By this time, BAP- Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) should be in San Francisco, having dinner with Harbour Centre’s Mikee Romero.
MANILA, Philippines—The press conference for PBL cager Jason Castro at the Saisaki Edsa was over when Paul Monozca handed me a photocopied document. He said it was a scoop, although I saw several other copies of the paper in his folder.
HARBOUR CENTRE OWNER MIKEE Romero seemed to be more excited than his player Jason Castro, who had just signed a 7-month contract with the Singapore Slingers, one of the 18 teams in the Australia-based NBL (National Basketball League).
MANILA, Philippines—One of the main topics during the long table discussion between the PBA board of governors and the media on the eve of the PBA All-Star game was the television franchise.
BACOLOD CITY -- THE FLIGHT FROM Manila to Bacolod was very short and uneventful. We had barely unfastened our seat belts when the pilot announced over the PA system that we were starting our descent.
MANILA, Philippines—My timing was perfect, said Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Sonny Barrios, when I capped our short phone chat Wednesday with one final question.
