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Ginebra San Miguel ace big man Eric Menk could be out for the rest of the Talk n Text PBA Philippine Cup.


The 6-foot-6 Fil-Am behemoth suffered calf and toe injuries in a bar fight, according to reports. The STAR tried to make calls but failed to get confirmation from the Ginebra team.


Sources, however, said Menk has been absent from the Ginebra training since Wednesday.


The Kings are bracing up for their coming Final Four showdown with either the Talk n Text Phone Pals or the Purefoods Chunkee Giants.


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                    [Title] => Purefoods at Sta. Lucia walang pahinga sa ensayo
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Habang abala sa kasiyahan ang ibang koponan, nasa maigting na ensayo naman ang nagdedepensang Purefoods Chunkee Giants at ang Sta. Lucia Realty.


Ito ay bunga na rin ng kanilang playoff gamesa Enero 3 para sa ikatlo at huling outright quarterfinal ticket sa pagbabalik ng 2007 PBA Philippine Cup sa Cuneta Astrodome sa Pasay City.


Tinapos ng Giants, Realtors at Talk 'N Text Phone Pals ang classification phase mula sa magkakapareho nilang 10-8 rekord sa ilalim ng 11-7 baraha ng quarterfinalist na Red Bull.


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Reactions beget reactions.


This writer has been deluged with e-mails from Filipino basketball fans from all over the globe in reactions to the query posed in a previous piece. Is there too much basketball in the Philippines? The responses either way have been emphatic and emotional. 


Antonio "Boyet" Dones, chief of the Billinga Management Office of the Philippine Postal Corporation ([email protected]) passionately proclaims that:


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                    [Title] => Pangasinan’s oldest priest ecstatic over Purefoods players’ visit
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DAGUPAN CITY — "I can die now."


So quipped an ecstatic Rev. Monsignor Leon Ver Bitanga in jest to Bishop Renato Mayugba after his favorite basketball team, the Purefoods Chunkee Giants, visited him Friday afternoon in the archdiocese-owned retirement villa in Bonuan Gueset here.


"Oh, no, not yet. We do not want yet to lose you," replied Mayugba.


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DAGUPAN CITY — "I can die now."


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"Oh, no, not yet. We do not want yet to lose you," replied Mayugba.


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Ang Warriors ay nagwagi na ng 16 na titulo sa UAAP habang ang Red Lions naman ay nakakolekta na ng higit sa isang dosenang titulo sa NCAA kabilang na ang titulo ngayong season. 


Kapwa naamoy na ang dugo at nakikita ang mapulang digmaan sa one-game title match sa pagitan ng dalawang koponan. 


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The Bulls practically took the University of Guam Fieldhouse by storm, enabling skipper Topex Robinson to take the spotlight away from the Aces in the end.


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Arwind Santos needs just a little more time to jell with his new teammates. But as team the Air21 Express looks in sharp form and ready for the upcoming Philippine Basketball Association season.


In a display of excellent teamwork, fluid running game and ferocious rebounding, the Express routed an overweight, out-of-shape Purefoods Chunkee Giants, 108-82 yesterday in the PBA pre season mini tournament at the jampacked Tinga gym in Taguig.


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Naging panauhing pandangal si Ryan Gregorio, head coach ng Philippine Cup champion Purefoods Chunkee Giants. Inamin ni Gregorio na paakyat ang kanilang laban sa huling conference.


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Sources, however, said Menk has been absent from the Ginebra training since Wednesday.


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Ito ay bunga na rin ng kanilang playoff gamesa Enero 3 para sa ikatlo at huling outright quarterfinal ticket sa pagbabalik ng 2007 PBA Philippine Cup sa Cuneta Astrodome sa Pasay City.


Tinapos ng Giants, Realtors at Talk 'N Text Phone Pals ang classification phase mula sa magkakapareho nilang 10-8 rekord sa ilalim ng 11-7 baraha ng quarterfinalist na Red Bull.


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Reactions beget reactions.


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Antonio "Boyet" Dones, chief of the Billinga Management Office of the Philippine Postal Corporation ([email protected]) passionately proclaims that:


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So quipped an ecstatic Rev. Monsignor Leon Ver Bitanga in jest to Bishop Renato Mayugba after his favorite basketball team, the Purefoods Chunkee Giants, visited him Friday afternoon in the archdiocese-owned retirement villa in Bonuan Gueset here.


"Oh, no, not yet. We do not want yet to lose you," replied Mayugba.


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So quipped an ecstatic Rev. Monsignor Leon Ver Bitanga in jest to Bishop Renato Mayugba after his favorite basketball team, the Purefoods Chunkee Giants, visited him Friday afternoon in the archdiocese-owned retirement villa in Bonuan Gueset here.


"Oh, no, not yet. We do not want yet to lose you," replied Mayugba.


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Ang Warriors ay nagwagi na ng 16 na titulo sa UAAP habang ang Red Lions naman ay nakakolekta na ng higit sa isang dosenang titulo sa NCAA kabilang na ang titulo ngayong season. 


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In a display of excellent teamwork, fluid running game and ferocious rebounding, the Express routed an overweight, out-of-shape Purefoods Chunkee Giants, 108-82 yesterday in the PBA pre season mini tournament at the jampacked Tinga gym in Taguig.


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