With less than a month to go before the opening of UAAP Season 79, the preparations of the DLSU Green Archers have gone up another notch. Despite the team’s intense practices and competitive tuneup games, Cameroonian Ben Mbala took time out of his busy schedule to sit down with The LaSallian. In this first installment,…
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Every four years, people from all around the world will be glued to their couches watching television, hoping to catch the world’s best athletes compete in one of the biggest stages in the sporting world: The Summer Olympic Games. From an athelete’s perspective, those four years of hard work will culminate in one big event that…
Ben Mbala: Armed and ready
In two months, Ben Mbala will make his long-awaited UAAP debut for the DLSU Green Archers. Having served three long years of residency, the six-foot-seven 230-pound center out of Cameroon was initially set to play in Season 78. However, he had been deemed to violate league rules after playing in an unauthorized tournament in General…
Green Journal: Yan Lariba’s road to Rio
With the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio right around the corner, Lady Paddler Yan Lariba describes how she is gearing up to face the world’s best in Brazil. It has been a new, exciting, and tough journey for the Season 78 Athlete of the Year, yet as Lariba approaches arguably the biggest tournament of her…
Ultimate Frisbee is a growing sport in many parts of the country, most especially in Metro Manila, as it offers leisure while promoting competitiveness. What started out as a pastime by expats has now evolved into a more common sport, with the international community dubbing the country as one of the most competitive and rising…
Success has always been subjective for each person and although an athlete’s legacy is usually determined by the mark he or she has left on the game, there are some who go for a different road to success. One such athlete is former Green Spiker Enzo Dizon. Early beginnings Dizon had always considered himself…
After another stellar season that resulted in another General Championship (GC) for DLSU, many Lasallian teams and players are already practicing towards the goal of replicating that feat while also improving on their finishes in their respective tournaments this upcoming season. So far this preseason, the Green Archers, the Lady Archers, and the Green Batters…
Food is what fuels the human body and keeps it going so that one can cope with life’s daily demands. Yet, when it comes to meals, athletes have to make certain sacrifices during the season in order to perform at a high level. Once they win the coveted championship, all those months of abstaining from…
Dancing has been considered by most to be the ultimate expression of one’s self through movement. However, to dance is not simply to move with reckless abandon; nor is it gyrating without restraint. To dance is to create an art form, which oftentimes requires finesse and always a purposeful rhythmic direction. Such is the case…
Aldin Ayo: All out with mind and heart
Following another early exit in UAAP Season 78 and the departure of Juno Sauler as head coach, apprehension and uncertainty clouded the fate of the DLSU Green Archers and their storied tradition. On the other side of the spectrum, the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights were crowned champions in the National Collegiate Athletic…