The PBA wants to regain its former glory? It only has to take a look at its own history. And learn the lessons from the gladiators of the Crispa-Toyota era.
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El Presidente: Still Making a Difference Off the Court
By: Emmanuel B. Villaruel The Sports Fanatic Manny Villaruel is the Sports Editor of Cebu’s ‘The Freeman’. He wrote this article on one of the country’s
Philippine Basketball in Review (Part 5 – The 80s Usher in A New Breed)
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Toyota’s performance as a team started to unravel in the early 80s. In one championship match against Crispa in…
Philippine Basketball in Review (Part 4- The Birth of the PBA)
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In the 1971 Asian Basketball Conference (ABC) in Tokyo, the Philippines once again took the bridesmaid role, losing the…
Philippine Basketball in Review (Part 3 – The MICAA Days)
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Meanwhile, basketball’s popularity was growing by leaps and bounds in the local scene. The Philippine domination of the sport…
Celebrating Cebu’s Sensational Centers of Attraction
Decades ago, Cebu produced arguably the most celebrated center rivalry ever produced in Philippine Basketball when the dominating duo of Mon Fernandez and Abet Guidaben
