Toyota vs. Crispa: The Last Hurrah in Guam 1984
Toyota and Crispa played a pair of exhibition games dubbed the “Last Hurrah in Guam” in March 1984.
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Paner, SMC Braves stun favored Japanese team in 1973 basketball exhibition showdown
![Manny Paner [screen capture from The Freeman]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot_2433-400x200.png)
Back on February 17, 1973, the Japanese national team visited the Philippines to play a series of exhibition matches.
‘The important thing is leave with the title’ – Muhammad Ali after losing heavyweight title to Spinks in 1978
On February 15, 1978, a 24-year-old heavyweight boxer named Leon Spinks shocked the world when he pulled off an upset over Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas, Nevada.
How Terry Que convinced Samboy Lim to choose the PBL over the MBA – “Malaking honor sa ‘min”
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After his PBA retirement, Samboy Lim played on with the Welcoat Paint Masters in the Philippine Basketball League in 1998.
Guidaben, Villamin pass on Baby Dalupan Crispa reunion plans at GTC
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Baby Dalupan tried but failed to reunite with some of his top players, Abet Guidaben and Yoyoy Villamin, from the defunct Crispa Redmanizers when he was calling the shots for Great Taste in 1987.
‘The spirit of San Beda-La Salle game is an example that should be emulated’ – Bonnie Carbonnel on San Beda’s NCAA 1979 triumph over DLSU
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On February 7, 1979, after San Beda scuttled DLSU, 108-103 to sweep the three-team playoffs for the second-round flag and the NCAA championship at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
Lakers: When Magic Johnson got accidentally ‘knocked out’ against the Bulls
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Johnson was knocked unconscious in the third quarter of that game after tripping over teammate Terry Teagle and then getting accidentally kicked by Bulls forward Horace Grant.
‘I gave them blanket authority…’ – Danny Floro on the day Crispa folded
It was on February 1, 1984, when the basketball world was rocked following word that the fabled Crispa Redmanizers were disbanding after 10 seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
How a 13-year-old bowler named Arianne Cerdena set a duckpin record in 1976
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Cerdena, only 13 years old back, participated as the youngest competitor when she joined the first ladies classification B singles tournament of the Greater Manila Duckpin Bowling Association Inc. on January 9, 1976.
How an ex-Toyota Tamaraw spoiled Frigidaire’s MICAA opening day win over the Textilers
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The 1978 MICAA tournament got off to an auspicious start on January 8, 1978, when one of the inaugural games, the one between Refrigeration Industries and Imperial Textile Mills (ITM) was marred with controversy.