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                    [Title] => The Showtime Era
                    [Summary] => Cebu - My piece on The Silk last week drew some reactions, specifically from reader Joe Villanueva as he was also witness to that magnificent period of pro basketball.
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What do Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan have in common? They are  basketball legends whose names and games shall forever be etched in history. They are true sportsmen who know how to win and  how to accept defeat. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-11-29 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda
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                    [Title] => Magic, NBA stars snub Kareem
                    [Summary] => "If I were to play a game of life and death, the first player I would pick would be Kareem."


This was the sentiment of Pat Riley, after steering the Los Angeles Lakers to dominance in the NBA in the 1980’s. All told, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — with the help of Magic Johnson, Jamaal Wilkes, James Worthy and a few other all-stars - had led the Lakers to five titles in the decade, including the first back-to-back since the Boston Celtics’ run of eight straight two decades earlier.


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                    [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco
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                    [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.


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                    [Title] => Those NBA tours
                    [Summary] => Reacting to a Star story published last Feb. 19 on the Laker Girls’ coming visit, reader Alejandro Munoz of 1605 Cypress Street, Dasmarinas Village, Makati, wrote to set a few things straight. 


Here are excerpts of his letter: 


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The Showtime Era

By Bobby Motus | January 21, 2009 - 12:00am

Cebu - My piece on The Silk last week drew some reactions, specifically from reader Joe Villanueva as he was also witness to that magnificent period of pro basketball.

Freeman Cebu Sports

Ateneans who never say die

By Boy Abunda | November 29, 2006 - 12:00am

What do Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan have in common? They are basketball legends whose names and games shall forever be etched in history. They are...

Entertainment

Magic, NBA stars snub Kareem

By Bill Velasco | April 22, 2006 - 12:00am

"If I were to play a game of life and death, the first player I would pick would be Kareem." This was the sentiment of Pat Riley, after steering the Los Angeles Lakers to dominance in the NBA in the 1980’s....

Sports

Conversations with Kareem

By Bill Velasco | June 11, 2005 - 12:00am

"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...

Sports

Those NBA tours

By Joaquin M. Henson | March 7, 2003 - 12:00am

Reacting to a Star story published last Feb. 19 on the Laker Girls’ coming visit, reader Alejandro Munoz of 1605 Cypress Street, Dasmarinas Village, Makati, wrote to set a few things straight. Here are excerpts...

Sports