“If BRAVE CF thinks I have to prove it again, then so be it. I am a fighter, and my job is to fight and win fights. Like I said in the past, line them up and I will keep knocking them down. It’s that simple,” – Rolando Dy
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Love in NBA Air
Valentine’s Day will be remembered for the day Michael Jordan’s famed No. 23 jersey with the Chicago Bulls was lost in the locker room just before the team was to play the Orlando Magic. It turned out to a double whammy for His Airness as the Magic also recorded a 135-129 overtime victory.
Sports Bytes PH Special: A Live Talk About The 1973 ABC PH Team
Learn more about the Philippine national team that competed in the ABC Championship held here in Manila.
‘Zam’ of San Juan: Most Valuable Francis
With the abundance of talents during the 2001 PBA Draft, jaded observers were one in saying that the educated and gentlemanly Francis Zamora will not be on the elite list of draftees dominated by the likes of Willie Miller and Mark Caguioa.
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Caloy Loyzaga is the GOAT of RP Basketball…’Pogi na , Goli Pa’
He was big. He was great. He was a game changer. Rolled into one, he was Carlos Loyzaga, the greatest athlete in Philippine basketball history.
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Coors Light launches campaign to include ‘Iceman’ into NFL Hall of Fame
Tom “The Iceman” Flores is a four-time pro-football champion and a trailblazing coach, but he has yet to receive his sport’s greatest honor: induction into the hall. A noted Coors Light drinker, Flores is about to get a big show of support from his favorite beer.
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CJ Perez Trade: The Painful Truth
We can discuss and judge the CJ Perez trade but at the end of the day, it’s a done deal.
DLSU Green Archers Add Nigerian Built Like NBA Player Jerami Grant
The DLSU Green Archers have added a backup import in the person of Bright Chinedum Nwankwo from Nigeria. He was described as someone who is molded like NBA player Jerami Grant of the Detroit Pistons.
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Once Upon a Time … in Rio de Janeiro
A dozen countries were in attendance in the 1954 edition – seven from the Americas, three from Europe and two from Asia, the Philippines and Formosa (Taiwan/now known as Chinese-Taipei).
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Quo Vadis, Philippine Basketball?
According to the famous historian and National Artist awardee Nick Joaquin, basketball was introduced to Filipinos within the historic walls of Intramuros, Manila. Unclear, however, is the exact date of the first basketball game ever played on Philippine soil.