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                    [Title] => All about imports
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In the PBA this season, the three-conference format makes a much-awaited return after a five-year absence.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563374 [Title] => Jaworski leads PBA reunion [Summary] =>

Players from four of the nine pioneering ballclubs of the PBA will be making a rare appearance in a reunion date next week to highlight the league’s 35th Foundation Week celebration set April 9-18.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 398892 [Title] => Bloggers set record straight [Summary] =>

The STAR’s bloggers, led by howlindave, pointed out an error that was reported in this column last Friday. The mistake was broadcaster T. J. Manotoc’s reference to Glenn McDonald and Aaron James as his father Tommy’s imports when U-Tex won its first PBA title in 1978.

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 367993 [Title] => Celtic hero to visit Manila [Summary] => Glenn McDonald, the hero of the Boston Celtics’ classic 128-126 triple overtime win over Phoenix in the 1976 National Basketball Association (NBA) finals, is arriving in Manila tomorrow for a sentimental one-week visit with wife Renee.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148491 [Title] => Obituary for ex-imports [Summary] => Of the 33 National Basketball Association (NBA) first round draft picks to play in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as imports, two died violently.

The first was Anthony Roberts who suited up for Gilbey’s Gin in the 1983 Open Conference. Roberts was shot in the back and killed outside his apartment in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shortly after midnight on March 29, 1997. A newspaper report said Roberts was gunned down during an argument with two men. Roberts, the Denver Nuggets first round pick in 1977, was 42.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108449 [Title] => Sporting Chance [Summary] =>

Glenn joins LA Sparks

not_entGlenn McDonald will never forget the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for many reasons. First, it was in the PBA where McDonald played his last pro game. Second, it was in the PBA where he got his first taste of coaching. And third, it was in the PBA where he made lasting friendships, particularly with Tommy Manotoc.

McDonald, 48, played four memorable years in the PBA. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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