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Good riddance, Bates

By Joaquin M. Henson | January 20, 2013 - 12:00am

Former PBA import Billy Ray Bates is finally gone from the Philippines but he’s threatening to return in April after undergoing hip surgery in Los Angeles to marry a Filipina washerwoman.

Sports

Bates set to finally leave

By Joaquin M. Henson | January 15, 2013 - 12:00am

After overstaying in his Manila visit for over a year, PBA Hall of Famer and NBA cult icon Billy Ray Bates is finally leaving town on a Philippine Airlines flight to Los Angeles tonight. He’ll be escorted to...

Sports

Time to go home, Billy

By Joaquin M. Henson | October 14, 2012 - 12:00am

NBA folklore legend and PBA Hall of Famer Billy Ray Bates is somewhere in Bicol, supposedly a guest of a friendly town Mayor who’s a basketball fan.

Sports

Ex-PBA import dinakip

By Ricky ­Tulipat | September 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Inaresto ng awtoridad kahapon ang retiradong Amerikanong import ng Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) na si Billy Ray Bates, dahil sa umano’y pagpalo sa windshield ng isang Mercedez Benz limousine sa lungsod...

Bansa

Ex-PBA import accosted for smashing car windshield

By Reinir Padua | September 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Former Philippine Basketball Association import Billy Ray Bates was accosted yesterday morning by police for allegedly destroying the windshield of a Mercedes Benz limousine.

Metro

Ex-PBA import player nabbed in QC

September 24, 2012 - 1:09pm

Billy Ray Bates, a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) import player, was arrested by policemen in Quezon City, Monday morning.

Bates wears out welcome

By Joaquin M. Henson | March 10, 2012 - 12:00am

PBA Hall of Famer Billy Ray Bates is living in a friend’s home in San Pedro, Laguna, hoping someone can sponsor his continued stay in the country to avoid deportation to the US. He was terminated as AirAsia...

Sports

Bates wants to be Pinoy

By Joaquin M. Henson | December 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Billy Ray Bates, a Mississippi sharecroppers’ son who made a name for himself as a dunking icon in his prime, is seriously...

Sports

Billy Ray Bates: first encounter

By Bill Velasco | October 24, 2011 - 12:00am

Super import Billy Ray Bates was this writer’s first interview ever.

Sports

Bates bumilib sa level ng basketball ngayon

By Ni Russell Cadayona | October 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Sa napanood niyang bagong mga PBA players, inaasahan ni dating PBA Best Import Billy Ray Bates na may isang Filipino cager na maaaring makapasok sa National Basketball Association (NBA).

PSN Palaro