Monthly Archives: September 2007

Arwind Santos Resbak

By .:. | Published: September 13, 2007
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THE NIKE ELITE CAMP

By Benjie Cruz | Published: September 8, 2007

Elite basketball Camp is an invitation-only, all expense-paid camp for high school students who have promising futures in basketball. It is designed to equip the players with the skills, strategies and mental preparedness in the game and to provide an intense environment through skills development programs, a variety of workshops and life values and characteraaa

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Part 2: Kobe’s Black-Out at Ultra – Supernatural Tour

By Benjie Cruz | Published: September 6, 2007

Part 1: The Presscon Sightings: Dindo Pumarean and his boys; Reema Changco, Dominic Uy, Alvin Patrimonio, Tim Cone, Chot Reyes (whom, I had a picture with), Mac Cardona, FrancisM, Ren Ren Ritualo, practically all Eddie Gutierrez boys and more. Gino Rufino, TJ Manotoc and Sarah Meier emceed the early part of the event, the restaaa

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HITS AND MISSES: Olympic Slam, WNBA Finals, The Other Team Pilipinas and More

By Sydrick Salazar | Published: September 6, 2007

September 6, 2007 From now on I shall use the format of taking a somewhat-related sports event before I do the basketball stuffs. The rationale behind it? Err… maging kunwari busy? Anyway… The Intro: Leading medical experts associated with the Sports Legacy Institute today appeared with Michael Benoit, father of professional wrestler Chris Benoit, toaaa

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Part 1: Kobe Super Natural Tour – Press Conference by the Media Boy!

By Benjie Cruz | Published: September 5, 2007

Kobe and TJ jumpstarting the event. Kobe Bryant in town. So am I. Here goes my first attempt of doing some “media” stuff . I say ditching work to do this presscon was worth it. This stuff happens only once or twice in a decade. Call time is 11:00 am over at Quezon Hall Shangriaaa

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EuroBasket – Day 1

By Christian Angelo Jacinto | Published: September 5, 2007

I’m posting this just for the sake of Euro basketball fanatics here in hoops. This one’s from  Eurosport.yahoo.com GROUP A – Granada Russia led throughout to overcome Serbia 73-65 with Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko pulling down 12 rebounds and notching 24 points. The Russians opened up the match with a 9-0 run which set them up foraaa

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Pinoy Pick-Up Basket Baller Types

By Benjie Cruz | Published: September 4, 2007

Thru Basketbawful, I saw the video, “11 guys you meet in pick-up games”. Video below. The list includes the Bad Gear Dude; my favorite, Never Fouls Guy; and the Mr. Excuses Guy. Basketbawful brought up some other types not included by the film like, The All-Day Dribbler, Hot Potato Passer Guy and more. But afteraaa

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Closing at 69: No Trouble for Team USA

By .:. | Published: September 3, 2007

The question should have been “who’s out to get the 1st runner-up amongst these teams”. The 78% who voted for Argentina got it half right because the Hoops poll/question was half wrong as the USA team didn’t experience any trouble along the way. Finishing with an immaculate record of 10-0. Full Team USA highlights andaaa

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On Team USA and the upcoming Olympics

By Christian Angelo Jacinto | Published: September 1, 2007

Yes they’re back, after failing to win the past three major global basketball events, they’re now looking for payback and their first step? FIBA of the Americas. They ended the eliminations via a 91-76 rout against their South American Rivals, Argentina. Did that win signified USA as the most dominating country in the basketball world?aaa

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