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CHARLIE BADION
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Dati kasing na-involve sa basketball si Toti, being the owner of the Pasig team franchise sa MBA noon.
"Love for the sport," sabi ni Toti on why he entered basketball at that time.
Si Toti ang presidente ng Fil-Estate na kalaban din sa negosyo ng katulad ng Sta. Lucia Realty na nasa PBA naman.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135863 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1592023 [AuthorName] => Nap Gutierrez [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166106 [Title] => Sa Sabado na ang NCAA [Summary] => Ngayong Sabado na magbubukas ang NCAA at itoy gaganapin sa Araneta Coliseum.
Sa tingin ng maraming NCAA fans, ito na ang isa sa pinaka-exciting na NCAA seasons dahil na rin sa mukhang pantay-pantay na lakas ng mga teams na kasali.
Sinasabing pinaka-paborito pa rin ang San Sebastian Stags ni Turing Valenzona pero alam nyo naman sa NCAA, kahit sino puwedeng masilat kahit na anong araw.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1592023 [AuthorName] => Nap Gutierrez [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154860 [Title] => 11 nominees carry worthy credentials [Summary] => Eleven nominees seeking final slots in this years third induction ceremony of the National Basketball Hall of Fame boast impressive credentials worthy of nomination.
They are (in alphabetical order): Manolet Araneta, Kurt Bachmann, Charlie Badion, Loreto Carbonell, Gerry Cruz, Eddie Decena, Eddie Lim, Luis "Moro" Lorenzo, Alfonso "Boy" Marquez, Francisco Rabat and Mariano "Nano" Tolentino.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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