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Draft rules for restudy

Sep 23 (over a year ago)

Even as the PBA is now preoccupied with getting the table ready for the 45th season restart in the Clark bubble, the next draft is in the mind of commissioner Willie Marcial.

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RDO's most memorable PBA game

By Joaquin M. Henson

Apr 15 (over a year ago)

It was Christmas Day in 2008 during a PBA Philippine Cup game between TNT and Air21.

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Greg’s rights up in air

By Joaquin Henson

Feb 25 (over a year ago)

If Barangay Ginebra chooses not to make an offer to renew Greg Slaughter’s contract within 30 calendar days after it expired last Jan. 31, the 7-foot center becomes an automatic unrestricted free agent in the PBA.

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Outgunned Pinoy loses by TKO

By Joaquin Henson

Feb 24 (over a year ago)

Jeo Santisima was badly outgunned but never took a count as he displayed a warrior’s heart in failing to dethrone WBO superbantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete who retained his title via a technical knockout at 2:20 of the 11th round at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Saturday night (yesterday morning, Manila time).

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Rematch looms for Taduran

By Joaquin Henson

Feb 04 (over a year ago)

IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran kept his promise to return home with the belt but would’ve preferred to knock out challenger Daniel Valladares instead of retaining the title on a technical majority draw at the end of the fourth round before a partisan crowd at the Jardin Cerveza Expo in Guadalupe city, Nuevo Leon state, Monterrey, Mexico last Saturday night.

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