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                    [Summary] => You and I know that the reactivation of the pro basketball players’ association–or union, if it’s been so organized according to law–was triggered by talk that the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Board of Governors will reduce the individual salary cap from P500,000 to P350,000 monthly starting next season.


The apprehension is that salary scales will correspondingly decrease, down the line, meaning all players will be affected not just the marquee stars earning the biggest bucks in Asia’s first play-for-pay league.


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                    [Title] => History in the making
                    [Summary] => In the past few weeks that I’ve been away, a lot has happened in Philippine sports.  I came back home early yesterday morning and spent several hours reading the newspapers to catch up on local developments.  I couldn’t believe so much has happened in so short a period.   But I wasn’t surprised.  That’s the nature of sports–it’s dynamic, exciting, and often turbulent.


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                    [Title] => Is it true — Part 2?
                    [Summary] => If you enjoyed the cheese in yesterday’s column, here’s more.


Is it true the dominant player in last month’s national team tryouts was a Fil-Am whose Filipino lineage is uncertain? Not that the Fil-Am isn’t a Fil-Am. His agent just happens to be the same broker who brought Al Segova to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). If the alleged Fil-Am is cleared by the Department of Justice, then he’ll be a cinch to make it to the national team and possibly, become the first overall pick in the PBA draft on Jan. 13.


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                    [ArticleID] => 109892
                    [Title] => Rufus on Fil-Ams - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson
                    [Summary] => The other night, former Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez played tennis at the Manila Hotel courts. He hadn’t swung a racket in a few months but looked sharp firing shots from the baseline.


Rodriguez, of course, lost his job when President Arroyo took over Malacañang. During his term, Rodriguez was in the middle of the Fil-Am controversy that haunted the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


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                    [Title] => Makulimlim ang Year 2000 para sa Phil. Sports (part 2))
                    [Summary] => Pasalamat rin ang RP sports at mayroong isang Adeline Dumapong na sa kabila ng kanyang kapansanan ay nagawa niyang iangat ang kahihiyan ng bansa sa sinapit na Olympics.


Sinikap ni Dumapong, isang powerlifter na makamit ang tagumpay at suwerteng pinalad na makapag-uwi ng bronze medal mula sa ginanap na Paralympics Games sa Sydney noong unang linggo ng Oktubre.


Hindi pa man nakakaahon sa mga kabiguang dinanas ang RP sports, panibagong sakit naman ang kanilang narasan.


Buwan ng Nobyembre binawasan ng pamahalaan ang inilaang pondo para sa palakasan sa taong 2001.

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                    [Title] => Sporting Chance
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Segova's in Turkey

Suspected Fil-Am impostor Al Segova is now playing as an import in Turkey.
That's the word from Segova's agent Jerald Wrightsil  who flew in aboard a
Philippine Airlines flight from San Francisco last Saturday.

Wrightsil, 34, also manages former Tanduay import Ira (Superman) Clark, now
plying his trade in Japan, and Fil-Am Rob Wainwright of Sta. Lucia Realty.
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                    [Title] => Sporting Chance
                    [Summary] => 

Sonny back in town

Tanduay star Sonny Alvarado didn't do a Rob Parker or an Al Segova.
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                    [Title] => Sporting Chance
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Derick back from US

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) superflyweight champion Gerry Peñalosa
boarded the Asiana Airlines flight bound for Manila in Seoul last Tuesday
morning and as he took his seat, found Purefoods coach Derick Pumaren sitting
in the same row.

The flight originated from Los Angeles where Derick checked in.

Of course, they recognized each other. Gerry's a rabid hoops fan - he knows who
plays for which teams.
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AL SEGOVA

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                    [Summary] => Pasalamat rin ang RP sports at mayroong isang Adeline Dumapong na sa kabila ng kanyang kapansanan ay nagawa niyang iangat ang kahihiyan ng bansa sa sinapit na Olympics.


Sinikap ni Dumapong, isang powerlifter na makamit ang tagumpay at suwerteng pinalad na makapag-uwi ng bronze medal mula sa ginanap na Paralympics Games sa Sydney noong unang linggo ng Oktubre.


Hindi pa man nakakaahon sa mga kabiguang dinanas ang RP sports, panibagong sakit naman ang kanilang narasan.


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Philippine Airlines flight from San Francisco last Saturday.

Wrightsil, 34, also manages former Tanduay import Ira (Superman) Clark, now
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Sonny back in town

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Derick back from US

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) superflyweight champion Gerry Peñalosa
boarded the Asiana Airlines flight bound for Manila in Seoul last Tuesday
morning and as he took his seat, found Purefoods coach Derick Pumaren sitting
in the same row.

The flight originated from Los Angeles where Derick checked in.

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Perspective crucial in union talks

By Joaquin M. Henson | December 1, 2002 - 12:00am

You and I know that the reactivation of the pro basketball players’ association–or union, if it’s been so organized according to law–was triggered by talk that the Philippine Basketball Association...

Sports

History in the making

By Joaquin M. Henson | November 29, 2002 - 12:00am

In the past few weeks that I’ve been away, a lot has happened in Philippine sports. I came back home early yesterday morning and spent several hours reading the newspapers to catch up on local developments....

Sports

Is it true — Part 2?

By Joaquin M. Henson | January 3, 2002 - 12:00am

If you enjoyed the cheese in yesterday’s column, here’s more. Is it true the dominant player in last month’s national team tryouts was a Fil-Am whose Filipino lineage is uncertain? Not that the Fil-Am...

Sports

Rufus on Fil-Ams - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson

March 28, 2001 - 12:00am

The other night, former Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez played tennis at the Manila Hotel courts. He hadn’t swung a racket in a few months...

Sports

Makulimlim ang Year 2000 para sa Phil. Sports (part 2))

January 2, 2001 - 12:00am

Pasalamat rin ang RP sports at mayroong isang Adeline Dumapong na sa kabila ng kanyang kapansanan ay nagawa niyang iangat ang kahihiyan ng bansa sa sinapit na Olympics. Sinikap ni Dumapong, isang powerlifter na...

PSN Palaro

Sporting Chance

By Joaquin M. Henson | February 25, 2000 - 12:00am

Segova's in Turkey Suspected Fil-Am impostor Al Segova is now playing as an import in Turkey. That's the word from Segova's agent Jerald Wrightsil who flew in aboard a Philippine Airlines flight from San Francisco...

Sports

Sporting Chance

By Joaquin M. Henson | January 20, 2000 - 12:00am

Sonny back in town Tanduay star Sonny Alvarado didn't do a Rob Parker or an Al Segova.

Sports

Sporting Chance

By Joaquin M. Henson | January 7, 2000 - 12:00am

Derick back from US Former World Boxing Council (WBC) superflyweight champion Gerry Peñalosa boarded the Asiana Airlines flight bound for Manila in Seoul last Tuesday morning and as he took his seat,...

Sports