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How sports introduced us to the painful reality of COVID-19
Sometimes all it takes is a tweet to break someone’s heart. This is especially true for basketball fans who live in the NBA Twitter era, where breaking news can be read by millions in a matter of...
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The Last Dance Episode 3: The Education of Dennis Rodman
By Kyle Reiner Pineda Dennis Rodman found peace in basketball like many of us. Coming from a troubled background, Dennis was a kid from Oklahoma City trying to find his footing as a teenager. In trying...
View ArticleThe Last Dance 4: How Phil Jackson taught His Airness to Fly
By Karl Batungbacal Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid is one of the most iconic figures in cinema history. An eccentric handyman who no one in their apartment minds much, he becomes Daniel LaRusso’s...
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The Last Dance: The Men who Helped Build His Airness
By Gio Gloria They say it takes a village to raise a child. Parents are of course a kid’s first teachers. But as the child grows up, he’ll meet various mentors who will be guiding and explaining the...
View Article2019 Coach of the Year Leo Austria is an All-Time Great
By Karlo Lovenia and Michael Severino It was an achievement that should have been met with thunderous applause. Instead, what we heard was a room filled with laughs, confusion, and even doubt. Last...
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Five Biggest Losers if the 2020 NBA Season is CANCELED
The 2019-2020 NBA season has been suspended since March 12 and it’s looking less and less likely that the season will resume. On April 3rd, ESPN NBA reporter Brian Windhorst said on Sportscenter that...
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UAAP Season 82 King of the Hill 1-on-1 Tournament: The Finals
IT’S THE FINALS! In order to determine who among the last two contenders would be crowned champion, we set up a few guidelines on how the finalists were chosen: Each writer makes their pick from their...
View ArticleOne Last Shot: Kobe Bryant’s Magic Touch
11:53am. January 27, 2020. I woke up with three text messages on my phone. I honestly thought that these messages were pahabol birthday greetings since I just celebrated my 23rd birthday the day...
View ArticleThe Last Dance Episode 5: Kobe Bryant perfectly embodied how it was to be...
With every sip of Gatorade we took in the middle of our pick-up games, a familiar tune followed suit. Sometimes I dream, that he is me! You’ve got to see that’s how I dream to be! The moment we sprung...
View ArticleThe Last Dance Episode 6: Michael Jordan’s Blemished Reputation
Everybody wanted to be Like Mike. Michael Jordan was graceful in the air, possessed elite talent, and had this immeasurable desire to always compete (and win) at the highest level. The former North...
View ArticleThe Pressure is on for Kai Sotto and the NBA G League
Philippine Basketball Twitter erupted on May 11, 2020 after Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Kai Sotto was going to sign a deal with the NBA G-League Professional Pathway Program. Kai...
View ArticleThe Last Dance Episode 7: Getting to Know Michael Jordan the Son
By Karl Batungbacal There’s nothing more precious in a boy’s life than bonding with his father. It begins with something as mundane as building a Lego set together then as they grow older, so do their...
View ArticleThe Last Dance Episode 8: Return of the Raging Bull
By Gio Gloria “I’m back.” No two words could have created the same media frenzy in the 90s than those written by Michael Jordan back in March 18, 1995 to announce his return to the NBA. It sent...
View ArticleThe Last Dance Episode 9: Rising to the Occasion
Adversity is what separates the good from the great. It is in facing and later conquering the most insurmountable odds that greatness shines through. And so, it was through his trials, and rivals that...
View ArticleThe Last Dance Episode 10: Curtain Call
By Favian Pua There is a touch of poignancy as the end credits rolled in the final episode of The Last Dance. For five weeks, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls stormed back into our lives, evoking...
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One Last Ride: The Nieto twins were born ready
For 16 years in Ateneo, I was batchmates with the Nieto twins. I was classmates with Matt in Grade 2 while I encountered Mike during sportsfests. In my entire stay at Ateneo, if you asked anyone who...
View ArticleMy Last Dance: Growing up in the time of Jordan
Much has been said about ‘90s basketball. Comparisons creep up every day, every hour, every minute, about how this star could or could not impact the basketball of the olden days, or of how the stars...
View ArticleMy Last Dance: How Michael Jordan taught me to fly
My love story with basketball did not exactly start on the right foot. It was 1997. I had just finished kindergarten and during this time, my dad enrolled me in one of the country’s most popular...
View ArticleTales from the Underdogs: The 2007 DLSU Green Archers’ Revenge Tour for the Ages
By Gio Gloria They say the best revenge is success, and in sports, there is no better success than winning a championship, against your age-old rival, and against all odds. Nothing is sweeter than...
View ArticleThe NBA and how its return contributes to our social climate today
I didn’t know how to feel. Excitement? Confusion? Anger, even? It was before the end of May when the possibility of the NBA truly resuming its 2019-2020 season started to pick up steam. I was unsure of...
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