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                    [ArticleID] => 1540478
                    [Title] => A poem for Lim Eng Beng
                    [Summary] => 

Thomas (Magoo) Dy, a La Salle varsity basketball player from 1976 to 1978, sent the other day a unique tribute to the late Green Archer legend Lim Eng Beng by email.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-07 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1536415 [Title] => Lim was ‘one of the best’ [Summary] =>

They were never teammates, not in the collegiate ranks or during their long, colorful years in the PBA.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-25 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508743 [Title] => Archer in dire straits [Summary] =>

The man who led La Salle to NCAA senior men’s basketball championships in 1971 and 1974 is fighting the biggest battle of his life.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-08 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1399156 [Title] => Future hall of famer [Summary] =>

“Gud am pre. Aatend ba ko awarding ng greatest players next year?”

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135290 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => PM Sports [SectionUrl] => pm-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1368754 [Title] => Will not go down without a fight [Summary] =>

I loved basketball.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133774 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325498 [AuthorName] => Francis J. Kong [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1310933 [Title] => PBA in threshold of ruby era [Summary] =>

It is often said that basketball is a big man’s game and Filipinos aren’t suited to play the sport on the international stage because of the ethnic size handicap.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1303851 [Title] => The PBA top 40 [Summary] =>

It sounds like a familiar weekly pop music countdown, and it is similarly a lineup of the greatest hits, albeit among the Philippine Basketball Association’s admirable list of players throughout history.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1263724 [Title] => Caidic, Lim, Fernandez in 3-point shootout for Yolanda victims [Summary] =>

Champions for A Cause, a basketball benefit game for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda slated this coming Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, will not only pit the respective title holders of the NCAA and the UAAP but also some legends.

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Muling sisiklab ang banggaan ng Universities Athletic Association of the Philippines champion La Salle at National Collegiate Athletic Association titlist San Beda sa ‘Champions for A Cause’, isang charity basketball game para sa biktima ng bagyong ‘Yolanda’, sa Disyembre 7 sa Smart Araneta Coliseum.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1261157 [Title] => La Salle, San Beda alumni to chip in P1K per point in benefit game for Yolanda victims [Summary] =>

Alumni of both reigning collegiate champions La Salle of the UAAP and San Beda of the NCAA will donate P1,000 for every point their respective teams score in their benefit game dubbed "Champions for a Cause" set on Dec. 7 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-26 17:18:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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