The Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP CIDG) has identified the prime suspect in the shooting of Talk ‘N Text center Ali Peek.

A certain Edgar Vite from Nueva Ecija has been identified by witnesses as the assailant in the shooting of Peek last November 7 at the parking lot of the RFM Sports Center in Pioneer in Mandaluyong City.

CIDG confirmed that Vite is the person on the composite sketch released by the police through a text from a concerned citizen cross-referenced with a driver’s license from the Land Transportation Office.\

Coming into Rain or Shine’s game Wednesday against Powerade, Paul Lee was shooting just 20.4% from the three-point area. But he shot 4-of-6 from the three-point line tonight en route to a career-high 25 points, leading the Elasto Painters to a come-from-behind victory against the Tigers and taking first blood in their best-of-seven semis matchup.

Arwind Santos, the Petron Blaze Boosters’ double-double machine, emerged as the leading contender for the Best Player of the Conference derby after the quarterfinal round of the PBA Philippine Cup. 

Santos, with his regular double-double showing, leads everybody in the statistical points (SPs) race with an average of 38.63 a game. 

The 6-foot-4 former FEU stalwart is six points clear of chief pursuer Kelly Williams of Talk n Text, giving him a solid chance to become the first player in seven years to win the BPC award in back-to-back fashion.

MIKE Cortez is on a roll and so is Barangay Ginebra. 

The 2003 top draft pick continued to crank up his all-around game, not only helping the Kings stretch their winning streak to five but also earning for himself the Accel-PBA Player of the Week honors for the period Dec. 5 to 11. 

It was only the second such citation for Cortez since Jan. 2-8 of the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference, while he was still with Alaska and Ginebra coach Siot Tanquingcen is foremost among those glad to see him playing without the injuries that have made his career an up-and-down one the past few years.

Ginebra fan Jedfrey Calado took the Mark Caguioa kulotski hairdo to the next level, and imagines a PBA world where it’s the norm rather than the exception. The effects are rather chilling. See Picture Inside...

University of Cebu Webmasters coach Roehl Gomez has a definite answer when asked if Junmar Fajardo is ready for the Philippine Basketball Association.

“Pwede na,” said Gomez, a former sharpshooter who plied his trade with Alaska and Pop Cola in the professional league.

Fajardo played his last game for the Webmasters on Monday, a loss to the San Bed Red Lions in the Philippine Collegiate Champions League battle for third.

But before entering the draft for Asia’s first play-for-pay basketball organization, the 6-foot-10 standout will be honing his skills with ASEAN Basketball League expansion team San Miguel Beermen Philippines when the team kicks off its campaign in January next year.

Mark Caguioa and Alex Cabagnot are bitter rivals on the court. Off the court, however, they aren’t above sharing a light moment, as caught by AKTV photographer Paolo Papa. What were the two star guards talking about? See Picture Inside...

When Talk ‘N Text and Ginebra collide on Sunday, one could argue that the stakes are relatively smaller; whatever the result, the Tropang Texters will have a twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals, while Ginebra will figure in a best-of-three affair.

Then Talk ‘N Text’s daredevil swingman Jared Dillinger tweeted about Mark Caguioa’s hairdo, and now all bets are off:

Published on December 5, 2011

JAMES Yap continues to lead the way for B-MEG. 

The two-time Most Valuable Player reiterated the fact anew when he spearheaded the Llamados’ drive to back-to-back wins in the week that was, in the process earning for himself the Accel-PBA Press Corps’ Player of the Week for the period Nov. 28 to Dec. 4.

Los Angeles Galaxy football superstar David Beckham certainly owned the past weekend in Manila, leading the Major League Soccer champions to a 6-1 rout of the Azkals. While the English icon was doing his bending on the pitch, we couldn’t help but think about his past hairstyles — and how they eerily seem to share the same history of the hairstyles of another Pinoy fan favorite, Mark “The Spark” Caguioa of Barangay Ginebra.

So which hairdo looked better on whom? You tell us. See Picture Comparison