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                    [ArticleID] => 1243260
                    [Title] => Nat Geo documents Filipinos’ love for basketball
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American author Rafe Bartholomew described Filipino basketball as, “a coping mechanism but expression of indefatigable spirit.” Rafe is the host for the upcoming documentary of National Geographic Channel titled “Pinoy Hoops.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-09 01:57:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 918162 [Title] => Hoops nation [Summary] =>

It seems almost a travesty that for a nation steeped in basketball history and proud of its longstanding passion for the game, the Philippines lacks a comprehensive treatise or at least acceptable study on the foibles and intricacies of the national pastime.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136244 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 904052 [Title] => The notebook [Summary] =>

I’ve been looking over my old notebooks — the portable, pocket-sized pads that we tote along to press conferences or interviews.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 834160 [Title] => Proud to be Pinoy, Spoelstra shares Phl hoops gospel [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines -- Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is in tune and really proud of his Filipino roots.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-02 14:29:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1114697 [AuthorName] => Aldo Avinante [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 608255 [Title] => Above and beyond the rim [Summary] =>

You cannot separate the Filipino from basketball, and you cannot separate basketball from the Filipino.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133976 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212541 [AuthorName] => Carl Francis M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => http://a.imageshack.us/img153/5682/ystar4thumb.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 607205 [Title] => A day for heroes [Summary] =>

In our world, here on the flat surface of the newspaper page or computer screen, we celebrate superhuman feats that many of us could only imagine being able to do.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 606668 [Title] => Hoop dreams [Summary] =>

By now, Rafe Bartholomew’s book (Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin’ in Flip-Flops and the Philippines’ Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball) is already familiar to Filipinos.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 595969 [Title] => Rafe Bartholomew: from one island to another [Summary] =>

Rafe Bartholomew, New Yorker and author of widely acclaimed book Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin’ in Flip-Flops and the Philippines’ Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball, is Pinoy as Pinoy can be.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134713 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231397 [AuthorName] => Christine Dychiao [SectionName] => On the Radar [SectionUrl] => on-the-radar [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 582075 [Title] => The real national sport [Summary] =>

It's been a while since I cared about basketball (or any team sport for that matter). The last basketball game I played was during a dorm sports fest in college (rough and painful as only about three players knew the rules).

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134146 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440145 [AuthorName] => Kay Malilong-Isberto [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 579097 [Title] => Bartholomew's new book on RP hoops out [Summary] =>

“The same way I saw hoops reflected practically everywhere in Manila’s street life, I found the sport embedded in publications stretching back almost eighty years.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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