ALLAN THE MAN

Gin Kings coach Ato Agustin said Menk, who teamed up with Asi Taulava in San Miguel Beer at the ASEAN Basketball League, is being recommended by the team management.

The Shakey's V-League is an intercollegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines formed in 2004 by a management group led by former PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino and pizza company Shakey's. 

Jobs is a 2013 American biographical drama film based on the life of Steve Jobs, from 1974 while a student at Reed College to the introduction of the iPod in 2001. Steve Jobs is portrayed by Ashton Kutcher, with Josh Gad as Apple Computer's (now Apple Inc.) co-founder Steve Wozniak.

PLOT: The film opens in 2001 with Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting. It then flashes back to Reed College in 1974. Jobs had already dropped out due to the high expense of tuition, but was still auditing classes with the approval of Dean Jack Dudman (James Woods) who took him under his wing.[7]Jobs is particularly invested in a course on calligraphy.[8] He meets up with his friend Daniel Kottke (Lukas Haas) who is excited to see that Jobs is holding a copy of Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass. Influenced by this book and his experiences with LSD, Jobs and Kottke spend time in India.

Head coach Chot Reyes is one with his Gilas Pilipinas team in hoping that the Philippines will be bracketed with defending champion Team USA in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.

“Yun sana. Maka-bracket sana natin ang team USA,” said the only five-time PBA Coach of the Year as he looks forward to the Philippines' first appearance in the world championships since 1978.

Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez doubts Saul “Canelo” Alvarez can succeed where he has failed and hand American champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. the first loss of his professional boxing career.

Marquez was outclassed by Mayweather when they fought in 2009, losing a wide points decision.

The 22-year-old Alvarez is seeking to defeat the American in their September 14 showdown, but “Dinamita” doubts the young Mexican can pull off an upset.

The tournament field is filling up for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.

At the AfroBasket in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, over the weekend, champions Angola, runners-up Egypt and third-place Senegal all booked their places in next year's hoops extravaganza over the weekend.

Since 1986, the Angolans have only once missed taking part in a FIBA World Championship.

Puerto Rico defeated Jamaica, 88-82 , won his fourth consecutive match and secured first place in Group A of the FIBA Americas Championship in Caracas, Venezuela. 

The “ Boricua” team, who seemed to have the game under control , had to suffer more than necessary to finish. Jose Juan Barea was the best for the winners, with 24 points.