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                    [Title] => The measure of a game
                    [Summary] => 

There’s been some discussion about the need to increase the dimensions of the pro basketball court used by the NBA.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 926706 [Title] => No. 34 jersey ni O’Neal iniretiro ng Lakers [Summary] =>

 Nang bisitahin ni  Shaquille O’Neal ang Forum noong summer na pumasok siya sa Los Angeles Lakers, hinimok siya ni general ma-nager Jerry West na tingnan ang mga retired jerseys na nakasabit sa taas ng court.

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The ongoing NBA Finals featuring the LA Lakers and Boston Celtics is going down as one for the books. Two teams destined for greatness; two teams that have done it all; two teams that remain hungry for excellence; two teams that serve as pillars of the basketball world.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133719 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1701811 [AuthorName] => Rico S. Navarro [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 443781 [Title] => Resistance to change [Summary] =>

You and I know very well that resistance to change is always one of the inhibitors of progress. And this point is best illustrated by a historical event that happened in the field of basketball.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133770 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325498 [AuthorName] => Francis J. Kong [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 68009 [Title] => Greatest Lakers of All Time [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 386839 [Title] => The First Power Forward [Summary] => The Lakers of the 1950's era was one of the most successful basketball dynasties of all time. George Mikan was the established star center of that team. Another skilled center was a Dutchman from the University of Hamline and to solve the problem of having two very large and talented centers, the Lakers moved the Dutchman to the forward position.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135706 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1753381 [AuthorName] => SPORTS COLLECTIBLES By Bobby Motus [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281388 [Title] => Kamusta ka, Kareem ? [Summary] => Dalawang bagay ang madalas kong marinig tungkol kay Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Una, hindi na mabubura ang pangalan niya sa mga record ng NBA. Pangalawa, masungit siya, mahirap makausap at di madapuan ng langaw.

Kaya ganoon na lamang ang aming kaba nang makilala namin siya sa isang panayam sa adidas Superstar Camp sa Shanghai, China. Sinimulan namin ang interbyu sa kanyang bagong Sky Hook collection ng mga sapatos, damit at iba pa, na pawang gawa ng adidas.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134237 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281170 [Title] => Conversations with Kareem [Summary] => "I’ve never fully understood Kareem, and I guess I never will. When I first came to the Lakers, Kareem was so aloof, so distant, and so completely different from the other players that some of the guys referred to him as the "brother from another planet."

That was a quote from Magic Johnson’s book "My Life", about his relationship with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. If anyone knew Kareem the best on the Lakers, it was Magic, who was assigned to Jabbar in his rookie season as a rite of initiation.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260630 [Title] => The future is in franchising [Summary] => World-famous coach Pat Riley once asked one of the greatest NBA players of all time, George Mikan, why he wore the number 99 on his jersey. Mikan, smiling, replied, "Well, I always felt that whenever I played the game, I never was totally 100 percent. So, I gave myself a wholesale price of 99." Riley laughed and asked, "No retail, huh?" Mikan sheepishly replied, "Yeah, no retail." "Well, tell you what, George," Riley answered, "You sold retail."
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133211 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704761 [AuthorName] => Rod Nepomuceno [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) ) )
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