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MANILA, Philippines – The Burger King organization believes it has now the material for its very first championship with a team built around US-trained Japeth Aguilar, its first pick in the 2009 PBA Rookie Draft at the Market! Market! in Taguig yesterday.
The Whoppers, as expected, made Aguilar the year’s top pick, then also drafted Ronnie Matias at No. 8 before working on a trade deal with Coca-Cola to ga
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The absence of a first-round pick didn’t pose any problem at all to the Coca-Cola Tigers, who went double time on the trading table during the PBA Annual Rookie Draft.
First, the Tigers snared the No.3 pick of Burger King for the services of Fil-Am greenhorn Chris Ross and acquired guard Marvin Cruz, also from the Whopper.
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TAIPEI – Powerade Team Pilipinas mixed it up with old Asian nemesis South Korea and had a glimpse of what to expect in Tianjin as the Nationals were outran, outhustled and outgunned.
The Koreans put everything on display in topping the Filipinos, 83-80, in the 31st William Jones Cup basketball competition at the Hsinchuang Gymnasium here last night.
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MANILA – The ignominy of falling to a 0-3 start did not go to the De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers.
Instead, it went to University of the Philippines (UP) as the Green Archers took advantage of the Fighting Maroons’ second quarter futility to finally score a win, 73-63, in the 72nd University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) at the Philsports Arena Thursday.
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Lamoiyan Corporation, owner of Hapee Toothpaste in the Philippine Basketball League, is knocking on the doors of the Philippine Basketball Association.
And according to Bernard Yang, team manager of Hapee Toothpaste, the timing is perfect for the group’s entry to the PBA as it would benefit both the league and the players.
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MANILA, Philippines – Jayjay Helterbrand yesterday joined the Ginebra Kings in one up-and-down drill then retreated to the sidelines.
His left thigh was still tight and his status still uncertain on the eve of the crucial Game Five of the Ginebra-San Miguel showdown for the Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference championship.
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MANILA, Philippines – National coach Yeng Guiao said he is hard-pressed in naming the final 12 of the 14 training team members to the national team that will compete in Tianjin, China next month.
“That will be the most difficult decision probably coming in the next three weeks,” said Guiao, head coach of Powerade Team Pilipinas, during practice Tuesday night at The Arena in San Juan.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), Asia’s first play-for-pay league will pay tribute to former commissioner Leo Prieto.
The PBA has set the event before the annual Leo Awards, the ceremony named after the league’s founding commissioner before Game 4 of the 2009 Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference Finals.
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SINGAPORE – “Lend us the best players and we’ll win medals for the country.” This was the message that Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Noli Eala tried to send across from this tiny island nation following two bitter losses the RP boys’ 3-on-3 team suffered against old-time favorites China and Korea.
The RP Team composed of Mario Bonleon, Jeoffrey Javillonar, Michael Tolomia and Jeron A
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MANILA, Philippines – Ginebra ace guard Jayjay Helterbrand captured the Best Player of the Conference (BPC) honors in the PBA reinforced tourney for the second straight year.
Helterbrand repeated as Fiesta Conference best player, winning the coveted award this season over Burger King’s Arwind Santos, San Miguel’s Dondon Hontiveros, Coca-Cola’s Asi Taulava and Talk n Text’s Jimmy Alapag.
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Coco Martin:
Coco Martin (born Rodel Nacianceno) is a Filipino actor whose work includes the independent films Masahista and Daybreak as well as the television series Ta...
Prospero C. Nograles, Jr.: Speaker Prospero C. Nograles, Davao City Representative, was elected house speaker on Tuesday. He replaced Rep. Jose de Venecia of Pangasinan.
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