December 8 (Tuesday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – ADMU vs UP
11:00 AM – UE vs NU
02:00 PM – AdU vs FEU
04:00 PM – UST vs DLSU

December 11 (Friday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – NU vs AdU
11:00 AM – UP vs UST
02:00 PM – FEU vs UE
04:00 PM – DLSU vs ADMU

December 13 (Sunday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – UE vs UP
11:00 AM – ADMU vs NU
02:00 PM – UST vs FEU
04:00 PM – AdU vs DLSU

December 15 (Tuesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UST vs NU
04:00 PM – UP vs FEU

December 16 (Wednesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UE vs DLSU
04:00 PM – AdU vs ADMU

December 19 (Saturday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – DLSU vs UP
04:00 PM – ADMU vs UST

December 20 (Sunday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – FEU vs NU
04:00 PM – AdU vs UE

January 9 (Saturday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – NU vs DLSU
04:00 PM – UE vs UST

January 10 (Sunday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UP vs AdU
04:00 PM – ADMU vs FEU

January 12 (Tuesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UP vs NU
04:00 PM – UE vs ADMU

January 13 (Wednesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UST vs AdU
04:00 PM – DLSU vs FEU

December 6 (Sunday) – FEU Gym
08:00 AM – FEU vs NU
10:00 AM – AdU vs UE
12:00 PM – Opening Ceremonies
02:00 PM – UP vs ADMU
04:00 PM – UST vs DLSU

December 9 (Wednesday) – FEU Gym
09:00 AM – NU vs ADMU
11:00 AM – AdU vs UST
02:00 PM – UP vs FEU
04:00 PM – DLSU vs UE

December 12 (Saturday) – FEU Gym
09:00 AM – ADMU vs UST
11:00 AM – UE vs FEU
02:00 PM – DLSU vs UP
04:00 PM – NU vs AdU

December 15 (Tuesday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – UE vs UP
11:00 AM – AdU vs ADMU

December 16 (Wednesday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – NU vs DLSU
11:00 AM – UST vs FEU

December 19 (Saturday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – DLSU vs AdU
11:00 AM – UE vs UST

December 20 (Sunday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – UP vs NU
11:00 AM – FEU vs ADMU

January 9 (Saturday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – ADMU vs UE
11:00 AM – UST vs NU

January 10 (Sunday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – DLSU vs FEU
11:00 AM – AdU vs UP

January 12 (Tuesday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – NU vs UE
11:00 AM – ADMU vs DLSU

January 13 (Wednesday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – FEU vs AdU
11:00 AM – UP vs UST

August 13 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – Adamson vs La Salle
4 PM – Ateneo vs UE

August 15 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UP vs NU
4 PM – FEU vs UST

August 16 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UE vs Adamson
4 PM – La Salle vs Ateneo

August 20 – Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM – NU vs FEU
4 PM – UST vs UP

August 22 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – Adamson vs NU
4 PM – FEU vs UE

August 23 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UP vs La Salle
4 PM – Ateneo vs UST

August 27 – Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM – UE vs UP
4 PM – Adamson vs FEU

August 29 – Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM – UST vs NU
4 PM – La Salle vs UE

August 30 – Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM – UP vs FEU
4 PM – Ateneo vs Adamson

September 3 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – NU vs Ateneo
4 PM – La Salle vs UST

September 5 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UE vs NU
4 PM – FEU vs La Salle

September 6 – Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM – Ateneo vs UP
4 PM – UST vs Adamson

September 10 – Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM – La Salle vs NU
4 PM – UE vs UST

September 12 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – Adamson vs UP
4 PM – Ateneo vs FEU

September 13 – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – Cheerdance Competition

Wednesday, July 15- FEU Gym
9am NU vs DLSU
10:45am ADMU vs UE
12:30am AdU vs UP
2:15pm UST vs FEU

Sunday, July 19 – Philsports Arena
9am UP vs ADMU
10:45am UST vs NU

Thursday, July 23
Philsports Arena
9am DLSU vs FEU
10:45am UE vs AdU

Saturday, July 25 – Philsports Arena
9am UP vs UST
10:45am NU vs ADMU

Sunday, July 26 – Philsports Arena
9am DLSU vs UE
10:45am FEU vs AdU

Wednesday, July 29 – FEU Gym
9am UE vs UST
10:45am UP vs NU
12:30pm ADMU vs FEU
2:15pm AdU vs DLSU

Saturday, August 1 – Philsports Arena
9am AdU vs ADMU
10:45am NU vs FEU

Sunday, August 2 – Philsports Arena
9am UP vs UE
10:45am UST vs DLSU

July 11 (Saturday) – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UST vs Adamson
4 PM – La Salle vs UE

July 12 (Sunday) – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UP vs NU
4 PM – Ateneo vs FEU

July 16 (Thursday) – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UST vs NU
4 PM – UE vs Ateneo

July 18 (Saturday) – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UP vs Adamson
4 PM – FEU vs La Salle

July 19 (Sunday) – Philsports Arena
2 PM – UE vs NU
4 PM – Ateneo vs UST

July 23 (Thursday) – Philsports Arena
2 PM – La Salle vs UP
4 PM – FEU vs Adamson

July 25 (Saturday) – Philsports Arena
2 PM – NU vs FEU
4 PM – UST vs UE

July 26 (Sunday) – Philsports Arena
2 PM – Adamson vs La Salle
4 PM – Ateneo vs UP

July 30 (Thursday) – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – La Salle vs NU
4 PM – Adamson vs Ateneo

August 1 (Saturday) – Philsports Arena
2 PM – Ateneo vs NU
4 PM – FEU vs UP

August 2 (Sunday) – Philsports Arena
2 PM – UE vs Adamson
4 PM – UST vs La Salle

August 6 (Thursday) – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – UP vs UE
4 PM – UST vs FEU

August 8 (Saturday) – Araneta Coliseum
2 PM – AdU vs NU
4 PM – UST vs UP

August 9 (Sunday) – Araneta Coliseum
1 PM – La Salle vs Ateneo
5 PM – UE vs FEU

Second Round
August 13 – Araneta Coliseum
August 15 – Araneta Coliseum
August 16 – PhilSports Arena
August 20 – Araneta Coliseum
August 22 – PhilSports Arena
August 23 – PhilSports Arena
August 27 – PhilSports Arena
August 29 – PhilSports Arena
August 30 – PhilSports Arena
September 3 – Araneta Coliseum
September 5 – Araneta Coliseum
September 6 – PhilSports Arena
September 10 – Araneta Coliseum
September 12 – Araneta Coliseum
September 13 – Araneta Coliseum (Cheerdance Competiton)

Final Four
September 17 – Araneta Coliseum (Playoffs)
September 20 – Araneta Coliseum (Final Four)
September 24 – Araneta Coliseum (Final Four)

Finals
September 27 – Araneta Coliseum
October 1 – Araneta Coliseum
October 4 – Araneta Coliseum

Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao are now gearing up the finihing touches for their highly anticipated matchup at December 6 (December 7, Manila time) at MGM Grand Las Vegas.

As far as I am concerned, regardless of my nationality, this is a very good match to bring back the glory days of boxing. Boxing have been overshadowed by many combat sports recently with the amazing success of mixed martial arts, most notably the UFC. More and more boxing matches are decided by merely points, most of the time in controversial fashion, with both men slugging it out as if they were amateurs. Power, speed and stamina lost it’s importance as the key stats of boxing, with the more handsome, salable and popular fighter being raised as the victor for money making purposes even in a questionable outcome.

Most of the boxing analysts and even experts thought that this fight card was just a dream, some even laughed about it as an April Fool’s Day joke. Oscar De La Hoya is a legendary title holder of six divisions and naturally bigger than Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao from birth was naturally thin, and even cheated his weight on the scales just to be allowed to fight in his early days. He was even underage when he started boxing. To sum up, Pacquiao is really up to the challenge whatever it takes and so far, continues to succeed in every obstacle he wishes to overcome.

De La Hoya is past his prime but his recent fights will show that he’s still fighting fit and ready to win more glorious battles such as the upcoming fight. He made the former WBC light middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga a walking punching bag bringing him thrice on the canvas, once on the opening round and twice on the sixth which resulted to a halt and a record setting win from a new champion. The former pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. stole that crown from De La Hoya in 12 rounds, the fight were Freddie Roach called the shots on his corner which will perform a vital role on Pacquiao’s preparation come December 6. The Golden Boy subdued Steve Forbes at the scorecards in his most recent outing at 150 lbs, showing grace under pressure on much faster Forbes. I have seen this fight live (or probably a bit delayed) on TV and from that time, I knew that Oscar might face Manny someday knowing the barrage of punches with a good hand speed of smaller Forbes is controllable. Oscar did the right thing to earn a lot of money fighting Pacquiao and a rare attemtpt in putting his name above everyone else if ever he succeeds. However, he is facing the most lethal and a complete package this time around. Yes, Pacquiao is physically in trouble but there are lots more to dig up.

*****

My unpublished post on the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight.

Yes! I’m back to the blogosphere after years of hiatus!

For the moment, you can check my other online accounts!

UAAP teams National University and Adamson University put away their NCAA counterparts on opening day of the ABS-CBN-backed College Wars at the Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym last June 15.

Behind the exploits of Kokoy Hermosisima, the Bulldogs came away with an 86-81 win over the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta in the first game. A close first half turned into somewhat of a struggle for the Altas in the next 20 minutes as the firepower of Hermosisima, Mervin Baloran and big man Jewel Ponferrada gave the Sampaloc unit a 10-point edge late in the third quarter. However, swingman John Galabin responded for coach Boris Aldeguer’s squad, nailing crucial baskets to trim the Bulldog lead to two, 74-72 with 7:22 in the game.

The Altas, who lost key man Raffy Ynion to fouls, failed to sustain their rally, allowing NU to hold on and help the UAAP draw first blood. Hermosisima led the Bulldogs with 21 points, while Galabin had 22 to pace Perpetual Help.

In the second game, Adamson University fended off a late blitz to hold off San Sebastian College-Recoletos, 69-66. The Falcons, despite building an 11-point lead entering the second quarter, were held to just five points in the next 10 minutes of action. The Stags, in return, launched an 11-0 run to seize the momentum entering the half.

In the third period, the wards of coach Leo Austria regrouped and regained the lead courtesy of a basket by Jerick Cañada at the 1:40 mark of the quarter. The Stags regained the lead at the 4:07 mark of the fourth period but Adamson came away with the win thanks to crucial baskets by Cebuano forward Jan Colina, who led all scorers with 20 points. Swingman Jimbo Aquino led the Stags with 17 points.

On Wednesday, June 16, the College Wars take centerstage at the Jose Rizal University Gym along Shaw Boulevard. At 2 p.m., Mapua Institute of Technology takes on University of the Philippines, while the hosts Heavy Bombers do battle against reigning UAAP champions Ateneo de Manila University at 4 p.m. All games are broadcast live on Studio 23.

The scores:

First game

NU 86 – Hermosisima 21, Baloran 17, Ponferrada 10, Cabaluna 7, Malanday 7, Luy 6, Singh 5, Terso 5, Fabula 3, Tungcul 2, Roy 2, Manito 1, Donahue 0.

Perpetual Help 81 – Galabin 22, Ynion 14, Elopre 13, Salanga 10, Salvado 10, Vivero 5, Carullo 4, Roño 3, Sicat 0, Hainga 0, dela Cruz 0.

Quarter scores: 26-25, 49-40, 68-58, 86-81.

Second game

Adamson 69 – Colina 20, Galinato 11, Alvarez 9, Canuday 7, Cabrera 6, Lozada 5, Cañada 4, Nuyles 4, Etrone 2, Camson 1, Importante 0, Yambot 0, Santos 0.

San Sebastian 66 – Aquino 17, Abueva 13, Pascual 9, Bulawan 8, Najorda 6, del Rio 5, Maconocido 4, Gusi 2, Dizon 2, Raymundo 0, Semira 0, Gatchalian 0.

Quarter scores: 27-16, 32-36, 46-48, 69-66.

*****

I wish InboundPass.com didn’t deleted this article. – JOSH™

Three weeks ago, I had a chance to meet-and-greet my favorite sportscaster/sportswriter of all time Mr. Joachin “Quinito” Henson.

It was special because our student publication flew from Manila to Bacolod just to attend the 5th Spectrum Fellowship: National Journalism Seminar 2008 at University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City. No one knew that only Mr. Henson made me very excited, and every time spent after that will just be a vacation for me.

Mr. Henson was one of the speakers on the first day of the seminar and he was really early. We had a chance to talk with him before we ate our breakfast.

One of the interesting points that he caught me (and I guess everyone else) was his personal meaning of SPORTS. He confessed the passion for sports runs through his veins and was just a frustrated athlete that’s why he ended up being a sportswriter. We have similar cause and effect on why I’m on the student publication even though I was trained to become a professional basketball player as early as three years old. As the saying goes, “you can’t teach height”.

S – SIMPLICITY
P – PURPOSE
O – OBJECTIVITY
R – PERSONANCE
T – TRUTH
S – SENSIBILITY

I was happy that he gave a very interesting lecture not primarily focused on sports writing, but on how to improve our journalistic sense as student writers. Surprisingly, even the non-sports aficionados were tuned in in his two hours continuous talk and even without a prepared powerpoint presentation. Ironically, a sports writer like him was voted as one of the highest ranked in the evaluation.

I remembered on my childhood days way back on 1997, I wanted to be a sportswriter. From the tender age of 10, I am clearly aware on how the basketball stats are computed. I already memorized the rosters of the current NBA team (with the help of NBA Live 1997 on my SEGA, it was Mitch Richmond on the cover donning a #2 Sacramento Kings jersey). I collected a local sports magazine Scoreboard from the time when Andy Seigle was drafted by Mobiline as it’s first pick while Nic Belasco was picked second for Sunkist at the PBA. I really don’t know how my aspirations went into the drain so quickly after high school, and the start of the grueling stages of college.

Our student publication gladly handed Mr. Henson a few copies of our recent issues after the talk, including our special UAAP issue.

*****

I have difficulty sleeping tonight, thanks to the Starbucks’ Mocha Frap grande i took at 10 PM.

Now, I’m officially back as a blogger.

Shakey’s V-League Season 5, 2nd Conference Schedule

October 19, 2008 (Sunday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: CSB vs. UST
4 PM: AdU vs. FEU

October 21, 2008 (Tuesday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: UST vs. FEU
4 PM: AdU vs. CSB

October 24, 2008 (Friday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: ADMU vs. LPU
4 PM: DLSU vs. SSC

October 26, 2008 (Sunday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: SSC vs. ADMU
4 PM: LPU vs. DLSU

October 28, 2008 (Tuesday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: SSC vs. LPU
4 PM: DLSU vs. ADMU

November 02, 2008 (Sunday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: CSB vs. FEU
4 PM: AdU vs. UST

November 04, 2008 (Tuesday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM : ADMU vs. AdU
4 PM : DLSU vs. CSB
6 PM : FEU vs. LPU

November 07, 2008 (Friday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: AdU vs. DLSU
4 PM: LPU vs. CSB

November 09, 2008 (Sunday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: SSC vs. FEU
4 PM: DLSU vs. UST

November 11, 2008 (Tuesday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: LPU vs. AdU
4 PM: FEU vs. DLSU
6 PM: ADMU vs. CSB

November 14, 2008 (Friday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: FEU vs. ADMU
4 PM: UST vs. SSC

November 16, 2008 (Sunday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: LPU vs. UST
4 PM: SSC vs. AdU

November 18, 2008 (Sunday)
The Arena, San Juan
2 PM: CSB vs. SSC
4 PM: UST vs. ADMU