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Upper B S01EP10: The love-hate relationship of media and athletes

Since the days of Sheed’s “Both teams played hard” to Westbrook’s “We executed well,” the love-hate relationship between the media and professional athletes has been well-documented. Should professional athletes be universally nice to reporters? Or is Mr. Westbrook the real MVP of postgame interviews?

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#AskTitoMico: Is Alaska the new never-say-die team?

Are the Alaska Aces now PBA’s resident never-say-die team after their performance in the last Philippine Cup Finals? Mico Halili shares his thoughts.

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Upper B S01EP09: San Miguel’s Early Struggles

After winning the last Philippine Cup championship, San Miguel Beermen started the new conference with consecutive losses. How hard is it to stay on top?

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#AskTitoMico: How did the Hawks become so good?

Upper B’s Mico Halili is back to answer this question: How did the Atlanta Hawks become so good this season?

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Chuzy Chooses: Social Media MVPs

Renren Ritualo joins Suzy and Charles as they name a couple of must-follow MVPs on Twitter and Facebook.

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Upper B S01EP08: Analytics in basketball, is it crap?

On this episode, the Upper B hosts talk about the use of a more sophisticated form of analytics in basketball, and why we shouldn’t say no it.

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Upper B S01EP07: Orton vs Pacquiao

Shots fired! After losing to Kia, Purefoods import Daniel Orton called playing coach Manny Pacquiao “a joke.” Is he telling the truth? Or did he go too far? Upper B’s Mico, Suzy, Charles and Renren with the blow-by-blow analysis.

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Upper B S01EP06: Tab Baldwin taking over Gilas 3.0

On this episode of Upper B, the crew talk about the changes that new Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tab Baldwin can bring to the national team. As an added bonus: Upper B’s Mico, Charles, Jai, Renren and Suzy give unsolicited advice on how Coach Tab can bring Gilas 3.0 to the promised land aka Rio 2016.

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Upper B S01EP05: The Kobe Paras Hype Train

He is only in high school, but his dunk highlights are spreading like wildfire, and almost every media outfit is stepping onboard the hype train. Does Kobe Paras deserve all the attention?

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Upper B S01EP04: Can the Cavs win the East?

After a rocky start, the Cleveland Cavaliers are, as expected, now starting to climb up the standings. But with the emergence of hotter teams like the Hawks and the Raptors, can the Cavs be the kings of the East?

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