Thursday, September 4, 2008

MOST AWKWARD SPORTS INTERVIEWS...

You think our sportscasters have bad interview skills? Check this out.

GREAT NIKE AD WITH KEVIN GARNETT!

This TVC is absolutely fabulous. It starts off with a shot of a foosball game between NBA star Kevin Garnett and USA soccer star Brandi Chastain.

Brandi Chastain gained international fame for two things: scoring on an Olympic Games winning penalty in 1996, and then flinging off her shirt to reveal her chiseled body in a black sports bra in celebration right after her goal.

What will she do in this ad? Find out.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

RP YOUTH TEAM MAKES COUNTRY PROUD.

Eliminated from the semifinal round. Trying to recover from a heartbreaker a day ago. Up against the unbeaten hometown team.

So the RP youth basketball team decided to go after the biggest giant of them all and make him fall.

And fall the giant did. Down by more than 5 pts with barely two minutes left, the RP youth relied on guts, an unrelenting defense and a willingness to mix it up inside with the bigger, heftier Iranians to log the biggest, and most thrilling, upset of the tournament...an 85-84 victory over Iran. 

The Philippines finally went ahead on an RR Garcia corner jumper before Sam Marata sealed the deal with 2 ice cold daggers from the charity stripe with 4 seconds left on the clock.

The Pinoy boys may be heading home already but they'll be heading home with heads held up high.



RP FALLS TO JAPAN IN FIBA JUNIORS!

This time around, the kamikaze fighters won the day.

With barely 50 seconds left in the clock and Japan unable to shake the resilient RP youth, the speedy Japanese youngsters resorted to swooping, sweeping drives reminiscent of the deadly kamikaze pilots of yore to draw foul after foul and can free throw after free throw to notch an 86-78 win over the Filipinos.

Fil-Canadians Norberto Torres scored 24points while Matthew Wright score 17points to pace the Pinoys.

Ths loss eliminated the RP Youth Team at the quarterfinal stage of the FIBA Under 19 tournament while catapulting the Japanese to a winner-take-all match with Korea.

Monday, September 1, 2008

UAAP FINAL FOUR SET!

Ateneo, La Salle, FEU, UE.

Did we really expect a different set? Well, UST had a chance, I guess, but it became obvious, midway thru the tournament, that the Tigers had lost their mojo. 

Ateneo has been magnificent so far, dominating the opposition in nearly all of their 12 wins, while La Salle and FEU has been keeping pace, peaking at exactly the right time.

UE seems to be just happy making it to the Final Four but don't be fooled. They can knock out practically anyone if they have their game on. Their problem is no one knows if they have their game on till the game starts.

And, despite the fact that the Final Four participants have their bids locked and sealed, we still have something to look forward to: you got it, it's La Salle vs Ateneo this Saturday (and you know what that means).

It's gonna be war.