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In June 1985, a horrific accident left nine-year PBA veteran Mike Bilbao nearly lifeless on the Alabang Zapote road on his way to a baptismal party one weekend morning. The Land Cruiser he was driving was crushed by a wayward truck. A lesser man wouldn’t have survived.

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Ron Jacobs, the legendary coach and PBA Hall of Famer who had been confined to bed since a near fatal stroke in 2001, passed away shortly before Christmas eve. He would have turned 73 Sunday.

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Failing to get its wish for another game with China, the SMC-Philippine quintet, instead, battles old customer Lebanon at the close of the Smart Four-Nation Manila Invitational Championship today at the Araneta Coliseum.

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In a packed press conference that looked more like a basketball convention, the men behind the SBP, led by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, businessman Manny V. Pangilinan and Ateneo’s Jose Capistrano, showed what unity is all about.
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"More than his exceptional shooting ability, Chip will help us because of who he is, more than what he does," said Reyes who will check out two highly-touted Fil-Ams in Los Angeles and confer with Hall of Fame coach Pete Carrill in Sacramento before coming home next week.
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This year seems to be the year of the comeback, as STAR columnist Quinito Henson said in his opening remarks at the opening of the first Philippine STAR Friendship League at the Meralco Gym last Saturday. Of course, he was referring to the trend started by Michael Jordan, who came out of retirement to play for the Washington Wizards.
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Failing to get its wish for another game with China, the SMC-Philippine quintet, instead, battles old customer Lebanon at the close of the Smart Four-Nation Manila Invitational Championship today at the Araneta Coliseum.

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In a packed press conference that looked more like a basketball convention, the men behind the SBP, led by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, businessman Manny V. Pangilinan and Ateneo’s Jose Capistrano, showed what unity is all about.
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"More than his exceptional shooting ability, Chip will help us because of who he is, more than what he does," said Reyes who will check out two highly-touted Fil-Ams in Los Angeles and confer with Hall of Fame coach Pete Carrill in Sacramento before coming home next week.
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