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Eaglets win back-to-back UAAP Juniors title

MANILA -- The Ateneo Blue Eaglets won back-to-back titles after eking out a 61-56 victory against the De La Salle Zobel (DLSZ) Junior Archers in the 72nd UAAP Juniors basketball on Thursday at the Araneta Coliseum. Kiefer Ravena sealed the win for Ateneo with two free throws in the last 4.6 seconds. But more than that, it was his savvy playmaking that helped the Eaglets capture their 17th title. The 15-year-old son of former PBA superstar Bong Ravena, finished with 9 points, 7 rebounds, 6 ass...

National finals caps off Milo Marathon

MANILA - After holding 26 race legs around the country, the 33rd Milo National Marathon is set to culminate its run with the National Finals on Oct. 11 in Manila. The marathon is offering P75,000 for each top top finishers in the men’s and women’s division. The runners-up will get P50,000 each. Those who finish in the top 10 of the 21K half marathon, 10K run, 5K fun run and 3K kiddie run races will also be given cash prizes. The finals marathon route will start and end at the Quirino Grandst...

Blue Eagles clinch back-to-back UAAP crown

MANILA – The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Blue Eagles executed its game plan to the letter and came out with a 71-58 victory over the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors for its second consecutive men’s basketball crown in the 72nd University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The Blue Eagles outrebounded, outhustled and outsmarted the Warriors in the deciding game before 18,851 UAAP fans at the Araneta Coliseum on Thursday. “Today, the focus was much better and we cam...

SC validates BAP-SBP election of MVP's group

MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) has validated the election of the group of Misamis Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno and business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, as chairman and president, respectively, of the Basketball Association of the Philippines-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (BAP-SBP). The high court made the validation by affirming the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling over the BAP-SBP tenure of Moreno and Pangilinan from 2008 to 2012. In a 12-page decision issued by the Court’s Third Division, th...

Letran’s Guevarra tears ACL, ends NCAA career

MANILA -- Rey Guevarra, the other half of Letran’s vaunted one-two punch, will not be around for the Knights in the Final Four. The high-leaping 6’4” Guevarra tore his ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in Letran’s 64-76 defeat to reigning three-peat titlist San Beda last Friday. The injury abruptly ends his colourful four-year stint with the Muralla-based pontifical school. “It’s sad losing a player him like that, the team is really saddened,” said Letran coach Louie Alas. Guevarra came to th...