The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) will be launching its 87th season today, July 2, at the Araneta Coliseum. There...
Ambitious and uncomfortable. That describes the opening ceremony of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 74.
The country witnessed another chapter in the age-old rivalry between the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the De La Salle Green...
Enjoy the scenery. While the players monopolize all the screaming from the girls, the girls themselves are worth raving about....
There are a lot of things people tell students who are about to enroll in the University of the Philippines (UP). Activists are a regular sight, as well as fraternities and sororities. Food is cheap, and so is the tuition. The school statue is a naked man with his arms outstretched.
The UAAP Cheerdance Competition is one of the crowd-drawing events of the league. Students and alumni have been scrambling for tickets for weeks. The patient ones and the die-hards usually camp outside the ticketing office of Araneta Coliseum on selling day.
Mad basketball skills attract wild cheering girls. Why not? Sound footwork could mean the player’s good in dancing. Intensity in the game could indicate the effort he’ll exert for you. If he’s really, really good, he may even propose to you with a championship ring.
The Big Dome was filled to the rafters with an array of colors representing the eight universities—Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), Far Eastern University (FEU), National University (NU), University of the East (UE), University of the Philippines (UP) and University of Santo Tomas (UST)—competing for the coveted title of best cheerdance squad; the penultimate event in this year’s University Athletic Association of the Philippines or UAAP’s athletic meet.
It’s a known fact the San Beda Red Cubs junior basketball team, currently with 19 championship titles, has produced, and is continuing to produce, some of the greatest collegiate and professional players in the Philippines.
I’m an Ateneo alumnus. Mention La Salle and our UAAP battle, and my hibernating animosity toward the Green Archers stirs back to life. I want La Salle beaten to a pulp.
