Japan and the Philippines A Contrast in Pansin
Naomi Osaka has now won two Grand Slam ( major) tournaments. She is now the #1 ranked woman’s tennis player in the world. This incredible athletic achievement has served to …
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Filipino pride and ego delivered NOTHING to Gilas Pilipinas
A common argument I’ve been seeing directed at people who dare write about Filipino-style basketball in a critical way comes in the form of this statement… You probably don’t play …
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Gilas-Aussie brawl proves basketball is a TAMBAY sport in the Philippines
What can I say? Philippine sports mirrors Philippine life. The unclassy behavior of Gilas Pilipinas broadcast to the whole world the other day reflects the way Filipinos regard their national …
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Mediocre Filipino basketball followed by shameful Filipino-style brawl
It comes down to a single Filipino word that encapsulates everything that could be gleaned from the now viral footage of the brawl: pikon. In that melee was exhibited a …
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Filipinos are using Gilas Pilipinas’s win over China to feel like they REALLY won against China
If Filipinos can’t win where it really counts, they will declare themselves winners where it does not count. That’s pretty much the sad space social media “influencers” from the Opposition …
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Gilas Pilipinas and the Filipinos’ continuous tradition of ZERO results inspiration
As I write this, the Philippine men’s national basketball team, better known as Gilas Pilipinas, has just won against Kazakhstan in the 2014 Asian Games basketball tournament currently being held …
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Where there is no Andray Blatche, there is no Gilas Pilipinas
As we asserted a few times earlier, Gilas Pilipinas is really just The Andray Blatche Show. This reality about the Philippines’ flag bearer to the FIBA World Cup in Spain …
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Again: Why the Gilas Win may fail to uplift the Philippines
In connection to the recent win by the Gilas team against Senegal, a while back, The University of the Philippines obtained what is considered a rare sports victory. What signified …
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