Tag: basketball

Politicisation of the UP-Ateneo UAAP basketball match severely backfires!

December 6, 2018 benign0 6 Comments

You gotta pity the University of the Philippines’ men’s basketball team that went up against the Ateneo de Manila in this year’s UAAP championship match. They may have been under pressure to win the game to fulfil the dream of the Yellowtard-led Philippine Opposition to “oust the dictator”. The “dictator” in this political fantasy is,…

Culture, Politics

The NBA Is Irrelevant In Seattle

December 4, 2018 Gogs 18 Comments

For those of you who have never been there, Seattle is a beautiful American city. Sorry, I forgot to add, it is a beautiful wet American city. It is located in the region of the continent where it does rain a lot. Which may not sound so great on its own but add in that…

Glitz and Glamour

Upsilon elitism is NOTHING compared to the elitism of the Ateneo and La Salle BOYS club

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 benign0 23 Comments

While we’re in the business of calling out the misogyny, elitism, homphobia, and racism in the leaked group chats allegedly originating from the “brods” of the illustrious Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity, perhaps we should step even further back and regard the full landscape of the deep nature of this “fraternity” culture. In his recent Inquirer…

Education, Society

Four Days Of World Class Sports That Further Showcase Pinoy Sports Futility

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 Gogs 26 Comments

Two things happened this week that helped put in perspective the impact of pinoys in team sport. The MLB All Star Game and the FIFA Final . Oh sure some people still chest beat about Manny winning over Lucas Martin Matthysse . My thoughts have not changed about Manny since I last devoted a blog…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

Basketball vs Filipinos: Can genetic underdogs win international respect?

July 6, 2018 zaxx 46 Comments

The recent disgusting and shameful yet shameless brawl that engulfed what was intended as a friendly match between two allies (Gilas Pilipinas and the Australian team) brings us to a point of deep reflection as a nation of civilized Homo sapiens. The grave level of pikon (butthurt) and crushing tambak defeat of the “Pinoy” shooters would not…

Culture, Society

Resbak Mentality Keeps the Philippines backward

July 5, 2018 ChinoF 7 Comments

I wrote before about how the culture of retribution contributes to more violence in the world. It is one of the things keeping our own society backward as well. Not only in life, but in sports. People who are pro-Gilas brawl in Facebook keep raising up resbak as the justification. They say that because one…

Culture

Filipino pride and ego delivered NOTHING to Gilas Pilipinas

July 5, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

A common argument I’ve been seeing directed at people who dare write about Filipino-style basketball in a critical way comes in the form of this statement… You probably don’t play basketball so you won’t understand where we are coming from. Funny that. If there is anything more bizarre than Filipino exceptionalism, it is Filipino Basketball…

Culture, Society

A Simple Solution For The Problem Of Trolls Who Tell You What To Write

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 Gogs 69 Comments

I noticed there was the distinct flavor of reaction to Kate’s recent post in GRP: Gilas-Aussie brawl proves basketball is a TAMBAY sport in the Philippines A lot of people seem to believe that GRP writers should not even write about sports. Even more people think GRP writers should not write about anything. Well you…

Culture