Obviously, I have not updated since the Blue Eagles won the UAAP senior basketball championship, and a lot has happened since then. First, the Blue Eaglets also won the UAAP junior basketball championship in a similar sweep of the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws. My pre-season predictions were cautiously optmistic and I said that the Eagles and Eaglets were contenders for the title - in this case, I'm very...

...hands who would profit from a three-game series (through ticket sales, advertising air time, broadcast ratings, etc.) would intervene again to bleed the rivalry dry. In the Juniors division, the Blue Eaglets are once again in the finals against the FEU Baby Tams, who eliminated the defending champion La Salle-Zobel Junior Archers (thanks guys). The Baby Tams are much taller, but the analysis by someone...

...news, the Lady Eagles lost (as expected, honestly) yesterday to the champion contenders UP Lady Maroons yesterday by a reported 13 points. The day before, I had the privilege of witnessing a Blue Eaglets off-game as the Ateneo Juniors team lost to the La Salle-Zobel Junior Archers, 77-74. Compared to what I saw before, the Eaglets were totally off last Saturday. I saw none of the things I had been...

... Karen Columna reportedly played well. I hope she's doing just as well in the classroom because, while we need her, she needs to make the grade for her to stay on the team! Meanwhile, the Blue Eaglets continued their winning ways to remain unbeaten in the juniors division. Kiefer Ravena, Al Bugarin and company overcame tremendous resistance from their opponents - and some highly questionable...

I haven't been able to watch any of the Lady Eagles' or Eaglets' games this season. I thought I would be able to do so after resigning from my job in preparation for going to graduate school in the fall, but I've had to cut down on trips out and extra expenditures - again in preparation for school :-/ Nevertheless, the true-blue Ateneo fans who take the time to watch the women's and juniors' division...

...3-0 and, as the only team without a loss thus far this season, currently at the top of the seniors' division standings. (And before I go on about the seniors' team, let me just note that the Blue Eaglets are 2-0 at the end of the first week of the basketball season, enjoying decisive wins over the NU Bullpups and Adamson Baby Falcons. On the other hand, the Lady Eagles lost their first game to...

...championship is more important and, even better, it's something that all the girls share :) Congratulations, Lady Eagles; the Ateneo community is proud of you! ...and bad news. Sadly, the Ateneo Blue Eaglets were unable to retain their juniors division title :( They were swept by a taller, older and bigger De La Salle Zobel team. For a while, we thought that they were going to tie the series, but a...

...time and time again. It was good of her to come back and play her last year of eligibility. I hope our other PGs learn all they can from her before she goes. In the second game that day, the Blue Eaglets lost to the La Salle Junior Archers, 74-76, in Game 1 of the juniors' division finals. I think Ateneo could have won this game if not for the invisible hands all over the place again. It's been...

...wouldn't be surprised if there are invisible hands all over the place again. Whatever happens, I hope I get the opportunity to watch the game live and cheer on the boys. I also hope I get the chance to watch the Lady Eagles and Eaglets in their respective finals matchups on Saturday, too. (Did you hear that, boys? The women and children are in the finals - they're waiting for you to join them!)

...name of that sculpture is "Eagle,"  it's by Alexander Calder.  So,  sometime last week someone showed up in the park,  and placed their own art next to the Eagle work.  They called their own art "Eaglets,"  and it is made of small replicas of the large Eagle sculpture in a nest,  with broken eggshells.  It's hugely entertaining,  in part because no one knows who did it (although it might be the...