Known around the Philippines to have a keen eye for young talent, San Beda’s legendary mentor Ato Badolato invited the youthful Tyrone Bautista to try out for the grade school varsity squad after the boy caught his attention playing basketball in P.E. class. Bautista proved Badolato’s talent for finding gems because a couple of years…
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The Ultimate art of disc throwing
Imagine a field that looks just like a football pitch. A feeling of tension has risen and has taken over the mood of the whole place. Two groups of seven warriors meet at the middle to decide who gets the first move. They then march to their end zones, soldiers ready for battle. “Ultimate!” signals…
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Jason Perkins: The hefty lefty
In sports, aspiring athletes try to emulate the moves of those they look up to. Basketball players try to copy Kobe Bryant’s isolation moves, hoping to apply them in their own clutch moments or they try to imitate Kevin Durant’s impeccable work ethic to their own routines hoping to reach the heights he has achieved…
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Niky Scott: Two athletes in one
Many La Sallian student athletes are pounded all year with rigid practice schedules, rigorous training regimens, regular tournaments, and a hefty academic load and these manage to take up most, if not all, of their time. With this in mind, it is very unusual to find a student athlete officially in the line-up for two…
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Lady Archers sweep Fil-Oil group stage
After a disappointing second place finish in UAAP Season 75, coach Tyrone Bautista and the DLSU Lady Archers went back to the gym with one thing in mind: a championship. Though the UAAP has yet to begin, they have made significant strides during the offseason, evidenced by their 4-0 record at the end of the…
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UAAP 75 Recap: A breakthrough season
As UAAP Season 76 manifests itself this coming June 29 with the theme “Greatness Never Ends”, De La Salle University will take on the league for the very first time as the defending general champions. DLSU will enter the UAAP season ready to defend its first ever general championship gold medal against top contenders such…
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2007 DLSU Green Archers: Against the odds
In 2005, the DLSU Green Archers returned the 2004 UAAP Championship Trophy after learning that they fielded 2 ineligible players. This warranted the UAAP board to penalize the entire La Salle community by suspending the school from every sporting event in the league for the 69th Season in 2006. This caused an outrage among members…
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By the Numbers: La Salle’s Fil-Oil stint
After hitting the ground running at the get-go and winning their first five games, the DLSU Green Archers followed up their streak by losing two out of their last three games of the Fil-Oil Flying V Preseason Premiere Cup group stage. La Salle ended up with a 6-2 record, a one game improvement from 2012,…
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To be human
This term I decided to take a philosophy class that was not in my prescribed flowchart. It was an advanced majors course, and my first day was full of anxious thoughts of how I might not be able cope with the pace and subject mastery of philosophy majors. For two years now I have…
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Rant and Rave: The Professional Heckler
BLOG: Have you ever wondered how an interview between former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and current President Benigno Aquino III would sound like? For the not too serious person, how about combining the likes of Kris Aquino and Manny Pacquiao, or even Vice Ganda and Nancy Binay? Still not interested? What if the Los Angeles Lakers,…