Student Athlete

The Detroit Pistons evened the eastern conference finals of the NBA to two games apiece. Celtics and Detroit are on a best-of-three series. The next game will be at Boston where the Celtics have been dominant until Detroit won at the TD Banknorth Garden in game two.

Ashley Harkleroad posed for the magazine Playboy in it’s August issue. According to USA Today, she will be the first tennis player to pose for the men’s magazine.

V-League Finals is between Ateneo de Manila Univeristy and Adamson University. Ateneo de Manila University earned their finals appearance after beating Lyceum of the Philippines. Adamson University on the other hand, earned the finals berth after defeating San Sebastian College.

Mayor SB-Admin Apostol Youth Table Tennis Tournament will be on June 14 and 15, 2008. The games will take place at the Amoranto Sports Complex.

Solar Sports will be the television coverer of the Philippine Basketball Association.

8th DND-AFP Gintong Pangarap Half-Marathon is a 5k and 21k event. It will be on June 15, 2008 and will start at Camp Aguinaldo Grandstand. For official race results of DocFit, 2nd Champion Run, Runnex@25 and GIG Run, please visit runrio’s results page.

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao started his training at the Wild Card Gym. He will go against Mexican-American David Diaz on June 28, 2008. Just so you know, the fight does not have a rematch clause.

Mapua Institute of Technology will host the incoming season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. With this, the institute is required to have a High School representative to be eligible to host the tournament. To do so, the Malayan School of Science will suit as Mapua Red Robins, the juniors of Mapua Cardinals, and will return to play for the NCAA basketball tournament for high school. Malayan school of Science will participate also in other other sports discipline. Confirmed list includes Chess and Table Tennis.