Monthly Archives: September 2008

Chris Ranks: Five players you need to look out for next PBA season.

I’ve been in hoop hiatus for awhile so I thought it would be good to write a warm up entry before I begin writing serious stuff again. Well yeah, if ever you’re wondering why I’ve been gone for so long (As if) let’s just say I spent 6 days lying on a hospital bed andaaa

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Your HooPh Basketball Site Is A PBA Finalist

First, the nomination. = Happy. Now, HooPh made the finals of the Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) Sports Blog Category. = Happier. If ever we win? = Happierer. The complete finalist list are the following: Big Lakers Fan Bleachers’ Brew HooPh – Philippine Hoops Blog Lakers Today Sports and Tech sa Pilipinas The Bull Runner Victoriousaaa

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Sydman’s Side Defect: Top 10 Player Crossovers to Movies

We now list the Top 10 Films that featured basketball players. Except for one award-winning film and a legendary titular debut, ALL films have either crappy storylines or abysmal acting. Former Crispa Redmanizer Atoy Co provided sidekick duties for Philip Salvador and Ronnie Ricketts. He was also part of the first Ober Da Bakod movieaaa

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20 Solar’s MUST-DO & MUST-NOT-DO lists on Covering the PBA

Yeah yeah, been reading a lot of PR about Solar’s purchase of hi tech gadgetries, the training of the anchors, the coverage practice, etc. So I am expecting a lot. Because I love the PBA and the TV coverage to me, is like, 65% percent of the whole TV PBA Basketball watching experience, I amaaa

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UAAP Season 71 Finals: Ateneo vs La Salle News Links

HOT TICKETS Sold out in just over three hours. That was how fast tickets for Sunday’s UAAP championship showdown between Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University were gobbled up Monday, underscoring the intensity of their age-old rivalry and the rabid loyalty of the fans of the two elite schools. TicketNet, the ticketingaaa

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Nike gears up FEU and UE for the UAAP Finals

When the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws and the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors enter the playoffs of this year’s UAAP Season 71, they will be newly equipped with the Nike System of Dress. Combining a more sophisticated, tailored design with performance-enhancing technology, the Nike System of Dress is lighter, more aerodynamic, andaaa

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WASTED OPPORTUNITY?

WASTED OPPORTUNITY In a league where there are only ten teams, making the best out of every opportunity is a must. This is why there are foreigners that falsify their birth certificates to play here (like the other unproven Fil-Ams) and there are players that had to go through hell to get here (Kerby Raymundo’saaa

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Sydman’s Side Defect: PBA Offseason News

OFFSEASON NEWS We look at the first transactions of the Philippine Cup that does not involve rookies. Amongst the rookie draftees Mark Cuevas and Christian Cabatu have yet to find teams. Paolo Bugia is probably headed somewhere not basketball related and the talks that Robert Jaworski will return to the league could again spark aaaa

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PBA 2008 Preseason Schedule

Air21 and Talk ’N Text will skip the tournament due to previously set commitments. Schedule: September 15, 2008: Red Bull – San Miguel (Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Santa Mesa Manila) September 17, 2008: Rain or Shine – Alaska (Lyceum University, Manila) September 20, 2008: Purefoods – Barangay Ginebra (San Beda, Manila) September 22, 2008:aaa

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Joe Devance, the Next Bong Hawkins? Next This, Next That, Nix It

The trouble with copying a successful basketball history. Let’s do NBA… Stackhouse and Grant Hill, the new Pippen-MJ combo: FAILED Mc Grady – Grant Hill, the new Pippen-MJ combo: FAILED Lebron James – Larry Hughes, the new Pippen – MJ combo: FAILED O’Neal and Penny Hardaway, new Jabbar Johnson tandem: FAILED Kobe – Lamar, MJaaa

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