Monthly Archives: October 2006

Slam Dunk! Lenovo

Lenovo and the NBA announced a software-hardware deal thereby making Lenovo, the National Basketball Association’s computing tool. Inclusive of the deal is the Lenovo-developed software un-creatively called, well, Lenovo Stat. Lenovo Stat is a software that takes into consideration the players statistics to measure the strength of the team at any given time. One wouldaaa

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Purefoods Outlasted Talk ‘N Text: Via Triple Overtime Marathon

Purefoods Chunkee Giants (3-3) won over Talk ‘N Talk Phone Pals (4-2), 109-103, the hard way, triple overtime. This game felt like the Phonepals lost this than Purefoods winning the game. The Talk n Text giving up a 20 point margin while both guys, Taulava and Raymundo, resolved in taking long jumper and a baselineaaa

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Sta. Lucia Players Make Chua’s Hair Sway!

Ang Lambooooot! Ang Siglaaaaaa! That’s how the socially active Ricky Reyes would possibly react if he sees Sta. Lucia play this conference. That’s in reference to Al Francis Chua’s hair (Ang lamboooooot!) and the latter, in reference to Sta. Lucia’s lively, strong and active play (Ang Siglaaaaaaaa!). (You should know by now, that it hasaaa

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Shaq Gets Ready For Career After Basketball – Joins In On Botched Police Raid

Miami, FL (AHN) – In yet another sign that Shaquille O’Neal has more fun than anyone else on this planet, the superstar Miami Heat center was present during a police raid in Virginia. O’Neal was there as a guest of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office. Topping the strangeness of having a 7-foot man participating inaaa

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NBA governors approve sale of SuperSonics

“We appreciate the support of the Board of Governors and we are honored to become a member of the NBA,” Bennett said in a release. “We are excited about owning one of the outstanding franchises in sports in one of America’s greatest cities. We are looking forward with great anticipation to the 40th anniversary seasonaaa

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The Good and the Bad Trades

We have seen really, really crappy trades in the PBA but this Adducul/Tugade SMB deal is just ridiculous! First of all, Lordy Tugade is a dispensable guy, believe it or not. Why did I say that? Junthy Valenzuela, Cyrus Baguio, and Larry Fonacier can play those minutes left by Tugade well and they can alsoaaa

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Jay Williams: Not Even Bottom Of the Nets

Jay Williams, formerly of the Chicago Bulls was released by the New Jersey Nets just days back. Jay Williams was drafted 2nd overall in 2002. He was also a former National Player of the year, playing at Duke University. But right after his rookie season, he had this (dumb) mistake of driving a motorcycle (whichaaa

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PBA Weekly ASTIG Rankings – Week 3: San Miguel Beer Tops

Reversal is the name of the week. Teams which had trouble winning in the past two weeks suddenly stocked up on some. While two teams finally succumbed to losses and this tainted their unbeaten records. The bottom residents have come to invade the high rankers in terms of performance. 1. San Miguel Rank Last Week:aaa

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Red Warriors champs of collegiate champs

By Joey Villar The Philippine Star 10/23/2006 University of the East found vindication in a bigger stage, stunning a taller San Beda, 66-59, to rule the 2006 Collegiate Champions League before a sizeable Sunday crowd at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. James Martinez, who happened to play college ball for San Beda, spewed 16 points includingaaa

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Too Much Hoopla

Much hoopla about the transfer of Adducul and Lordy Tugade to the San Miguel fold but neither one had an impact in SMB’s first win of the season. SMB defeated the Alaska Aces, 81 – 71. Rommel Adducul contributed only four points and four rebounds while the ‘artistically injured’ Lordy Tugade managed to contribute, well,aaa

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