Coke launches summer hoop league
By Jasmine W. PayoTHE SEARCH for rising basketball stars gets going when the Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars Basketball League unfolds this summer.
THE SEARCH for rising basketball stars gets going when the Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars Basketball League unfolds this summer.
With the devastating monsoon rains in Manila delaying even the arrival of important documents in the sale of Coca-Cola’s PBA franchise to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc., the board will decide on the fate of the league’s newest member by Friday at the earliest.
Looking in the pink of health, Sammy Gello-Ani did not bear the slightest trace of the frightening trauma he went through at the Mar De Plata in Argentina only a few weeks ago.
Those dashes in the lane that Marcio Lassiter used to make in a Powerade uniform won’t be seen in another team. At least for now.
Until I saw a footage of the postfight riot in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I had no idea how terrifying, violent and precarious the actual situation was when boxing fans attacked Filipino boxer Johnriel Casimero and other officials in the ring.
The Philippine Basketball Association wants to hear it straight from Coca-Cola whether the beverage company’s franchise in the league had been sold to another corporation.
The Philippine Basketball Association will continue to recognize Coca-Cola as the franchise owner of the Powerade Tigers until the league approves the reported sale of the team to San Miguel Corporation.
Also on hold is the trade that would send Powerade star rookie Marcio Lassiter to Petron for former No. 1 pick Nonoy Baclao and former No. 3 pick Rey Guevarra.
The San Miguel group may have just added a fourth team in the PBA with its recent reacquisition of the Coca-Cola bottling company.
Eight years after his pro career started, Gary David finally felt what it is like to be in heaven.
