For the Love of the Game
I always said that the Philippines is a basketball crazy nation… and once again I have proof…
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Tags: Basketball
Alex Compton to the PBA… Finally!
After a lot of tries, Alex Compton has finally been allowed to play in the PBA. The main barrier to him joining the premier professional league in the Philippines before has been the fact that he’s not a Filipino.
Alex Compton is an American Citizen, born in the Philippines and whose parents worked here. Compared to other Fil-Am players in the PBA, he is even more Filipino than them because he can speak the local language fluently.
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Tags: Alex Compton, Basketball, PBA
Once again, Thank You Saint Anthony…
St. Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of finding lost things. I always kept a link to Saint Anthony’s Basilica (in Padua) on my blog because he always helped me find stuff I lost…
So it was no surprise to me when I received a call from my boss’s driver telling me that he found my wallet in the passenger door side pocket. How in the world it got there baffles me?
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Should he have taken the money?
John Amaechi was on CNN today promoting his book which narrates his life story as a gay player in the NBA.
One question asked of him was on why he walked away from a $16 Million contract offered to him by the LA Lakers in exchange for a $600,000 contract from the Orlando Magic.
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Tags: John Amaechi, NBA, Gay Basketball Player