CHARLOTTE BOBCATS - CAN LARRY BROWN WORK HIS MAGIC YET AGAIN?

You can question Larry Brown’s iron fist mentality and nomadic tendencies but you can never question his coaching prowess. Inducted to the Hall of Fame as head coach in 2002, Brown is not alien to molding a championship-caliber team. He did it with UCLA and Kansas in the NCAA and San ( Read more... )

Making an introduction for an NBA preview gets tougher by the year. It’s just nearly impossible to encapsulate into one paragraph all the things one should look forward to when the new NBA season is pounding on the door. Or is it? Actually I’m just justifying my lethargy to think of a remarkable lead for my mandatory yet unsolicited annual NBA ( Read more... )

Gone are the days when geeks get bullied around the schoolyard or get laughed at by highly made-up girls. The societal perception on these highly intelligent people has undergone a 180-degree turn. Before: geeks are bleah! Today: geeks are yeah!

The recent popularity of several TV series with geek protagonists is a 20-20 vision proof that people ( Read more... )

The UAAP season is now over for UST. The Growling Tigers kissed their Final Four hopes goodbye last Sunday after bowing to the UE Red Warriors in another nail-biting finish. UST has now lost three of its last four games. Make those three heartbreaking losses. Three important games. Three endgame decisions. Three harrowing defeats.

It seems like the ( Read more... )

There’s no such thing as too much basketball. The idea of a basketball overload just doesn’t exist in the entire Milky Way. It’s like a purple unicorn, a dancing leprechaun, or an honest Filipino policeman.

With that said, don’t forget to watch One U. It’s the newest basketball show on T.V. and it focuses on the country’s collegiate basketball ( Read more... )

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A little background: our ten-man contingent (just to go along with the sports theme) was assigned to monitor the quadrennial event for its entire duration. We make 10-minute flash reports and a 30-minute recap show from Monday to Sunday. Yes, even weekends.The sudden increase in our work pace hit me by surprise. I did not expect our workload to be ( Read more... )

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I was nonchalantly watching Season 5 of Dawson’s Creek (yes I watch Dawson’s Creek without any lingering shame at all) the other night when I was suddenly hit hard by Dawson’s (James Van Der Beek) question to Joey (Katie Holmes).

Dawson: “What’s your single most life-altering moment?”

Good question (notwithstanding the tacky delivery). It really ( Read more... )

Bring out the balloons and the banners! The UAAP is back in full swing as Season 71 opened its lurid curtains over the weekend at the historic Araneta Coliseum. This year’s host University of the Philippines rolled out the maroon carpet for the seven other teams competing for the coveted collegiate hardware.

UAAP is all about basketball whether the ( Read more... )