Bleacher Talk

Milo BEST SBP / Passerelle Twin Basketball Tournament Cebu Leg Results from Day 6: Final 4 Cast Clears Up The Final Four cast is just about set in the BEST Center SBP/Passerelle twin tournament after last weekend’s games at the Don Bosco campus. In the SBP division, Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHSJ) and the University of San Carlos North Campus (USC NC) recorded a sweep of their elimination round games to grab the top spot in their respective groups. The defending champions SHSJ Eagles used a third quarter spurt to outlast USC South Campus, 39-26. USC North overcame an undermanned but fighting Don Bosco-A squad in scoring a 36-27 win. The Eagles (3-0) will face Don Bosco-A (2-1) in the cross-over semifinals while USC NC (3-0) goes up against sister school USC South (2-1) in the other match-up. In the Passerelle division, SHSJ scored its fifth straight win over an upset-conscious USC NC-B squad, 45-33, to take solo leadership of Group A over idle University of Cebu (UC). With the win, S...

THE Rivalry: La Salle & Ateneo It’s mad, out of this world and on a level of its own. It’s THE rivalry of Philippine sports that’s followed by both sports fans and non-sports fans alike. As one of Ateneo’s staunchest sponsors might say, “It’s simply amazing.” At 4pm today, all eyes of the sports world will be focused on Game 1 of the UAAP finals between De La Salle University (DLSU or La Salle) and Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU). While it may sound just like one of those ordinary college match-ups, we all know how it has gone well beyond the student-led cheers for the green and the blue. But where do we start when talking about THE rivalry that will most likely never be matched in local sports history? Its followers? Incredible! For a rivalry between two schools, it’s amazing how fans and loyal supporters have ranged from the youngest students at the various La Salle and Ateneo grade schools, to high school and college students. But that’s not it. The louder and even more suppo...

Daytime Boxing Morning na sir. Boxing na ta. Sound familiar? I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t. As many of you were either at Mass, sipping your cup of coffee, having a quiet breakfast with the family or still sleeping on a lazy Sunday morning, boxing was abuzz at the Cebu Coliseum for Cebu’s first-ever Sunday morning boxing. Yes, the presence of scalpers and vendors in front of the Cebu Coliseum meant that there was something taking place, and it wasn’t a Mass or a religious gathering. When will he stop coming up with gimmicks such as these? “He” of course is SGG or Sammy Gello-ani whose boxing endeavors have suddenly given the boxing family a welcome and added spice with more avenues for young prospects to shine and prove their stuff. And doing things a little differently has been the angle that SGG has taken thus far. Aside from going to Mindanao to tap fresh talents and also doing daytime boxing in Zamboanga, he’s also back in Cebu for another round of innovations: daytime boxi...