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In winning NCAA MVP, Mondoñedo blazes a rare statistical trail
St. Benilde Blazers star Cloanne Mondoñedo during Collegiate Press Coprs Awards. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Everybody in the NCAA knew that Cloanne Mondoñedo deserved to win the women’s volleyball MVP award. Except, maybe, St. Benilde’s ace playmaker herself. “I had to convince myself that maybe this one’s really for me because I really worked hard ever since…
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NBA Finals: Celtics’ Porzingis out of Game 3 due to rare tendon injury
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis celebrates after scoring against the Dallas Mavericks during Game 2 of the NBA Basketball Finals, Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) DALLAS — Kristaps Porzingis did not play for the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night because of a rare tendon…
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Rare talent Carlos Alcaraz on way to ’30 Grand Slams’
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with the trophy after winning against Germany’s Alexander Zverev at the end of their men’s singles final match on Court Philippe-Chatrier on day fifteen of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 9, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) Carlos Alcaraz’s triumph over…
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NU volleyball programs basks in rare feat of UAAP golden double
NU Bulldogs celebrate the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball championship. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — National University is proud to make history by ruling the UAAP Season 86 men’s and women’s volleyball tournaments, playing in jampacked venues throughout their Finals series against teams from University of Santo Tomas. For the first time in the school’s…
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Dyip exhaust rare chance at playoff berth, battle Hotshots
Terrafirma Dyip’s Stephen Holt in the PBA Philippine Cup. –PBA IMAGES Unbeaten San Miguel Beer and fellow title contender Barangay Ginebra will finally have some company in the quarterfinals by the end of Friday’s PBA Philippine Cup doubleheader. One of them could be the all-Filipino tournament’s current underdog story in Terrafirma, the perennial cellar-dweller which…
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Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed pose England with a rare quandary over spin bowling | Cricket News
If there is one positive to come from England’s tour of India, it is that Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum know they now have a surfeit of spin options enjoyed by few other Test captains or head coaches in the team’s history. In a country where conditions mean seam tends to dominate and spinners have,…
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With rare start, Bossing seek end to being league backwater
Blackwater forward Troy Rosario during a game against TNT in the PBA Philippine Cup.–PBA IMAGES Jeffrey Cariaso is hoping that the rare 2-0 start of the usually-underachieving Blackwater side in the PBA Philippine Cup would translate into something promising down the road. He also doesn’t see this unexpected win-loss record at the expense of two…
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UST Golden Spikers deal NU Bulldogs rare loss
UST Golden Spikers celebrate after toppling defending champions NU Bulldogs in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament.–UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — University of Santo Tomas snapped the defending champion National University’s 34-game winning streak with a rousing 25-23, 26-24, 25-19 victory in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament on Sunday at Mall of…
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Pistons pick up rare win, prevail over Wizards
Detroit Pistons guard Alec Burks (14) drives to the basket against Washington Wizards guard Delon Wright (55) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) WASHINGTON — The Detroit Pistons have done some historic losing this season, including an NBA record-tying 28-game skid. The team’s…
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Bam Adebayo denied rare 20-rebound triple-double after NBA stat review
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, left, and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, meet on the court after an NBA basketball game, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Bam Adebayo’s celebration of Miami’s first 20-rebound triple-double turned out to be premature after an NBA statistical review took away one of the…
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