“We can be compassionate and merciful” – When the BAP unanimously lifted the Jaworski, Reynoso lifetime ban in 1973
Nearly 50 years ago, the Basketball Association of the Philippines reinstated Robert Jaworski and Alberto “Big Boy” Reynoso, ending a lifetime suspension stemming from a 1971 MICAA incident.


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