Monthly Archives: November 2007

Week 5 and 6 – PBA Astig Rankings: Red Bull Barakos Are Unbeatabulls

With my to-do list thicker than Yancee’s eyebrows, I can only give this is lazy version of Week 5 and 6 Astig Rankings covering November 14 – 25 PBA games. Speaking of Yancee, now that Asi is sporting Coke unis, it’s Sunsilk time to shine moment for him. We have been waiting for him toaaa

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Settling for a Mountain instead of the Rock

I was listlessly reading Philippine Star moments ago when I saw something… Asi Taulava was traded. What? Eight years ago, the Rock, The Molten Lava, Lava-Man was the biggest piece of property that Mobiline/TNT ever got. Forget the Vic Pablo, Eugene Quilban, Andy Seigle, Jeffrey Cariaso acquisitions… Gherome Ejercito? Don’t even start… For eight years,aaa

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Asi Taulava Shipped to Coca Cola for Peek, top pick

Asi shipped to Tigers for Peek, top pick By Abac Cordero – PHILSTAR Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Little did Asi Taulava know that the game against Red Bull last Sunday was his last for Talk n Text. In a move that caught people by surprise, Talk n Text traded the 6-foot-9 Taulava to Coca-Cola inaaa

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THE POWER TEN (November 26, 2007)

THE POWER TEN (November 26, 2007) NOTED: Aries Dimaunahan was acquired by Coke from Air21. The former Express that tallied 4.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.0 assists for the team normed four points, four boards, and five dimes in his first game as a Tiger. Mark Caguioa was his usual self against Coke. The Sparkaaa

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PBA Recap: Air 21 versus TnT – Stalking Wynne Arboleda

Inside Araneta Center last night on my way to a 9PM meet at QC. I was given free tix so again, I met up with EDSA traffic to see live games. The middle pack teams (Air21, Talk n Text, Red Bull and Magnolia) were on yesterday. Warm-up: (i) I saw Partick Fran. Hey, he isaaa

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Ball Hog: Solar ABC5 Pact, GSW Youtube, Agent Zero Vids and More

Solar Sports Joins ABC5, RJTV During the ongoing Ad Congress now being held a Subic, Solar chief Wilson Tieng will formally announce (have formally announced) its deal with ABC5 and RJTV. This is absolutely good news, more Solar Programming on freeTV. The last time I was moving in to a new flat, I was hoping,aaa

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Ginebra Killers Exposed

When I was small (enter the song here…), I was in deep shit every Ginebra loss. I was not able to sleep man. In fact, I believe I shed a tear or two. Times have changed now, I still cheer for Ginebra but if they somehow can’t win over Welcoat, life goes on man. Iaaa

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POWER TEN (Philippine Cup Individual rankings as of Nov 19)

Power ten: (As of November 18, 2007) Alaska takes a week off as we see the Welcoat Dragons finally claiming back-to-back victories while the Red Bull Barako boys destroyed a clean slate in a “Giant-killing” fashion. Welcome to the Power 10. First of all, this is not a weekly player of the week honors thing.aaa

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Hoops Poll: Fast and the Furious still the Dynamic Duo

Stopping this poll at 222. Getting the popular vote is the tandem of “The Fast and the Furious.” Despite the Mark Caguioa playing only a game thus far, they got the 31% of votes casted. The performance tandem of Kerby Raymundo and James Yap got 20%. Relatively poor starts by Magnolia and TnT send Dannyaaa

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PBA Philippine Cup 2007 – Astig Rankings 2 (Week 3 and 4) – Purefoods Still Hot

Here’s the Week 3 and 4 PBA Astig Rankings. Week 1/2 issue is here. New to this PBA Astig Rankings issue is the Tim Cone quote of the week, AKA, CONE-QUOTE and the TRUE or FALSE bits. Here goes… Current Overall Team Standings: Purefoods 6 – 0 Magnolia 4 – 2 Talk N Text 4aaa

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