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Sunday, May 18, 2008 |
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Lakers eliminate Jazz
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: The Los Angeles Lakers withstood a late rally
by the Utah Jazz Friday, posting a 108-105 victory to advance to the
Western Conference finals of the National Basketball Association
playoffs.
Kobe Bryant, the league’s Most Valuable
Player, scored 34 points, leading six Lakers players in double
figures as Los Angeles completed a four-games-to-two triumph in the
best-of-7 second-round series.
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Bustamante enters semis
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FRANCISCO “Django” Bustamante got the better of his marquee duel
against compatriot and reigning national open champion Lee Van
“The Slayer” Corteza, 11-6, to storm into the semifinals of the
2008 Predator International 10-Ball Championships Saturday at the
Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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BAP-SBP election reset
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THE Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), in its
last-ditch effort to keep the unified BAP-SBP intact, issued a
manifesto urging businessman Manny Pangilinan and other members to
attend its first regular election of officers on June 4.
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Norwood lifts Hapee to finals
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TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite : Fil-Am Gabe Norwood showed flashes of
brilliance to help Hapee Toothpaste dispatch Burger King, 77-72, and
advanced to the finals of the PBL Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup
Saturday at the Ayong Maliksi Gym here.
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Montgomery headed to jail
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NEW YORK: Disgraced former 100m world record holder Tim Montgomery
was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison Friday for his
role in a check fraud scheme that also led to the downfall of Marion
Jones.
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USJ-R shoots for playoff
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UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSE-RECOLETOS (USJ-R) shoots for a playoff for
the fourth and last semifinal slot as it collides with University of
St. La Salle-Bacolod (USLS) Sunday in the Shakey’s V-League Season
5 at The Arena in San Juan.
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Ramirez plans to upgrade
sports medicine facilities
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THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) bared plans to make the
facilities at the Philippine Center for Sports Medicine (PCSM) at
par with those in the Southeast Asian region.
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Palawan to host PPT 2nd
leg
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PUERTO PRINCESA, known as the “city in a forest,” will host the
second leg of the Philippine Pool Tour (PPT), a series of
tournaments in the country’s strategic cities organized by the
Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP).
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7th Int’l Billfish tilt slated May 22-25
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SOME of the world’s best anglers are set to arrive this week for
the Philippine Game Fishing Foundation (PGFF)-sponsored 7th
Philippine International Billfishing Tournament slated May 22 to 25
at the modern Don Andres Soriano Fishing Camp in Sta. Ana, Cagayan
Province.
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