Friday - March 12, 2010

 

Tiger kick: UST jin Avenido is UAAP"s top athlete

1. Taekwondo jin Marlon Avenido, a prized recruit from Basilan, capped the total domination of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Tigers in the 72nd UAAP wars by bagging the seniors division Athlete of the Year plum.

 

No weight woes for Pacquiao; foe struggles

1. Joshua Clottey appears to be struggling to make the weight barely 36 hours before challenging champion Manny Pacquiao for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown. In contrast, Pacquiao is comfortably within the limit at 146 lbs a day before weigh in.

 

'Bata" named RP billiards team playing coach

1. Former world 9-Ball champion Efren "Bata" Reyes has been elevated to the status of national playing coach for the RP billiards contingent starting with the coming Asian Games in November in Guangzhou, China.

 

Clottey trainer: I have key to beating Pacquiao

1. Saying he's got Manny Pacquiao all figured out, Lenny De Jesus, the trainer of Joshua Clottey, believes his fighter can administer the Pacman"s first loss in the last five years.

 

Pacquiao"s fight day expected to be brownout-free

1. Manny Pacquiao"s legions of fans will likely enjoy a brownout-free viewing of their idol"s showdown with Joshua Clottey of Ghana on Sunday morning despite the current power woes.

 

Fish advances to second round at Indian Wells

1. INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - American Mardy Fish, the BNP Paribas Open runner-up in 2008, beat Michael Berrer of Germany, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a first-round match Thursday at the Tennis Garden.

 

Magic roll past Bulls as Rose sprains wrist

1. ORLANDO, Fla. - Vince Carter had 23 points to help the Orlando Magic pull away early and cruise past the injured Chicago Bulls, 111-82 on Thursday night for a season-high seventh straight win.

 

Asian fencing joust in RP still a foreign show

1. Hong Kong snatched its first gold medal while Japan continued its domination in the 2010 Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

 

Faldo Series golf: Sumampong tumbles to 23rd

1. Shenzhen, China - Brent Sumampong"s second round ended in a bizarre fashion as he skied to a 12-over-par 74 that left him scrambling for a top three podium finish in the Nick Faldo Series Asia Grand Final at the Mission Hills Golf and Country Club.

 

Gilbert Arenas is 'Agent Zero' no more

1. WASHINGTON - Goodbye, "Agent Zero." Gilbert Arenas is switching his uniform number.

 

Not a Super Bowl, but Pacquiao an event

1. ARLINGTON, Texas - The czar of boxing was so devastated the fight didn't happen, it took him weeks to get over it. The fight, of course, was Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao, and it fell apart despite the frenzied efforts of some of the biggest names in boxing and one of the biggest egos in Texas.

 

Football Hall of Famer, TV star Merlin Olsen dies at 69

1. SALT LAKE CITY - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.

 

LeBron ready to return against 76ers Friday

1. Cavaliers star LeBron James is tired of watching basketball and ready to start playing again.

 

AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters

1. Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press.

 

Ascof trips Fern-C, keeps slim semis hopes alive

1. Ascof Lagundi played solid basketball for three quarters and that proved enough to dominate Fern C, 83-71, in Thursday"s PBL PG Flex-Erase Placenta Cup at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

 

Clottey won"t back down vs Pacquiao"s attacks

1. In as much as he has high regard for Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey wouldn"t think twice engaging the Filipino World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion in fierce exchanges once only the two of them are inside the ring.

 

Pucay, Que fail to qualify for British Open

1. For the first time in three years, there will be no Filipino participant in the British Open as Mars Pucay and Angelo Que failed to land in the top four of the International Final Qualifying-Asia played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

PBL: Pharex secures semis seat

1. Pharex B Complex leaned on the steady showing of its bench players and unleashed a tight defense in the end game to secure the first semifinals seat in the 2010 PBL PG Flex-Erase Placenta Cup via an 86-83 decision over AddMix Thursday at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City

 

Gilas toughens up for Asiad with heavy 80-game slate

1. After a strong third place finish in a tough tournament in Dubai, the Smart Gilas Pilipinas team will hardly have time to relax as the Pinoy cagers will embark on a heavy 80-game schedule to toughen up for their Asian Games campaign in Guangzhou, China in November.

 

Usain Bolt, Serena Williams win Laureus Awards

1. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Usain Bolt won his second Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, and Serena Williams won the woman's prize.

 

Marion Jones signs with WNBA's Tulsa Shock

1. TULSA, Okla. - Marion Jones hasn't lost much of her swagger. The disgraced sprinter once called the world's fastest woman was introduced Wednesday as the newest member of the WNBA's Tulsa Shock and she offered no apologies for her steroids use or her time in federal prison.

 

Knicks set franchise losing record in setback to Spurs

1. SAN ANTONIO - Manu Ginobili scored 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs won for the fifth time in six games with a 97-87 victory over the New York Knicks, who guaranteed themselves a franchise-record ninth consecutive losing season.

 

Mavericks beat Nets for 13th straight victory

1. DALLAS - Jason Kidd had 20 points and nine assists, Caron Butler added 16 points, and the Dallas Mavericks recovered from a lethargic start to match the NBA's longest winning streak this season with their 13th straight victory, 96-87 over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.

 

The Final Score: Boxing by Heart. Basketball by Blood.

1. Mico Halili writes how the basketball-crazy Filipinos will go bananas for another sport on Sunday, when boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao embarks on another of his missions inside the ring.

 

Grizzlies beat Celtics for 1st time since '06

1. BOSTON - Rudy Gay scored 28 points to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night and give the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road win and first victory over Boston since 2006.

 

Heat get 27 from Wade, hold off Clippers

1. MIAMI - Dwyane Wade had 27 points and eight assists, Jermaine O'Neal finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, and the Miami Heat extended their longest home winning streak of the season to four games by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 108-97 on Wednesday night.

 

Pacquiao calm, confident in fight vs Clottey

1. ARLINGTON, Texas - Manny Pacquaio arrived at Cowboys Stadium on Wednesday in a bus covered with his likeness, the seats filled with members of his entourage.

 

Lakers struggling to escape late-season funk

1. The euphoria from Kobe Bryant's latest game-winning shot didn't last much longer than it took for the celebratory streamers to fall from the Staples Center roof onto the Toronto Raptors' heads.

 

Champ Pacquiao remains cautious of foe Clottey

1. Be it Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto or even Juan Manuel Marquez, it"s never the practice of Manny Pacquiao to take his opponents lightly. More so now against the bigger and stronger Joshua Clottey.

 

Asian long jump queen Torres to grace Saturday fun run

1. Celebrated trackster Maristella Torres will be among the top Filipino athletes that will grace the 1st Pocari Sweat Fun Run on Saturday at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

 

Pacquiao, Diaz pull for each other

1. CHICAGO, Illinois - Ever since boxing champion Manny Pacquiao stripped David Diaz of his World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight crown in 2008, the former champion never took the loss personally and formed a friendly relationship with the reigning pound-for-pound king.

 

Supreme Court affirms Pennisi's Filipino citizenship

1. The Supreme Court has denied the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Immigration"s (BI) bid to conduct summary deportation proceedings against Filipino-Australian cager Michael Alfio "Mick" Pennisi.

 

Pharex, Ascof hope to shore up semis bids

1. Sister teams Pharex B Complex and Ascof Lagundi aim to clinch important victories that would shore up their respective bids in the 2010 PBL PG Flex-Erase Placenta Cup when they face separate opponents on Thursday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

 

 

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