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Genesis of a new league

By Bill Velasco | August 18, 2003 - 12:00am

CEBU — The semifinals of the National Basketball League opened yesterday, after a week’s delay. The slow steady progress of the league is a lesson for those chastened by the collapse of the Metropolitan...

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