Thursday, February 9, 2012

09 FEB 2012, THU: Sports & Ent

Sports


PBA tackles sizzling Coke issue

Philippine Star - 
By Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star) Updated February 09, 2012 12:00 AM 0 Powerade's top gun Gary David (second from right) talks about his team's chances in the PBA Commissioner's Cup unfolding tomorrow as Air21's Renren Ritualo (left), ...

RP Cuppers raring to go

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - The Philippine Sports Commission has allocated P1.5 million to Philippine Lawn Tennis Association for the hosting of Asia/Oceania Davis Cup Group 2 match between the Philippines versus Pacific Oceania which fires off Friday at the ...

Donaire wins but suffers hand injury

Asianjournal.com - 
NONITO Donaire Jr. added another championship belt to his growing collection but it may have cost him his left hand. “Just woke up 4 am resting.

Exciting shotmaking up as Philippine Open starts

Inquirer.net - 
By Musong R. Castillo MANILA, Philippines—Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao tried his hand at golf Wednesday and provided some light moments on the eve of the staging of the 96th ICTSI Philippine Open at the famed East course of Wack Wack.

Henson confident

Tempo - 
By WAYLON GALVEZ Manila, Philippines - Despite a toe injury, defending champion Berry Henson of the United States said he is confident in his attempt to defend his title in the ICTSI-Philippine Open starting today at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club ...

Second straight UAAP softball crown within Adamson's reach

GMA News - 
Defending champion Adamson University waltzed to a 5-0 win over University of Santo Tomas to move a win shy of sweeping the elimination round of the 74th UAAP softball tournament on Wednesday at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

PSA Awards honors national billiards, boxing associations

Inquirer.net - 
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Sportswriters Asociation will honor the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) and Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (Abap) as the National Sports Associations (NSAs) of the Year during ...

Manny Pacquiao Takes Page Out of Floyd Mayweather's Playbook, Bashes Tim Bradley

Opposing Views - 
Manny Pacquiao is desperately looking for a way to spice up his looming June showdown versus Timothy Bradley. Unfortunately, pumping folks up about a bout (see what I did there?

Texters look forward to meeting new import

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - Talk N' Text is looking forward to meeting their import for the upcoming PBA Commissioner's Cup, which begins on Friday.

Coach: Star-filled NLEX took tough road to glory

Inquirer.net - 
By Jasmine W. Payo MANILA, Philippines—Take out a couple of star players and the NLEX Road Warriors still look very much like a champion team.

La Salle pounds NU to secure women's volleyball top ranking

GMA News - 
La Salle, in its last two remaining games, only needed just one win to cement its hold of the top seeding in the semifinal round of the 74th UAAP women's volleyball tournament.

Switzerland Opens Doors To Nurses

Manila Bulletin - 
By ROY C. MABASA MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is working with Swiss government authorities on the entry of Filipino nurses as trainees to Switzerland where Filipino health care workers who arrived in the European country in the 1970s are well ...

Bulldogs surprise Lions

Journal Online - 
Kyle Neypes drove in with 7.3 seconds to go, lifting the National University Bulldogs to an 83-81 upset of the defending champion San Beda Red Lions last Sunday in the eighth Fr.

SMC hires Rajko as consultant

Manila Standard Today - 
by Jeric Lopez RAJKO Toroman may no longer be the coach of the national team, but he has found a new endeavor that will keep him very much involved in Philippine basketball.

Weir snub sore spot for his fans

London Free Press - 
By TIM MCKAY, QMI Agency Mike Weir of Canada watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio June 2, 2011.

Clippers-Cavaliers Preview

ESPN - 
AccuScore has powered more than 10000 simulations for every NBA game for ESPN.com, each simulated one play at a time and minimum of 10000 times.

Lakers-Celtics Preview

CBSSports.com - 
Fans in Los Angeles and Boston delight in the rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics. When these franchises square off in the regular season, however, the hometown fans have seldom seen their team win lately.

Superbowl 2012 Breaks Social Records, Sets New Marketing Standard

Huffington Post - 
If you had any doubt that sports and social media go hand in hand, this week's Super Bowl XLVI should have convinced you. The Giants took the win in an exciting down-to-the-wire victory, but the social media community (and fans of the teams in ...

Patriots Are Favored to Win 2013 Super Bowl With Champion Giants at 8-1

Bloomberg - 
The New England Patriots are the oddsmakers' early favorite to win next season's Super Bowl, even after coming up short against the New York Giants in last night's National Football League championship game.

Durant's shot lifts Thunder past Warriors 119-116

Fox News - 
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet OAKLAND, Calif. - Kevin Durant came hard off the screen, took the pass and launched a jumper that banked off the glass and through the net.

Entertainment


In the words of Morgan, Only in America: "Neither of us has sung live at the ...

CNN (blog) - 
Piers Morgan thinks Madonna is too old to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. Morgan is not that much younger than Madonna. I presume he will retire when he approaches Madonna's age and spare all of us having to endure the opinions of someone that ...

Let's give our children great expectations

Telegraph.co.uk - 
On the bicentenary of one of our greatest writers, the state of literacy in modern Britain becomes more and more Dickensian. By Allison Pearson Charles Dickens has more lost boys than Peter Pan.

John Lloyd, Angel Try Casual Sex

Manila Bulletin - 
By CRISPINA MARTINEZ-BELEN MANILA, Philippines - John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin are at their best in “sexuality” in the movie “Unofficially Yours,” a Valentine presentation from Star Cinema.

What Sharon doesn't know

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - Breaking news: There's a deeper reason why the reteam-up movie of Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion (far right, during their “loveteam” days), much awaited by their fans, might not be pushed through.

DENR cracks down on Pasay resto serving protected wildlife

Inquirer.net - 
By Leila B. Salaverria The exotic fare of a Pasay City restaurant is not that palatable to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Ellen fires back at Million Moms group

Kansas City Star - 
While still basking in the glow of a federal appeals ruling to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday, Ellen DeGeneres sounded off during a show taping that will air Thursday.

Daniel Radcliffe miffed Oscar diss of Harry Potter

Vancouver Sun - 
LOS ANGELES -- If Daniel Radcliffe boasted the magical powers of his fictional Harry Potter character, he would probably turn the members of the Academy into toads.

9 New York Festival finalists for GMA News and Public Affairs

Vox Bikol - 
GMA News and Public Affairs, the country's most trusted news organization, proves its world class calibre again with a total of nine nominations -- five coming from the leading news channel GMA News TV and four from GMA-7 -- in the highly prestigious ...

Beyonce and Jay-Z want to trademark daughter Blue Ivy Carter's name

National Post (blog) - 
Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter Blue Ivy has been quite the popular subject since her birth early last month. So popular that her parents have applied to make her name an official trademark.

Quick Takes: Grammys tap Chris Brown

Los Angeles Times - 
Chris Brown will perform at this year's Grammy Awards, the event where his career almost ended three years ago. Brown admitted assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna at a pre-Grammy party in 2009 and is serving five years of probation.

New extended 'Spider-Man' trailer released

Chicago Tribune - 
To the excitement of movie fanatics around the world, the Spider-Man franchise is being revived five years after Spiderman 3 was released, and now a brand-new extended trailer has been released for The Amazing Spider-Man.

Chelsea Handler has 'real' friends

Winnipeg Free Press - 
Chelsea Handler values "realness" in her friends. The talk show host insists her close pals Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are very down-to-earth and she would never treat them differently because of their fame.

Channing Tatum on The Vow: I love love stories

gulfnews.com - 
Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum star in this week's big romance, The Vow. Here's what they have to say about the film, an adaptation of a very tragic love story Paige (Rachel McAdams) and Leo (Channing Tatum) are a happy newlywed couple whose lives ...

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Sky News - 
A collection of artwork, jewellery and fashion from the estate of actress Elizabeth Taylor has sold for almost £120m at auction. Every item in the collection of more than 1800 lots was sold, some at 50 times their pre-sale estimates.

Zac Efron says Demi's daughter Rumer is doing it tough

Ninemsn - 
Rumer Willis is finding Demi Moore's breakdown “tough to deal with” according to her friend Zac Efron. The 23-year-old was reportedly with her famous mum when she suffered a drug-related seizure and had to be rushed to hospital last month.

Clooney tells children to 'shut the f*** up'

TVNZ - 
The 50-year-old actor - who is currently dating former wrestler Stacy Keibler - says he realised he was not destined for fatherhood when he told a group of children to "shut the f**k up".

'Chekhovek,' With 9 Chekhov Plays, at ArcLight Theater

New York Times - 
There's much to admire in “Chekhovek,” but only a little to enjoy. The play, an adaptation of nine Chekhov short stories, features two hours of smart performances and skillful production.

Katharine McPhee: Before Smash There Were Roles That Got Away

People Magazine - 
By Aili Nahas and Stephen M. Silverman With Monday's premiere of NBC's heavily promoted Smash, season-five American Idol alum Katharine McPhee finally got to show herself off as a triple threat: singer, dancer, actor.

Simon Cowell sets the record straight on rumors of 'The X Factor' judges

Reality TV World - 
By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 02/08/2012 Simon Cowell hasn't revealed which stars he would like to replace Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger on The X Factor's second-season judging panel, however he has confirmed that viewers can at least strike three ...

Strong Monday openers for NBC: 'Voice' very impressive, 'Smash' looks good in ...

Chicago Tribune - 
NBC's Broadway-themed drama "Smash" opened to good ratings Monday, airing behind the timeslot debut of "The Voice," which followed up its monster post-Super Bowl premiere one night earlier with very impressive numbers.

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