PBA: Alaska withstands Kiefer's 30 points, puts NLEX on brink

(UPDATED) The Alaska Aces barged into the playoffs and dealt NLEX's own bid a huge blow after a tough 122-119 overtime win over the Road Warriors, Monday evening at the Angeles University Foundation Gym in Angeles City, Pampanga.

The Aces had to weather a 30-point, seven-assist performance from Kiefer Ravena before grabbing their seventh win in the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup. They are the first team to wrap up their elimination round schedule, putting together a 7-4 win-loss record.

While Alaska is through to the quarterfinals and still has a chance at a Top 4 finish, NLEX's own playoff bid suffered a huge blow. The Road Warriors saw their three-game winning streak come to an end, and they dropped to 4-6 in the conference.

"It was very difficult," Alaska coach Jeff Cariaso said of the game. "That's what we expected going into this game. We knew how hot NLEX had been in their last three games. They're in shape already, their flow is good, their chemistry is good." 

"It's one of those games where we're able to pull it off down the stretch," he added. "So I'm happy with the focus of the guys… They were ready."

Both teams had their chances to win the game in regulation. 

Ravena completed an and-1 with under 50 seconds to go that pushed NLEX ahead, 108-106, only for JVee Casio to pounce on a mismatch with JR Quinahan on the other end. The veteran guard zoomed past the NLEX big man for the layup that tied the game with 40 seconds to go.

Ravena bricked a pull-up jumper in NLEX's next possession, but Alaska could not secure the win as Casio's finger-roll hit iron, and time ran out on the Road Warriors.

Alaska pulled away in overtime when Rodney Brondial scored off a loose ball for a 115-113 lead, and then rejected Ravena on the other end. In the ensuing fastbreak, Robbie Herndon set up Mike DiGregorio for the booming triple that made it a five-point game.

NLEX still had its chances. They trailed by just three points, 120-117, after Ravena's layup, but he could not complete the and-1 after also being fouled by Maverick Ahanmisi. The Aces kept the door open for the Road Warriors when DiGregorio missed a jumper, but Raul Soyud and Ravena both misfired on three-pointers that could have tied the game.

A long two-pointer by Quinahan made it a one-possession game with four seconds to go, 121-119, but a split at the line by Abu Tratter was enough to peg the final score and secure the victory for Alaska. 

"We just wanted to come out and play aggressive. We knew how big this game was," said Ahanmisi, who scored 12 of his team-high 25 points in the fourth quarter and overtime before fouling out with just over a minute to go. He also had 12 rebounds and four assists in the game.

Casio had a throwback performance, putting up 19 points, while Tratter finished with 16 points.

Squandered in the defeat was Ravena's superb outing, as well as a 24-point, nine-rebound performance from Quinahan. Jericho Cruz added 18 points, and Kevin Alas had 13 points and seven assists.

NLEX no longer has its fate in its hands. They have one game left -- a date against TerraFirma on Wednesday.

However, if Rain or Shine beats TNT Tropang Giga on Tuesday afternoon, the Elasto Painters will complete the quarterfinals cast and eliminate NLEX from contention. 

https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/09/20/pba-alaska-withstands-kiefers-30-points-puts-nlex-on-brink

CIGNAL TV/TV5 confirms interest in NCAA, but Fr. Calvo says ‘no vaccine, no opening’ for Season 96

 THE National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is on the bidding table but whoever wins between aspirants CIGNAL TV/TV5 and GMA, the league’s shuttered Season 96 won’t open until a vaccine is out against Covid-19.

“No vaccine, no opening,” said Letran’s Fr. Victor Calvo Jr., the NCAA Management Committee chairman of the postponed season.

Calvo said the league is putting extreme priority on the health and safety of the student athletes and has virtually dismissed the potential of putting up a training bubble, saying it would be costly for the NCAA and the schools.

But Calvo intimated to the BusinessMirror that even though the season’s opening is still up in the air, negotiations are ongoing between the league and television networks CIGNAL TV/TV5 and GMA.

CIGNAL TV/TV5 confirmed its interest in airing anew the NCAA games, while GMA’s corporate communications department neither confirmed nor denied the network’s bid.

“Yes, we are in talks and it is our earnest desire to build a long-term partnership with the NCAA,” Robert Galang, Cignal TV/TV5 President and CEO, told BusinessMirror in a text message.

Galang, however, didn’t disclose any detail on the station’s bid to air the games of the country’s oldest collegiate multi-sport league.

“GMA and TV5 are bidding. But I think I don’t have the right to divulge the details because it is [up] for bidding,” Calvo told the BusinessMirror. “We’ll have the result late next week after All Souls Day.”

The NCAA, just like the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, were under a five-year contract with ABS-CBN. But the network shut down due to franchise issues, shoving both leagues on the bidding table.

The UAAP already sealed a five-year contract with the Manuel V. Pangilinan-owned Cignal TV/TV5 last week starting with the league’s similarly postponed Season 83 tentatively set for the first quarter of next year.

“GMA and Cignal TV/TV5 have good things to offer to the league and they are in the final stages of presentation their bids,” Calvo said.

GMA used to air the defunct Shakey’s V League, the National Basketball Association and most of Manny Pacquiao’s early fights in the US.

Cignal TV/TV5, on the other hand, is heavy on its sports programs and extensively airs the Philippine Basketball Association Games. It was also the lead network in last year’s Philippines 30th Southeast Asian Games.

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/10/29/cignal-tv-tv5-confirms-interest-in-ncaa-but-fr-calvo-says-no-vaccine-no-opening-for-season-96/

Showbiz personalities appeal to Comelec to stop disenfranchisement of votes in Robredo-Marcos electoral protest

Several movie and television personalities have asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday to prevent the disenfranchisement of millions of votes when the poll body issues its opinion on the election protest filed against Vice President Leni Robredo by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos.

The personalities, led by actress Agot Isidro, stressed that the poll body’s view is crucial to the final decision that will be issued by the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), on the matter.

Other signatories to the letter are Pia Magalona, Noel Ferrer, Carlos Aguilos, Kalila Aguilos, Maysch Bay, Bayang Barrios, Iza Calzado, Enchong Dee, Reymundo Domingo, Bituin Escalante, Arman Ferrer, Sweet Plantado-Tiongson, Jet Valle, and Adrienne Vergara.

The High Court had earlier asked the Comelec and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to comment on the election protest filed by Marcos.

The celebrities pointed out that the Comelec made a stand for truth and fairness when it informed the PET that the 25-percent threshold must be used for the recount of ballots, with the poll body recognizing the “disservice to change the rules in the middle of the proceedings.”

“This time, we are appealing to the poll body to underscore the enforcement of election rules, particularly Comelec Resolution No. 9720 and Rule 65 of the PET Rules, as means to resolve this protest,” they said.

The Comelec, through Resolution No. 9720, indicated the importance of obtaining reasonable recovery from the pilot provinces as the lack of it could lead to the dismissal of the protest without further proceedings.

Rule 65 of the PET also states that an election protest may be dismissed if a protestant fails to gain substantial recovery from the identified pilot provinces.

In Marcos’ case, he failed to gain substantial recovery during the recount of ballots from the pilot provinces of Iloilo, Negros Oriental, and Camarines Sur that he himself identified.

Robredo even gained more than 15,000 votes following the recount, which is, according to the celebrities, “a reason enough to dismiss the protest by virtue of Rule 65.”

“We firmly appeal to the Comelec to uphold the implementation of PET Rule 65 and Comelec Resolution No. 9720 so as not to disenfranchise millions of voters and to preserve our election processes and the faith of the Filipino people that justice has no color,” they said.

https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/28/showbiz-personalities-appeal-to-comelec-to-stop-disenfranchisement-of-votes-in-robredo-marcos-electoral-protest/

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PBA: NLEX tops NorthPort amid ‘suspected’ COVID-19 case in bubble

NLEX guard Kiefer Ravena soars for a lay-up against the NorthPort Batang Pier. PBA Media Bureau

(UPDATED) In the first PBA game held since the announcement of a first positive case inside the bubble, the NLEX Road Warriors secured a 102-88 victory over the NorthPort Batang Pier for their first win of the Philippine Cup, Wednesday at the Angeles University Foundation Gym in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Kiefer Ravena put up 25 points on 7-of-10 shooting on top of five rebounds and four assists, while Kevin Alas had 16 points, 10 boards, and six dimes in the victory. JR Quinahan added 17 points as NLEX shot 46.6% from the field.

It was the Road Warriors' first win of the conference after dropping their previous three assignments.

NLEX coach Yeng Guiao said the win was a boost of confidence for his team, but admitted that they got a big break when NorthPort forward Sean Anthony missed the second half after what was reported to be a pulled hamstring.

"We did a good job defensively on Christian Standhardinger. We prepared for him, actually we know he's a key guy. If he plays well most likely they'll win," said Guiao.

"We're able to do that but we got a big break, with Sean Anthony not being able to go back sa game niya," he added.

Even with Anthony out and Standhardinger limited, the Batang Pier kept it close and trailed by just one point, 77-76, after a Sean Manganti bucket with over 10 minutes to play. They were down by just three points, 79-76, when Kevin Ferrer was called for an offensive foul and a technical foul in succession, giving NLEX a free throw and ball possession.

Ferrer was called for another foul in the ensuing play, and the Road Warriors pulled away from there. Ravena and Alas teamed up for an 11-0 run that gave them a 91-77 lead, and NorthPort never recovered.

NLEX led by as much as 20 points, 100-80, after two free throws by Ravena with less than three minutes left.

Guiao, who played a role in bringing the PBA to Clark, said their team was not overly concerned about the positive case in the bubble in the lead-up to the game.

"Sa akin I'm not really worried. I'm not really in a state of panic or whatever. These people know what they're doing. They can handle the situation," he explained.

Manganti, a rookie out of Adamson University, had 16 points for NorthPort, while Ferrer finished with 18. Standhardinger managed just seven points as he attempted only six field goals, though he also had 13 rebounds and five assists.

Anthony was scoreless in six and a half minutes before exiting the game. 

The Batang Pier fell to 0-4, half a game behind idle and winless TerraFirma Dyip (0-3).

https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/21/20/pba-nlex-tops-northport-amid-suspected-covid-19-case-in-bubble

Enchong Dee for Arena AGL-1400 EMBL Swimming Glass (Mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6015 DGRN Rimic Nux-F

No other than actor, dancer, host, model, singer, songwriter, swimmer, DLSU Green Tankers member and UAAP Swimming Championships Men's Division MVP Enchong Dee is wearing Arena AGL-1400 EMBL Swimming Glass (Mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6015 DGRN Rimic Nux-F and he is doing men's 100 and 200-meter butterfly, 200 and 400-meter individual medley and 1,500-meter freestyle swimming races, his sister Anj is wearing Speedo Speedsocket Mirrored Goggle – Black (8-705891549) and Fastskin FS-Pro Female Recordbreaker Costume – Black (8-008153218), Johan Aguilar is wearing Speedo Aquasocket Mirrored Goggle - Black/Blue (8-023050284) and Arena ARN-6015 DGRN Rimic Nux-F, Fahad Alkhaldi, Cole Co, Jhonmar Gonzales, Maurice Sacho Ilustre, Zach Maranon, Rochmond Santos, Kelles Aerean Que, Sage Yabut, Timothy Vincent Yap and Kito Zialcita is wearing Arena AGL-1400 EMBL Swimming Glass (Mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats Nux-F, Ateneo Blue Tankers Evan Bryan Uy, Adel Barlisan, Miguel Barlisan, Kevin Barrios, Rafa Basa, Aldo Batungbakal, Robbie Batungbakal, Janjan Chiu, Islau Dapat, Jessie Khing Lacuna, Karlo Lim, Paolo Mutuc, Axel Ngui, Chem Ocampo, Gio Palencia, Jonas Ramos and Sean Tan are wearing Arena AGL-1400 EMBL Swimming Glass (Mirror Swedish type) and ARN-8507M BLU Long Spats Lascle Nux-W, UP Maroon Tankers MJ Alindogan, Juancho Abejo, Jake Chua Yap, Ian Kenneth Cruz, Allan Jovero, Zeus Magbanlac, Tenten Mercado and Ken Uy wearing Arena AGL-1400 YLCL Swimming Glass (Mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6015 DRED Rimic Nux-F and Gian Berino, Gaston Beloso, Alessi Castro, Gabe Castelo, Migo Reyes, Yani Reynoso, Rafael Sta. Maria, Duncan Vinulan are wearing Speedo Speedsocket Goggle - Black (8-705891549) and Arena ARN-8507M ENG Long Spats Lascle Nux-W, shot on location at the swimming pool of Makati Aqua Sports Arena, again Johan, Timothy and Ken doing men's 200-meter backstroke and 100 and 200-meter freestyle, Enchong, Johan and Gian in men's 100 and 200-meter butterfly and 200 and 400-meter individual medley, Enchong, Gian, Evan and Timothy and 1,500-meter freestyle.

Arena AGL-1400 EMBL Swimming Glass (Mirror Swedish type)

Arena ARN-6015 DGRN Rimic Nux-F

Speedo Speedsocket Mirrored Goggle – Black (8-705891549)

Speedo Fastskin FS-Pro Women’s Recordbreaker Costume – Black (8-008153218)

 

At that time, when 2005 Manila Southeast Asian Games veterans Dee and Uy are the teammates of Filipino-American Olympic swimmers JB Walsh in men's 100 and 200-meter butterfly and Dan Coakley in men's 50-meter freestyle during the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar and 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand and infamously they wearing Arena ARN-6005M One Piece Long Spats Nux-K Power Strush, ARN-6007M Long Spats Nux-K Power Strush and ARN-6008M Half Spats Nux-K Power Strush colors GRN and RED, ARN-6015 Rimic Nux-F colors DGRN and DRED they prompted to bronze and silver medalists to Makati Skipjacks and DLSU Green Tankers' Aguilar in men's 100 and 200-meter butterfly; while Aguilar, Gonzales, Yabut and Zialcita are they wearing Speedo Fastskin FS-Pro Male Legskin - Black (8-008083218) and Berino, Castelo, Reyes, Villanueva and Vinulan are they wearing Speedo LZR Racer Male Legskin - Black (8-018040001), shot on location at Trace Aquatic Center in Los Banos, Laguna.

In March 2012, it quoted: "Enchong Dee, another La Salle swimmer, was the last athlete to win seven gold medals in the 2009 UAAP season."