July 09, 2026
Thursday
SINCE Jeron Teng’s 104-point feast as a junior with Xavier School in a Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA) high school game against Grace Christian College (164-74) on January 5, 2011, another Filipino high school basketballer has surpassed the century mark in a single game. Underpublicized Clark Quijano of AMA Computer University was said […]
A BOUNTIFUL New Year to one and all! May the Year of the Horse (it officially starts on January 31, 2014 in the Chinese calendar) bring peace and prosperity to a country that was plagued by natural calamities like Typhoon Haiyan and man-made disasters in the year that is about to pass. No more pork […]
THE U.S. National Basketball Association on Christmas Day (December 26, Manila time) won’t be the same without Kobe Bryant. Yes, Christmas won’t be the same without you, Kobe. Bryant, the fourth all-time leading scorer in NBA history, will be in the sidelines when his injury-riddled Los Angeles Lakers host the two-time defending NBA titlist Miami […]
ANOTHER Metro Manila-based high school basketball tournament ended in dramatic fashion over the weekend. Uno High School scored a stunning come-from-behind 54-53 victory over Saint Jude Catholic School Friday night to annex the Juniors Division title in the 1st Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association basketball competitions at the Uno High School Gym in Manila. Two […]
UNBLEMISHED no more, Uno High School is. Host St. Jude Catholic School brought down erstwhile unbeaten Uno High School, 63-60, Wednesday night in a spine-tingling triple-overtime classic in the 1st Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association high school basketball competitions at the Uno HS Gym in Manila to force a winner-take-all title match today (6:00 p.m.), […]
UNBLEMISHED no more, Uno High School is. Host St. Jude Catholic School brought down erstwhile unbeaten Uno High School, 63-60, Wednesday night in a spine-tingling triple-overtime classic in the 1st Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association high school basketball competitions at the Uno HS Gym in Manila to force a winner-take-all title match today (6:00 p.m.), […]
AND so it came to pass that reigning University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) titlist De La Salle University romped away with the 2013 Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) crown in a best-of-three finals mismatch against Cebu powerhouse Southwestern University. The Green Archers simply outclassed the Cobras in two straight games — 64-54 in […]
REMEMBER Van Halen Parmis, the archipelago-trotting coach who has won scores of “ligang labas” or pocket tournaments in the Visayas and Mindanao this year? The players on his roster vary from time to time. It is a hodgepodge of displaced professionals, post-college journeymen without roundball employment, potential foreign recruits for the collegiate ranks and even […]
IN my half-a-century local basketball travelogue, only twice have I personally witnessed a triple-overtime game. The first came on Valentine’s Day in 2005 during the opener of the best-of-three Juniors (high school) finals between defending champion St. Stephen’s High School and Xavier School in the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA) tournament held at […]
WITHOUT meal ticket Arvin Tolentino, the San Beda Red Cubs lost their poise and invincibility. San Sebastian College-Recoletos turned the tables around against two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tormentor San Beda College with a thrilling 108-102 triple overtime win in the finals of the 2nd Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship (PSSBC) at the SGS […]
THE Final Four roster for the 2013 Philippine Collegiate Champions League has been determined. And as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, a different champion will be crowned. Making up the four-team semifinal cast are the De La Salle University Green Archers, the reigning University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) champions; the San […]