So Migs, How've You Been?

It's been an eventful week for me personally, and it terms of my love for sports. 

First, the Fiba Asia Championship featured a silver medal finish for the Philippines. The tourney made even bigger stars of pro ballers like Marc Pingris, Gary David, La Tenorio, and, the man most people see as our best hope for the Nba, Jason William (Castro). From there, we hop over to a rockin', albeit non-hoops event in Wwe's Summerslam Event. I had the privilege of actually watching Wwe's Flagship Pay-Per-View live at the Staples Center. I would like to thank my friends from AbsCbn and Studio 23 network for the rare opportunity to see an international Wwe Ppv live. I must say, I marked out during Cm Punk and Daniel Bryan's bouts. Can't say I did not see that coming.

Finally, we have the comebacking UAAP Season 76 games. Ateneo De Manila overcame a sluggish start versus the Adamson Soaring Falcons to nab their fourth straight win. With their recent triumph, and a recent UE Red Warriors loss to Feu in a double overtime thriller, Ateneo now shares the last Final Four slot with the same Red Warriors from Recto. Most supporters of the 5 time defending Uaap Champions have written them off for this year. Honestly, this observation has much logical basis, but then, with the standings so tight and the competition so fierce, it really is tough to totally count out any handful of teams.

Further on the UAAP, this seems to be the first time in a while that we will see a UAAP MVP Award given to player who leads the league in scoring, and in turnovers. Terence Romeo is undeniably a gifted athlete, but his penchant for turning the ball over is something that must be mitigated. Coach Nash Racela has clearly given the Anime-haired phenom the green light to shoot, but he could stand to pass a bit more, and make good passes when he does pass. Like many of the great scorers, I believe that he will learn to give up the rock and share the wealth more as his career progresses. In a league where it can be tough to find a gray area between uber team play and extreme one-on-one theatrics, Romeo can fit right in. I am not out to light a fire under what already was a heated (and rather outlandish) Twitter war between the Feu standout and former Ateneo cager Nico Salva, but rather, to point out that a gold-standard player's luster could shine even more with a bit of tweaking.

No harm done, right? 

And with that, I am out- just like Dwight Howard is in La La land. His jerseys were on sale at 30-50% off at Lids and Adidas in LA! 

MC