+ Follow BARANGAY GINEBRA AND COCA-COLA Tag
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[Title] => Pals wary of Purefoods giant strides
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Talk n Text coach Derrick Pumaren expects a different Purefoods team in their second meeting in the season today at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Giants are back in fighting form three weeks into the season and could give the Phone Pals trouble in their rematch in the Talk n Text PBA Philippine Cup classification round.
Coming off weeks of training abroad, the Pals opened their campaign in the tourney with a 108-99 whipping of an off-form Purefoods team on Oct. 4.
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[Title] => Old Turks go, teams either intact or overhauled as season begins
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Vergel Meneses is gone while Alex Cabagnot is back. Danny Ildefonso is sidelined by an injury while Bong Hawkins will be in the sidelines, elevated to assistant coaching chores. Champion teams Red Bull and Purefoods are returning with intact lineups while underachievers Barangay Ginebra and Coca-Cola are showing up with souped-up rosters.
These are among the things that won’t escape the attention of basketball fans as curtains rise for the opening of the 32nd PBA season at the Araneta Coliseum Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-25 00:00:00
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[Title] => Red Bull, Alaska seek win No. 2
[Summary] => They hacked out contrasting victories Wednesday but Red Bull and Alaska Milk are similarly pumped-up as they go for a second straight win versus Barangay Ginebra and Coca-Cola, respectively, in the Gran Matador Brandy PBA Philippine Cup best-of-five quarterfinals at the Araneta Coliseum today.
Dominating the injury-plagued and battle-weary Kings, 93-86, in Game One, the Bulls are fancied and raring to make it two in a row in the second game of their series at 4:40 p.m.
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[Title] => Menk, Reavis cleared to play
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The PBA board of governors approved in a meeting yesterday the adoption of a new set of criteria in relation to the eligibility of suspended Fil-foreign players, paving the way for the automatic reinstatement of two players in Eric Menk and Rafi Reavis.
Sources said the board approved commissioner Noli Eala’s proposal on a 4-3 majority vote with two teams of the San Miguel group plus Talk n Text and Red Bull Barako submitting the concurring votes.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-25 00:00:00
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[Title] => PBA games back to Fridays for semis, finals
[Summary] => The Philippine Basketball Association is moving its Saturday games to Fridays in the semifinal and final rounds of the Gran Matador PBA Fiesta Conference to give the teams the usual one-day break in between games.
And in a bid to avoid further conflicts and controversies about officiating, PBA commissioner Noli Eala is calling coaches of the four remaining teams and league technical chief Perry Martinez and his top referees to a conference tomorrow.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => Undersized Pals silence Thunder
[Summary] => It’s Talk n Text versus Barangay Ginebra and Coca-Cola against Red Bull Barako in the Gran Matador PBA Fiesta Conference Final Four.
The Phone Pals, minus suspended stars Jerald Honeycutt and Asi Taulava, fashioned out an improbable 119-115 win over the Thunder while the Tigers reasserted their mastery of the Kings as they emerged the top seeds in the crossover best-of-three semifinals beginning Wednesday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Non-bearing tiffs up; ref suspended
[Summary] => For failing the make the call that would have prevented the ugly endgame melee, referee Patrick Canizares was slapped an indefinite suspension in the aftermath of the Talk n Text-US Pro-Am controversy at the Araneta Coliseum Wednesday.
PBA commissioner Noli Eala meted Canizares the severe sanction yesterday after hearing the game official’s side on the bench-clearing incident that also resulted to heavy fines and suspension for Talk n Text players Jerald Honeycutt and Asi Taulava.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => Foreign teams to show real stuff today?
[Summary] => The foreign teams are expected to show improved games in their second outing here and could give hometown rivals a tough fight today.
It’s a must. Otherwise, the visiting American and Canadian cagers would be packing their bags for good, leaving to the local teams to dispute the crossover best-of-three semifinal berths in the Gran Matador PBA Fiesta Conference.
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[Title] => Coke chokes Alaska
[Summary] => A few minutes before tipoff, coaches Tim Cone and Chot Reyes — friends off court and bitter rivals on it — chatted at the sideline, discussing how tired they already were and how they wished they could give their respective teams a welcome rest.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-08 00:00:00
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BARANGAY GINEBRA AND COCA-COLA
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[Title] => Pals wary of Purefoods giant strides
[Summary] =>
Talk n Text coach Derrick Pumaren expects a different Purefoods team in their second meeting in the season today at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Giants are back in fighting form three weeks into the season and could give the Phone Pals trouble in their rematch in the Talk n Text PBA Philippine Cup classification round.
Coming off weeks of training abroad, the Pals opened their campaign in the tourney with a 108-99 whipping of an off-form Purefoods team on Oct. 4.
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[Title] => Old Turks go, teams either intact or overhauled as season begins
[Summary] =>
Vergel Meneses is gone while Alex Cabagnot is back. Danny Ildefonso is sidelined by an injury while Bong Hawkins will be in the sidelines, elevated to assistant coaching chores. Champion teams Red Bull and Purefoods are returning with intact lineups while underachievers Barangay Ginebra and Coca-Cola are showing up with souped-up rosters.
These are among the things that won’t escape the attention of basketball fans as curtains rise for the opening of the 32nd PBA season at the Araneta Coliseum Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096369
[AuthorName] => Joey Villar
[SectionName] => Sports
[SectionUrl] => sports
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 340800
[Title] => Red Bull, Alaska seek win No. 2
[Summary] => They hacked out contrasting victories Wednesday but Red Bull and Alaska Milk are similarly pumped-up as they go for a second straight win versus Barangay Ginebra and Coca-Cola, respectively, in the Gran Matador Brandy PBA Philippine Cup best-of-five quarterfinals at the Araneta Coliseum today.
Dominating the injury-plagued and battle-weary Kings, 93-86, in Game One, the Bulls are fancied and raring to make it two in a row in the second game of their series at 4:40 p.m.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-09 00:00:00
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[Title] => Menk, Reavis cleared to play
[Summary] =>
The PBA board of governors approved in a meeting yesterday the adoption of a new set of criteria in relation to the eligibility of suspended Fil-foreign players, paving the way for the automatic reinstatement of two players in Eric Menk and Rafi Reavis.
Sources said the board approved commissioner Noli Eala’s proposal on a 4-3 majority vote with two teams of the San Miguel group plus Talk n Text and Red Bull Barako submitting the concurring votes.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096369
[AuthorName] => Joey Villar
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[Title] => PBA games back to Fridays for semis, finals
[Summary] => The Philippine Basketball Association is moving its Saturday games to Fridays in the semifinal and final rounds of the Gran Matador PBA Fiesta Conference to give the teams the usual one-day break in between games.
And in a bid to avoid further conflicts and controversies about officiating, PBA commissioner Noli Eala is calling coaches of the four remaining teams and league technical chief Perry Martinez and his top referees to a conference tomorrow.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-21 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096369
[AuthorName] => Joey Villar
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[ArticleID] => 254597
[Title] => Undersized Pals silence Thunder
[Summary] => It’s Talk n Text versus Barangay Ginebra and Coca-Cola against Red Bull Barako in the Gran Matador PBA Fiesta Conference Final Four.
The Phone Pals, minus suspended stars Jerald Honeycutt and Asi Taulava, fashioned out an improbable 119-115 win over the Thunder while the Tigers reasserted their mastery of the Kings as they emerged the top seeds in the crossover best-of-three semifinals beginning Wednesday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096369
[AuthorName] => Joey Villar
[SectionName] => Sports
[SectionUrl] => sports
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 254508
[Title] => Non-bearing tiffs up; ref suspended
[Summary] => For failing the make the call that would have prevented the ugly endgame melee, referee Patrick Canizares was slapped an indefinite suspension in the aftermath of the Talk n Text-US Pro-Am controversy at the Araneta Coliseum Wednesday.
PBA commissioner Noli Eala meted Canizares the severe sanction yesterday after hearing the game official’s side on the bench-clearing incident that also resulted to heavy fines and suspension for Talk n Text players Jerald Honeycutt and Asi Taulava.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096369
[AuthorName] => Joey Villar
[SectionName] => Sports
[SectionUrl] => sports
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 254124
[Title] => Foreign teams to show real stuff today?
[Summary] => The foreign teams are expected to show improved games in their second outing here and could give hometown rivals a tough fight today.
It’s a must. Otherwise, the visiting American and Canadian cagers would be packing their bags for good, leaving to the local teams to dispute the crossover best-of-three semifinal berths in the Gran Matador PBA Fiesta Conference.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-16 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[Title] => Coke chokes Alaska
[Summary] => A few minutes before tipoff, coaches Tim Cone and Chot Reyes — friends off court and bitter rivals on it — chatted at the sideline, discussing how tired they already were and how they wished they could give their respective teams a welcome rest.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096369
[AuthorName] => Joey Villar
[SectionName] => Sports
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October 25, 2006 - 12:00am
