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The name may seem very unfamiliar to many, because the UAAP career of Eduardo “Eddie” Viaplana was almost as quiet as he is in real life, except when he was on one of his three-point shooting sprees, which oftentimes broke the game wide open for …

I’d like to postpone my initial commitment and rather feature a team that has maintained its stature among the UAAP elite in the last 28 years at the same time commemorate the Franz Pumaren era and his contributions to Collegiate Basketball.

De La Salle Green Archers …

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AFTER a successful tour with the RP Youth Team and the start of a budding PABL career with the San Miguel franchise Magnolia Ice Cream, the life of Danny Francisco would change forever.

During a routine physical check-up prior to the 1989 UAAP …

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In 2004, I, together with our current columnists Mike Abasolo and Sid Ventura, as well as our former columnist Kim Lesaca, was a writer for the now-defunct website www.uaapgames.com. One of my thrusts then was to make the current UAAP fans more …

JUST when everyone thought that the ghost of 2006 would haunt Ateneo de Manila University, the defending champions were there to exorcise them.

The Blue Eagles retained their UAAP men’s basketball championship with a convincing 71-58 demolition job of upstart University of the East in the …

The UAAP Men’s basketball season comes to close for sure on its next play-date, while the NCAA campaign is only starting to heat up for its own playoff run. The Most Valuable Player for the UAAP is Dylan Ababou of the University of Santo Tomas. …

A FAMOUS Broadway musical says we have approximately 525,600 minutes to spend in a year. For one team after Thursday, that same period of time will be lovely. For the other, excruciating.

After 8,622 points, 5,353 rebounds, 1,709 assists and 61 games, 2,400 seconds will …

UNIVERSITY of the East bounced back in style as it demolished a hapless Ateneo de Manila University five, 88-68 to claim Game 2 and force a rubber match for the UAAP Season 72 championship last October 4, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum.

Both teams exchanged …

The Ateneo Blue Eagles took Game 1 of the UAAP Season 72 Best of Three Finals series with a 78-71 win over the UE Red Warriors on October 1, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum.  Ateneo in the process snapped UE’s 8-game winning streak.

Rabeh Al-Hussaini and …

THE EAST has a winner, and its color is red.

Third-seeded University of the East bucked all the odds and set up a date with destiny in Season 72 of the UAAP Finals by beating Far Eastern University, 78-72 last September 24 in a winner-take-all, Final …

WHILE both Ateneo de Manila and University of the East aren’t going to literally die just yet, the two protagonists for the UAAP Season 72 championship have to consider a few fine points to escape a finals loss – and subsequently, fulfill the hunger and …

ATENEO de Manila University, despite booking a seat in this year’s UAAP Season 72 Finals, is in hot water as it may have used an ineligible player the past three seasons, including its championship run last year. This controversy could lead to possible sanctions from …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Franklin Evidente has spent many years in sales and marketing in top IT and telecoms companies before getting into footwear distribution and consultancy. He has children from Taft and Katipunan and many close kins in the blue and green pastures. Like most …

ATENEO de Manila University had just one thing in mind: to make sure it had the chance to defend its much-coveted title.

The Blue Eagles dismantled a reeling University of Sto. Tomas, 81-64 to punch the first ticket to the Finals of UAAP Season 72 last …

PAUL LEE turned the Araneta Coliseum into a personal playground.

The University of the East’s chief gunner scored 14 of his career-high 26 points in a pivotal fourth quarter stretch that saw his squad past a beleaguered Far Eastern University, 84-74 in the Final Four of …