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Blindsided: Angelo Kouame and life with his Filipino family

Rick Olivares
Posted at Dec 11 08:22 AM

How Blue Eagles rookie center Ange Kouame found a second home with the Velosos. Read more »

UST secures golden double in UAAP judo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 03:43 PM

University of Santo Tomas (UST) became the solo men's champions, while its women's team ruled for the fifth straight year at the conclusion of the UAAP Season 81 judo competition on Sunday night at the Enrique Razon Sports Center in De La Salle University. Read more »

La Salle-Zobel ends NU's reign in girls' volleyball

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 05:18 PM

De La Salle-Zobel ended National University's dominance of UAAP girls' volleyball after a five-set triumph in Game 2 of the Season 81 Finals on Sunday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan. Read more »

Baldwin hails Ravena's maturity in masterful Game 2 performance

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 01:50 PM

Thirdy Ravena has gained plenty of praise for his remarkable performance in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 81 Finals, wherein he simply dominated the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons. Read more »

Future remains bright for Blue Eagles, says Baldwin

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 01:47 PM

 The Ateneo Blue Eagles will be as strong as ever in 2019, when they gun for a third consecutive UAAP men's basketball championship. Read more »

Different paths, same results: The Ravena Brothers and the road to UAAP immortality

Colin Salao
Posted at Dec 08 05:25 PM

From the moment he arrived in Ateneo Grade School, everyone already knew about him and his bloodline: His father was a PBA legend, and his brother was a basketball wonderchild. But Thirdy didn’t seem to have the same trajectory as his dad or kuya. Read more »

UAAP: Dominant Kai tallies career-high 36 points, as Blue Eaglets rout UPIS

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports
Updated as of Dec 08 04:55 PM

Kai Sotto towered above everyone for a career-high 36 points, towing the Blue Eaglets past the overmatched Junior Maroons 77-60 on Saturday. Read more »

UAAP: How finals MVP, NU star Jack Animam dealt with preseason burnout

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 09:23 PM

Jack Animam didn't bring home the Season 81 MVP, but after being given the finals version of that award the Lady Bulldogs star isn't complaining. Read more »

We're all in this together: Of school spirit and the Battle of Katipunan

Exie Abola
Updated as of Dec 08 08:41 AM

If the UAAP finals taught us anything of import, it’s how U.P. Maroons and Ateneo's Blue Eagles are more alike than they are different, especially outside the hardcourt Read more »

Timely assist from Thirdy Ravena, as he rejoins ‘group work’ at Ateneo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 06:59 PM

Thirdy Ravena is living up to his reputation as a team player both at jam-packed coliseums and in the classroom, it seems. Read more »

UP’s Paul Desiderio submits application to 2018 PBA rookie draft

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 06:41 PM

Following a fruitful UAAP Season 81 campaign, University of the Philippines forward Paul Desiderio is throwing his name in the 2018 PBA rookie draft. Read more »

Kelsey Merritt looks to join Blue Eagles bonfire, title celebration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 05:38 PM

It looks like Victoria's Secret model Kelsey Merritt will be able to fulfill her wish participating in a Blue Eagles championship bonfire. Read more »

Things are finally looking UP: musings of a proud Maroon fan

Renan B. Dalisay
Updated as of Dec 07 01:19 PM

ANCX asked the founder of Nowhere to go but UP, Renan Dalisay to reflect on the past four years since he began a movement among the UP community that galvanized support for the UP Maroons. He writes, the work of NTGBU is not yet over. Read more »

'Battle of Katipunan' 2? UP nangakong 'mas gagalingan' sa UAAP season 82

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 09:18 PM

"We will be better," saad ni UP Fighting Maroons coach Bo Perason sa kaniyang players matapos ang UAAP basketball finals kung saan nagwagi ang Ateneo Blue Eagles. Read more »

UAAP finals: Juan Gomez de Liano’s goal? Play Ateneo again for the title

Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 06 06:17 PM

After losing to Ateneo, Juan Gomez de Liaño said he is looking forward to a rematch in Season 82 and possibly getting a measure of revenge. Read more »

UAAP finals rematch? Ateneo braces for upgraded Maroons’ challenge in Season 82

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 06:07 PM

With Ricci Rivero and Kobe Paras coming in, UP has a virtual super team that feels it can match up with Thirdy Ravena and the two-time defending champion Ateneo. Read more »

UAAP finals: Even Blue Eagles have become fans of ‘wild, intense’ UP crowd

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 05:58 PM

Amid their own celebrations, the Blue Eagles could not help but applaud the UP crowd that showed up to back their team, a support that rarely wavered in the finals. Read more »

UAAP: Ateneo claims high school baseball championship

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 05:46 PM

Ateneo carved out a 2-0 triumph over NU on Tuesday to emerge as champions in the UAAP Season 81 juniors baseball competition. Read more »

UAAP: La Salle-Zobel closes in on girls’ volleyball crown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 07:46 AM

The Junior Lady Spikers hacked out a 25-23, 28-26, 13-25, 19-25, 15-13 triumph over NU to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-3 title series Wednesday. Read more »

UAAP finals: Sweep doesn’t reflect how ‘really tough’ UP is, Tab Baldwin says

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 05:43 PM

A 2-0 sweep of the finals and lopsided title-clinching game may have made the Blue Eagles' victory over the Fighting Maroons look easy, but even Tab Baldwin says it wasn't that way. Read more »