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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191932 [Title] => When elephants fight [Summary] => Rep. Monico Puentevella speaks from the heart, especially when it comes to sports. A first-term congressman from Bacolod, Puentevella has been a champion tennis player, basketball star for the De La Salle Green Archers, and singing champion. This combination gives him a particularly loud and passionate voice when it comes to sports.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188700 [Title] => Us vs them [Summary] => Forces are still trying to prevent the cool of Christmas by stirring up the stew against the Fil-Ams playing in the PBA. Last Wednesday, a troop of local players presented to Sen. Robert Barbers, chairman of the Committee of Games and Amusements, a signed manifesto asking for the continuation of the hearings against alleged fake Fil-Am players in the PBA.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187817 [Title] => Barbers is dead serious [Summary] => Senator Robert Barbers is not a man who does things by halves. A mere stroll into the narrow corridor leading to his office at the Philippine Senate is proof of that. Lined along his wall are the poorest of the poor and those badly needing a hand up.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186018 [Title] => The baseball titans and Jolas challenge [Summary] => Where do baseball players go after college? That question has been answered thusly: nowhere.
But such was not the case a long time ago. In the 1930s baseball was king in the Philippines. The far wall of Rizal Memorial baseball field stands as a mute but enduring witness to the greatness that was once a staple there.
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig once brought a team of All-Stars here and almost went home not allowing a single hit from the Philippine teams they faced.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184191 [Title] => Leaving with heavy hearts [Summary] => Last night, Deborah Civardi boarded a plane for Sydney, Australia, where she will continue her ballroom dancing career. She will soon be joined by her dancing partner of more than two years, Alberto Dimarucut, a native of Lubao, Pampanga. Thus they will silently decimate our countrys chances of winning a world championship in dancesport. But they had no choice.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180478 [Title] => At journeys end [Summary] => Wednesday night, at almost midnight, our athletes arrived from the 14th Asian Games weary, but satisfied. After all, what other tack could they take in the face of the huge odds against them going to South Korea?
The late night crowds that flocked to the airport exit were mainly there to greet Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski for bringing back the only individual gold medal from the Asian Games, in equestrian, and to meet the basketball team.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
AQUA SWEET
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191932 [Title] => When elephants fight [Summary] => Rep. Monico Puentevella speaks from the heart, especially when it comes to sports. A first-term congressman from Bacolod, Puentevella has been a champion tennis player, basketball star for the De La Salle Green Archers, and singing champion. This combination gives him a particularly loud and passionate voice when it comes to sports.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188700 [Title] => Us vs them [Summary] => Forces are still trying to prevent the cool of Christmas by stirring up the stew against the Fil-Ams playing in the PBA. Last Wednesday, a troop of local players presented to Sen. Robert Barbers, chairman of the Committee of Games and Amusements, a signed manifesto asking for the continuation of the hearings against alleged fake Fil-Am players in the PBA.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187817 [Title] => Barbers is dead serious [Summary] => Senator Robert Barbers is not a man who does things by halves. A mere stroll into the narrow corridor leading to his office at the Philippine Senate is proof of that. Lined along his wall are the poorest of the poor and those badly needing a hand up.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186018 [Title] => The baseball titans and Jolas challenge [Summary] => Where do baseball players go after college? That question has been answered thusly: nowhere.
But such was not the case a long time ago. In the 1930s baseball was king in the Philippines. The far wall of Rizal Memorial baseball field stands as a mute but enduring witness to the greatness that was once a staple there.
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig once brought a team of All-Stars here and almost went home not allowing a single hit from the Philippine teams they faced.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184191 [Title] => Leaving with heavy hearts [Summary] => Last night, Deborah Civardi boarded a plane for Sydney, Australia, where she will continue her ballroom dancing career. She will soon be joined by her dancing partner of more than two years, Alberto Dimarucut, a native of Lubao, Pampanga. Thus they will silently decimate our countrys chances of winning a world championship in dancesport. But they had no choice.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180478 [Title] => At journeys end [Summary] => Wednesday night, at almost midnight, our athletes arrived from the 14th Asian Games weary, but satisfied. After all, what other tack could they take in the face of the huge odds against them going to South Korea?
The late night crowds that flocked to the airport exit were mainly there to greet Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski for bringing back the only individual gold medal from the Asian Games, in equestrian, and to meet the basketball team.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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