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                    [ArticleID] => 1666838
                    [Title] => The MBA legacy
                    [Summary] => It has been almost 20 years since the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA) played its first games all over the country, and left a lasting mark on Philippine basketball. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-01-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135979
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804781
                    [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco
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                    [ArticleID] => 1495042
                    [Title] => Remembering Chocolate Thunder
                    [Summary] => 

Darryl Dawkins, who played 14 seasons in the NBA and became a fan favorite because of his out-of-this-world antics, died at the age of 58 last Aug. 27 and the entire basketball world mourns his passing.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-01 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1318581 [Title] => ABA to invite Philippine guest team [Summary] =>

The American Basketball Association (ABA Global) has started to revamp key franchises in preparation for the 2014 regular season games starting in November.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-02 14:30:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1238270 [Title] => Will Haywood ever be a Hall of Famer? [Summary] =>

Former NBA star Spencer Haywood thought he would be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this year. In fact, he was informed by a supposedly reliable source that his enshrinement was set. But when the final announcement came, his name wasn’t on the list that included Gary Payton, Bernard King, Richie Guerin, Jerry Tarkanian, Rick Pitino and Roger Brown.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1108601 [Title] => Kidd, Calipari help trumpet revived NY arena [Summary] =>

A news conference to trumpet the selection of a developer to renovate a suburban New York sports arena morphed into a pep rally Friday, as sports luminaries including Jason Kidd and John Calipari joined elected officials and business leaders at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-19 10:45:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 964945 [Title] => Is Dwight copying Shaq? [Summary] =>

Is Dwight Howard’s career path starting to look like Shaquille O’Neal’s, minus the championships?

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The UAAP supposedly passed an amendment to its controversial new residency rule.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 881403 [Title] => Ex-PBA ref suggests ways to improve [Summary] =>

After over 20 years of officiating, former PBA referee and player Benjie Chua said recently Asia’s first play-for-pay league could raise its standards even higher if the arbiters in black sneakers are given proper training, better financial terms and a firm schedule of game assignments.

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Japeth Aguilar was released this week by the Santa Cruz Warriors after what seemed like an abnormally short period of trying out. With that came a stream of online “I told you so” comments from naysayers who never believed he could make the NBA in the first place. But for my money, Aguilar got further than anybody else from the Philippines has so far.

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The NASCAR dream is just one step away from reality.

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