The Handy-Dandy Scout Super Bowl LI Explainer
It may have snuck up on you if you don’t really pay close attention, and that’s cool because American football isn’t really that big of a deal in the Philippines,
February 6, 2017
It may have snuck up on you if you don’t really pay close attention, and that’s cool because American football isn’t really that big of a deal in the Philippines,
TNC Pro Team, composed of Samson “Sam_H” Hidalgo, Marc “Raven” Fausto, Carlo “Kuku” Palad, Timothy “Tims” Randrup, and Ryo “ryOyr” Hasegawa, has won 2-1 against European team Cloud 9 in the finals of the World Electronic Sports Games 2016 or WESG. With $800,000 (roughly equivalent to 40 million pesos) in prize money, considering a cut of 10% each player will go home around $144,000 richer (before tax). This is the most that any eSports team in the Philippines has received in the history of eSports.
Nike has probably made its best advertising decision in a while, and it was to get [human embodiment of god herself] FKA twigs to helm a full-on campaign for the NikeWomen’s new Spring Zonal Strength Tights. Fans of twigs are aware that she tends to direct most of her videos, but it seems like she’s outdone herself for this particular campaign. Not only did she direct the video produced for Nike, but she also thought of the concept, performed, and soundtracked the entire thing. too. (Your fave could never.)
UAAP cheerdance season is upon us, but UP may have set a new record in dropping a cheerdance bombshell before anything’s even happened. This afternoon, the official UAAP Cheerdance account broke the news that UP is officially not joining this year’s competition, after not showing up to today’s drawing of lots to determine the performance order.
It’s a clear Friday morning in Makati, only made special by the fact that Jeron Teng is walking in the Scout offices today. He saunters in calmly, but his mere presence draws all eyes in the conference room towards him. He says hi, makes eye contact, and shakes hands with familiar faces as he quietly takes a seat on one far end. It’s a far cry from how we normally perceive him on the court.
Yesterday’s La Salle-Ateneo game was, without a doubt, the most controversial game of the rivalry in recent memory—but this time, it wasn’t because of how either of the teams played
Part of the magic of Marty McFly’s futuristic Nike kicks from Back to the Future II was not only the fact that they looked like proper space-age high-tops that totally hold up
All successful athletes have their own pre-game rituals. Actually, a lot of successful people do, but athletes are some of, if not the most superstitious performers in the world. When
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: you signed up for KFit or Guavapass, or you went to your local gym or cycling studio or whatever have you because they
Ask any young, impressionable boy around the ages nine to 12, or maybe a little girl who hangs out with boys a lot, what they want to be when they
The latest in global fashion, beauty, and culture through a contemporary Filipino perspective.
