PBA Obit

Teresita P. Vargas, beloved mom of Ricky P. Vargas, former chairman of the Philippine Basketball Association now ABAP president and senior VP of PLDT, has died. She was 84.

Mrs. Vargas passed away Thursday evening at the Makati Medical Center after a lingering illness. She is survived by children and in-laws JJ and Annie, Ricky and Gloria, Maritess and Ely, and Rudy and Malou.

Her remains lie at the Christ the King Church in Green Meadows. Interment details will be announced later.

PBA run for a cause on July 31

ALASKA team owner and former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) chairman will be at the forefront of the first ever running event for charity Asia’s first ever play-for-pay league is staging this weekend at the SM Mall of Asia.
       

A former national champion swimmer who’s now into triathlon, Uytengsu is seeing action in the 10-k event of the `PBA Powerade Run For A Cause’ set July 31 starting at 5 a.m.
       

Uytengsu once served as co-captain of the University of Southern California (USC) men’s swimming team in the early 80s and is the brain behind the annual Ironman event in the country which is holding its second staging next month.
       

Apart from the Alaska team executive, popular movie and television star Jericho Rosales and gorgeous PBA courtside reporter Cheska Litton have also committed to join the event being held for the benefit of children suffering from cancer.
       

Funds to be raised from the meet expected to attract some 1,500 runners, will go to the Cancer and Hematology Center of the Philippine Children’s Medical Hospital in Quezon City.
       

Registration fee of P500 is pegged in the charity event presented by Soleus, the official timer, and backed by Smart, Air21, Viva, Zest Air, Pharmaton, Accel, Mang Inasal, Biogenic Alcohol, Norkis, AeroMed and Ifnica, along with commissioner Sonny Barrios, deputy commissioner Chito Salud and members of the PBA Board led by chairman Rene Pardo of B-Meg Derby Ace.
       

There will also be 5-k and 3-k races, where the top male and female winners are going to receive P5,000 and P3,000, respectively, plus timepieces for the top three finishers.
       

Male and Female champions in the 10-k footrace take home the top prize of P7,000.
       

Barrios said all players from the 10 PBA teams are obliged to do their share in making the runfest a success. Fines are likely to be meted for players who failed to show up.
       

Players from the four teams seeing action in the Fiesta Cup semifinals are all exempted from participating.
       

The footrace has for its media partners the Philippine Star, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Bandera, Libre and AF, exclusive radio partner is NU 107, with Solar Sports as the exclusive TV partner.
       

For further details, call the PBA office at 470-2768 local 221 or log on at www.pba.ph. (pr)

BMEG vs SMB Game 3 Photos (San Miguel Beer triumphs, 74-70; leads series, 2-1)

Jay Washington forces his way to the basket while Paul Artadi tries to slap the ball from behind and gabe freeman falling.

James Yap hangs against Gabe Freeman.

Gabe Freeman tries to steal the ball from Tony Washam.

Gabe Freeman tries to reach in for the ball against Paul Artadi.

Tony Washam (center), Arwind Santos and Gabe Freeman battles for the rebound.

TNT vs ALASKA Game 3 Photos (Alaska wins, 90-86; leads series, 2-1)

Tony Dela Cruz slaps the ball from Kelly Williams.

Cyrus Baguio and Jason Castro fight for the lose ball.

Diamon Simpson gets undeneath Ryan Reyes after they run for the ball.

Diamon Simpson crushes down to the defense of Shawn Daniels and Kelly WIlliams.

LA Tenorio escapes and passes the ball from the defense of Ranidel.

FIL-FOREIGN LIST UP EXTENDED AGAIN

THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) again decided to extend the deadline of application for foreign-bred players hoping to join the 2010 PBA Annual Draft.

The new cut-off date has been set for August 2.

Commissioner Sonny Barrios made the move to give Fil-foreign players more time to process their necessary papers, especially the certificate of recognition coming from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the affirmation from the Department of Justice (DOJ), which went through some re-organization when the new administration took over three weeks ago.
       

The BI certificate of recognition and DOJ affirmation are just two of several documentary requirements Fil-foreign players must submit to the Commissioner’s Office for them to be eligible for the Draft.

Originally, the deadline was set July 14, but was moved later on to July 19.

“There have been numerous requests for us to again move the deadline. Hopefully, the additional days would help our Fil-foreign applicants secure the papers needed,” said Barrios.
       

The Rookie Draft, the league’s first official activity at the start of each season, will be held on August 29 at the Market! Market! in Taguig.

With about a month to go before the event, a total of 35 applicants have already submitted their papers at the PBA office in Libis, Quezon City.

A handful of the new names are Fil-foreign players, including one who was born in Tripoli, Libya, another in Frankfurt, Germany and a pair from Canada.

Melchor Caysil Gile listed Libya as his place of birth, but suited up for University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP and had stints in both the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) and the Asean Basketball League (ABL).

Marvin Gallemit Graebel was born in Germany and attended Stauffenberg Business School, although the 6-foot-4 forward played for both the PBL and Liga Pilipinas.

The PBA Commissioner’s Office, however, considered Gile and Graebel  as “locals” because the two are Philippine passport holders and both possess NSO birth certificates.

Raymond Montaniel is from Toronto, Canada, but saw action in Liga Pilipinas, while Vancouver-born Sean Michael Dee Anthony currently plays for Ascof in the Tournament of the Philippines.

But there are likewise notable local players who were added in the list, among them former UST Tigers Khazim Mirza and Chester Taylor, Riego Meinardo Villa Gamalinda, a key player in San Beda’s string of NCAA championships, pesky Robert Labagala of University of the East, his Warrior teammate Narciso Llagas Jr., De La Salle’s Peejay Barua, John Melegrito of Letran and Giorgio Ciriacruz of Arellano.

Buhangin Fiesta Cup schedule

BUHANGIN FIESTA CUP 2010
GAME SCHEDULE
DATE	TIME	TEAM COMPETING	PAIRING	CATEGORY	GROUP
17-Jul	2:30 PM	DAVAO JONES ACADEMY VS. LIFESTREAM INTERNATIONAL COL.	DJA - LIC	JR	B
SATURDAY	4:00 PM	JOHN PAUL II COLLEGE VS. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES	JPC - USEP	SR	*
24-Jul	9:00 AM	ASSUMPTION COL. OF DVO. VS. UNIV. OF IMMACULATE CONCEPCION	ACD - UIC	CADET	*
SATURDAY	10:30 AM	PHIL. ACADEMY OF SAKYA VS. PHIL. NIKKEI JIN KAI INT'L. SCH	PAS - PNJK	JR	B
	12:00 NN	INT'L. CHRISTIAN SCH. OF DVO. VS. BROKENSHIRE SCIENCE HI SCH	ICSD - BSHS	JR	A
	1:30 PM	PHILIPPINE WOMENS' COLLEGE VS. DANIEL R. AGUINALDO NAT'L. HI SCH	PWC - DRANHS	JR	C
	3:00 PM	BROKENSHIRE COLLEGE VS. AMA COMPUTER COL.	BC - AMA	SR	*
	4:30 PM	SAN PEDRO COLLEGE VS. DMMA COLLEGE OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILS.	SPC - DCSP	SR	*
25-Jul	9:00 AM	DAVAO JONES ACADEMY VS. PHILIPPINE WOMENS' COLLEGE	DJA - PWC	CADET	*
SUNDAY	10:30 AM	DANIEL R. AGUINALDO NAT'L. HI SCH VS. FORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS	DRANHS - FAA	CADET	*
	12:00 NN	FORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS VS. UNIVERSITY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPCION	FAA VS. UIC	JR	C
31-Jul	9:00 AM	DAVAO JONES ACADEMY VS. ASSUMPTION COL. OF DVO.	DJA - ACD	CADET	*
SATURDAY	10:30 AM	DANIEL R. AGUINALDO NAT'L. HI SCH VS. PHILIPPINE WOMENS' COLLEGE	DRANHS - PWC	CADET	*
	12:00 NN	ASSUMPTION COL. OF DVO. VS. ST. THERESE HIGH SCHOOL	ACD - STHS	JR	A
	1:30 PM	STELLA MARIS ACADEMY VS. DAVAO JONES ACADEMY	SMAD - DJA	JR
	3:00 PM	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES VS. AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE	USEP - AMA	SR	*
	4:30 PM	JOHN PAUL II COLLEGE VS. BROKENSHIRE COLLEGE	JPC - BC	SR	*
1-Aug	9:00 AM	UNIV. OF IMMACULATE CONCEPCION VS. FORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS	UIC - FAA	CADET	*
SUNDAY	10:30 AM	ST. THERESE HIGH SCHOOL VS. INT'L. CHRISTIAN SCH. OF DVO.	STSH - ICSD	JR	A
	12:00 NN	DANIEL R. AGUINALDO NAT'L. HI SCH VS. UNIV. OF IMMACULATE CONCEPCION	DRANHS - UIC	JR	C
	1:30 PM	AGDAO COOPERATIVE VS. LIBCAN PRIME MARKETING	AGDAO COOP - LIBCAN	INTERCOY	A
	3:00 PM	BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS VS. DCSP EMPLOYEES	BPI - DCSP	INTERCOY	C
	4:30 PM	NEW DAY REHABILITATION CENTER VS. PHIL. JAPAN ACTIVE CARBON	NDRC - PJAC	INTERCOY	B
	6:00 PM	PAC PACKAGING CORPORATION VS. GH OFFICE DEPOT	PAC - GH DEPOT	INTERCOY	A
	7:30 PM	METRO ACE INNOVPLAS VS. MASCOR - DAVAO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	METRO ACE - MASCOR	INTERCOY	B