Articles from July 2009

July 27, 2009 | Posted by benjie
It took me more than half day last weekend watching the replays of the games played by Team Pilipinas in the 31st William Jones Cup thru Justin.tv. I wanted to delve more on the performance of RP team in the tournament as they are about to wrap up the preparations for the FIBA-Asia Championships in [...]
Categories: William Jones Cup |
Tags: Justin.tv |
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July 24, 2009 | Posted by benjie
Photo Courtesy: PBA.com.ph
It’s Day 7 of the 31st William Jones cup and the Powerade Team Pilipinas is taking a day off. So far in the tournament, RP 5 has only a win to show with 5 setbacks with two games left against Iran and Taiwan B this weekend. The best record RP team can have [...]
Categories: William Jones Cup |
Tags: ARWIND SANTOS, FIBA-ASIA Championship, JONG UICHICO, JORDAN, TIANJIN, TIANJIN GAMES, Yeng Guiao |
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July 17, 2009 | Posted by benjie
As they say, you win some, you lose some. By the time I’m writing this post, San Miguel Beer players, the coaching staff and their fans are still in the court in jubilation. I admit that I’m a diehard Ginebra fan and watching my favorite PBA team lose in defending their title in the PBA [...]
Categories: PBA |
Tags: Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings, San MIguel Beermen |
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July 16, 2009 | Posted by benjie
Photo Courtesy: Bing.com
Here’s the part II of my previous post Boxing’s 1st half highlights…
4. Gerry Peñalosa vs. Juan Manuel Lopez (April 25)
It’s a fight I wouldn’t like to watch again. CompuBox had it all. Juan Manuel ‘Juanma’ Lopez landed 444 out of 1020 total punches thrown thru Round 9 compared to the ‘Fearless’ Gerry Peñalosa’s [...]
Categories: Boxing |
Tags: Gaisano Mall, Joshua Clottey, Juan Manuel Lopez, Miguel Cotto |
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July 13, 2009 | Posted by benjie
Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Zaid Alkhas
I’m just one of the basketball enthusiasts who always remember Michael Jordan leading the Chicago Bulls in a couple of ‘three-peats’ in the NBA (1991-93, 1996-98). This time, however, it will be the men’s basketball team of Jordan who would like to do their own ‘three-peat’ at the William Jones Cup on [...]
Categories: William Jones Cup |
Tags: Jordan Men's National Basketball Team, Mario Palma, Michael Jordan, Rasheim Wright, Renato William Jones, William Jones Cup, Zaid Alkhas |
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July 10, 2009 | Posted by benjie
Photo Courtesy: AP/Anja Niedringhaus/Tennis.com
I took everything early on Sunday night so I would not miss the final match between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick. I knew I would be watching history unfolding.
Watching the game itself in Super Sport was a rare experience as three records were taking place. First, Roger Federer’s seventh Wimbledon final. Second, [...]
Categories: Wimbledon |
Tags: Andy Roddick, Henry Kissinger, Ivan Lendl, Roger Federer |
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July 10, 2009 | Posted by benjie
Photo Courtesy: Ringtv.com
So far, so good. We are now in the second half of the year. There are big fights coming up and deals that are about to be sealed. But let’s take a look of what went through with boxing in the 1st half of the year. I’ve found out however, that this would [...]
Categories: Boxing |
Tags: ABS-CBN Sports, Juan Diaz, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto, Nonito Donaire, Shane Mosley, Solar Sports, stoppage, TKO victory |
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