| March 28, 2012 | By Charles Usi and Bimbo Sarmiento under Sports |
Before UAAP season 74 officially wound up, DLSU unveiled its last few tricks. UAAP Streetdance Competition reigning champions La Salle Dance Company-Street (LSDC) successfully defended its title to cap off the UAAP Season 74 Closing Ceremonies at the PICC Forum last March 10. LSDC ruled the dance floor once more in topping all eight UAAP schools’ dance crews. The Closing ceremonies featured the UAAP’s best:…
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| March 28, 2012 | By Charles Usi under Sports |
The damage is done. The referee’s decision is final. “First time na ginawa nila [referees] na during game mababased sa review [to decide a play]. Never nila ginawa yun sa mga games kahit nagkamali ang tawag nila hindi nila inaano sa video, (It is the first time that the referees based their call on a video replay. They have never referred to the videos before…
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| March 28, 2012 | By Imman Canicosa and Charles Usi under Sports |
He is listed six-foot-two, and he considers explosive and heady guards like Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry and Ricky Rubio as his favorite NBA players. Similarly, he had manned the point for his high school team, the Xavier Stallions, which won multiple championships. But Jeron Teng can do much more than dish the ball to open teammates and provide spacing on the floor. He can do…
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| March 28, 2012 | By Charles Usi and JC Gonzales under Sports, Sports Featured |
Cha Cruz could have graduated from the UAAP last year with flying colors – her third championship and the Finals MVP plum – but she did not. UAAP Season 74 was without veterans Jacq Alarca and Steph Mercado, but Cruz gambled and suited for her last year of eligibility. “Kaunti lang yung nabibigyan ng ganitong opportunity [to play in UAAP for five years and win…
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| February 28, 2012 | By Charles Usi under Opinion |
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) is one of the most popular collegiate leagues in the country, but its General Championship (GC), the award given to the best performing member-school has a reputation contrary to the league’s popularity. It is usually basketball, the rivalry between Ateneo and DLSU, and the improving performance of the underdogs that are the topic of discussion amongst sports…
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| February 26, 2012 | By Charles Usi under Sports, Sports Featured |
DLSU’s blocking is back. The DLSU Lady Spikers tallied 12 block kills to seize Game 2 of the UAAP Women’s Volleyball Finals’ series against the Ateneo Lady Eagles last Saturday, February 25. Home of the last four league’s top blockers in the past five seasons, including back-to-back Best Blocker Michelle Gumabao, the Lady Spikers reconstructed their blocking to neutralize the Blue-and-White’s vaunted firepower; the Green-and-White…
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| January 25, 2012 | By Charles Usi and Martha Elisse Teves under Sports |
The Green Spikers split their first six games evenly in the UAAP Season 74 Men’s Volleyball Tournament at the Fil Oil Flying V Arena to finish in the three-way log jam with Final Four contenders Adamson University (AdU) and University of the Philippines (UP). DLSU’s top two spikers, Team Captain Myco Antonio and sophomore Red Christensen, held the DLSU banner in the post-season bid. Antonio,…
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| January 8, 2012 | By Adiel Sam De Jesus and Charles Usi under Sports |
Two matches of the Green-and-White squad in the UAAP Season 74 Men’s Volleyball Tournament did not go as expected. The Green Spikers started with a 1-1 win and loss record after facing the top and the bottom squads of the previous season. With a mixed of seasoned veterans and five promising newcomers, last year’s 3rd runner-up have prepared for this season. A Chris Macasaet-less Green…
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