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There is some consolation in the loss of a sure gold medal in basketball from the Laos Southeast Asian Games.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433686 [Title] => Baller-in-Chief [Summary] =>

Leaving his dark days as a Punahou Academy high school varsity benchwarmer behind, US President Barack Obama continued to play basketball with a passion but never again for a school team.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433389 [Title] => Obama's hoop roots [Summary] =>

It’s customary for the NBA champion team to pay a courtesy call on the US President at the White House after the season.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196978 [Title] => Top sportscribe enthralled by RP [Summary] => In 1999, renowned Sports Illustrated writer Alexander Wolff visited Manila and was enthralled by the Filipino’s passion for basketball. He was in the course of writing a book on the impact of the game all over the world. Wolff knew the book couldn’t be complete without a chapter on the Philippines’ love affair with hoops.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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