
Hope unbeaten
Manila, Philippines – Hope Christian High School blasted San Beda College-Alabang, 25-16, 25-18, recently to stay unbeaten in six games and on top of the premier 17-Under Competitive Division of the Milosponsored, Best Center-organized Women’s Volleyball League at the Xavier School gym. The loss was San Beda’s first in six games and dropped it into a tie at second place with Colegio...
But who will coach Ateneo?
Black to Talk `N Text next; Chot handles Smart Gilas? By WAYLON GALVEZ Manila, Philippines – With Norman Black set to step down as coach of Ateneo after the 75th Season of the UAAP, there’s a possibility that he will take over Talk ‘N Text while coach Chot Reyes moves over to the Smart-Gilas Pilipinas 2 in preparation for the FIBA-Asia Championship next year. A team source said...
ABL: RP-Patriots rip Slammers
Nothing, not even the jittery start and the weary travel could prevent the AirAsia Philippine Patriots from exacting revenge on the Chang Thailand Slammers in a rematch of last year’s finals. Bucking a 13-point first half deficit and a late comeback by the Slammers, the Patriots left Bangkok, Thailand yesterday with the AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League still on their grasp thanks to an 81-72 win...
