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RP cagebelles Seaba tourney underdogs
by Beth Celis
MANILA, Philippines--I DIDN'T realize how out of touch I had been with the RP women's basketball team until I got a press release from SBP executive director Pato Gregorio announcing that Jean Henri Lhuillier of Cebuana Lhuillier had agreed to play godfather to the squad.
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Whichever way, it’s a Pumaren win
by Beth Celis
MANILA, Philippines -- The UAAP best-of-three championship series between De La Salle University, coached by Franz Pumaren, and University of the East, coached by Dindo Pumaren, was surprisingly not in Pilo Pumaren’s consciousness when I called him for a short interview Wednesday.
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The commish according to Sonny
by Beth Celis
MANILA, Philippines--AFTER THE two-day directional meeting of the PBA board in Macau early this week, league followers should be closely monitoring the process involved in the selection of a permanent commissioner. But before we go to that, first things first.
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Impromptu board meeting in airport
by Beth Celis
MACAU -- The first directional board meeting of the PBA under new chair Tony Chua of Red Bull was supposed to be held here Sept. 26 and 27, but it started a day earlier in Manila in a most unlikely venue -- the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
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Umbrellas trigger ‘storm’ in presscon
by Beth Celis
MANILA, Philippines -- GMA-7 PUBLICITY officer Barbette Atienza was still in a good mood when I first talked to her early Saturday morning, just before the scheduled 9 a.m. “sendoff” press conference for Manny Pacquiao.
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Solar to cover PBA opening
by Beth Celis
MANILA, Philippines -- Looks like Solar Television is the very first outfit to express intention to bid for the 2008-2009 PBA broadcast coverage. The contract of current coveror ABC-5 expires at the end of the 2007-2008 season.
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SBP interested in Serbian coach
by Beth Celis
MANILA, Philippines -- The 59-year old Serbian coach gave it to Patrick Gregorio straight: “If you want to get back on the Asian basketball map, you have to have at least one 7-foot player in the team.”
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