One of the former stalwarts of the Purefoods champion team in the PBA Jerry Codinera will hold his 2^nd basketball camp in April.

Purefoods, playing with intensity and a great deal of committed passion, relived PBA history with a four-game sweep of the fancied  Alaska Aces 86-76 to win the KFC PBA Philippine Cup before a huge crowd at the Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday.

When the report that the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines was interested in recruiting colorful and powerfully-built center Alex Crisano of the PBA surfaced in the popular weekly dzMM Teleradyo program “Sports Talk” hosted by former Sen. Freddie Webb last Saturday, the consensus of the panel which included Jasmin Romero and this reporter was “its a little too late” since Crisano is 34 years old.

Kerby Raymundo, drawing a crucial foul from Joe Devance with 1.7 seconds to go, knocked in the deciding free throw as Purefoods salvaged an 86-85 win over Alaska Milk in Game Two of the KFC PBA Philippine Cup Finals at the Araneta Coliseum Friday night.

Well-rested after a two-week break apparently made a whole lot of difference for the Alaska Aces in their first playoff meeting with the Barangay Ginebra Kings in 13 years.
 Four of Alaska’s starters racked up double-digit scores in the Aces’ lopsided victory, a 104-79 pouncing of the weary Kings in Game One of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series at the Araneta Coliseum.

The PBA was obviously elated over the success of the quarter final series in which the two San Miguel Corporation teams – Barangay Ginebra and Purefoods - joined San Miguel Beer in the semi finals with only the Alaska Aces left to carry the struggle to prevent a family affair in the finals.

Barangay Ginebra squandered a 13-point halftime lead but outfought Talk n Text in a battle down the stretch, foiling the Tropang Texters’ sweep bid with a 102-97 victory Wednesday night in their KFC PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals showdown at the Araneta Coliseum.

Desperate because of dwindling attendance at its games and the lack of public interest, the PBA Commissioner and some of his officials have conspired to help improve revenues by making sure that the league’s most popular teams – Ginebra and Purefoods somehow find a way of getting into the semi finals.

Talk N’ Text survived Barangay Ginebra’s spirited second half comeback to hammer out a 107-92 victory Friday night to gain the early edge in their best-of-five quarterfinal series in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.