CAPITALIZING ON its experience and huge height advantage, Far Eastern University kept its unblemished record with a 76-62 victory over winless University of Santo Tomas yesterday in the UAAP men’s basketball tournament at the Blue Eagle gym.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Drawing strength and inspiration from the loss of Willie Miller, the Filipinos fought like wounded tigers in the second half and RP-San Miguel Beer eked out an 82-74 win over stubborn Kazakhstan Sunday night at the Taipei Physical Education College gym here.
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ROY VENCE is beginning to feel his age but before hanging his running shoes, he wants to fulfill dreams.
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EVERYBODY’S talking about FedEx and who they will select as top freshman of the 2005 PBA Draft class. But Sta. Lucia, which owns the draft rights for the second pick overall, is still figuring its cards on who to pick.
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SAYING HE is behind President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo every step of the way, Manny Pacquiao will occupy a special place in the gallery when the Chief Executive makes her State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) today at Congress.
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REAL SPICY finally made his point.
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ROSARIO, Batangas — Renan Morales showed the elite field and a grand display of what he’s capable of – both on four and two wheels – following swashbuckling victories in the National Junior Touring Car Championships and the Road Racing Championships at the Batangas Racing Circuit here.
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ROSARIO, Batangas — Walter Pazon of Blanche Racing made sure his name would be part of drag racing history when he clinched two titles in the inaugural of the BRC Drag Racing Festival at the Batangas Racing Circuit — the country’s permanent and legal drag strip — recently here.
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A TEAM teeming with international experience will represent Manila in the Big League (16-18) World Series for girls softball set Aug. 15-20 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Game Today
(Sto. Niño Baseball grounds)
1 p.m. — Taiwan vs RP
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ILIGAN CITY — Mayor Lawrence Cruz’s Iligan Crusaders leaned on the fourth-quarter explosion of Gerry Cavan to turn back the visiting Parañaque Jets, 88-81, Saturday night in the 2005 Panasonic-NBC national basketball championship at the packed MSU-IIT gym here.
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NAGA CITY — Veteran runner Neri Barcelo captured his fifth regional title while Joanne Manangat ended the two-year reign of Luisa Raterta when they ruled their respective divisions in the 29th National Milo Marathon yesterday at the Quezon Park here.
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MAURICIO “Moying” MARTELINO, who spent the best years of his life running the affairs of Asian and Philippine basketball as past secretary general of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) and the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), was plucked from retirement yesterday to lead the Philippine Basketball Federation (PBF) as its first president.
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JUST LIKE the crisis gripping the political arena, the country’s biggest sports entertainment — the PBA — is also brewing with reports of impending leadership change.
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TAIPEI — The title bid of the San Miguel-RP team in the William Jones Cup suffered a major dent when prolific guard Willie Miller was forced to go home after dislocating his right ankle during the team’s 82-74 win over Kazakhstan.
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The San Miguel-RP team streaked to its third straight win yesterday by beating fancied South Korea, 79-75, raising its profile as a strong contender in the Jones Cup, one of Asia’s most prestigious tournaments.
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Adamson tossers rip Lady Archers
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LIN CHIH Hao hit a grand slam in the third inning to power Chinese-Taipei to an abbreviated 12-2 win over a hapless Team Philippines and into the championship of the 2005 Asia Pacific Zone Bronco Baseball Championship at the Sto. Niño Baseball grounds in Marikina City.
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Games today (UM gym)
8 a.m. — AMACU vs St. Clare
9:30 a.m. — Umak vs UM
11 a.m. —New Era vs STI
12:30 p.m. — CEU vs PLP
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FRANZ GRAFIL scored a record win in the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championships, sweeping the seven-round Swiss system tournament to run away with the kiddies crown in the Northern Luzon leg at the People’s Gymnasium in Tuguegarao Sunday.
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THE international broadcast coverage of the 23rd Southeast Asian Games will cost the National Broadcasting Network (NBN 4) and the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee no less than P100 million.
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REMEMBER THESE names: Roman Carlo Academia, Rafael Benito, Kahlil Terence Demaisip, Juha Turalba, Gabby Borja, Paolo Gonzales, Bobby Domingo, Renz Pazcoguin.
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