Filed under: Above the Rim
It isn’t wise to start the New Year on the wrong foot. But the Basketball Association of the Philippines apparently wants to do just that.
If you’re reading this on the 11th of January, then somewhere along today, the BAP is filing a libel suit against Inquirer columnist Recah Trinidad and sports editor Teddyvic Melendres.
I read a faxed advisory by the group’s lawyer, Bonifacio Alentajan (yes, him. Apparently the BAP believes that one controversy-riddled organization deserves a controvery-riddled lawyer) but failed to make a mental note as to where the case was to be filed.
They did not specify which of Ka Recah’s columns is the subject of their libel case but since my job entails copyreading, editing and closing sports pages for the country’s No. 1 paper, I pretty much have an idea as to which piece is under judicial fire right now.
It is the one where Ka Recah calls BAP sec-gen Graham Lim a bedbug. A surot.
Filed under: Above the Rim
(Because a lot of you bloggers will not be able to get a copy of the limited edition Sports Page, the yearend publication of the Philippine Sportswriters Association, I decided to post some of the articles featured in that magazine. It took a little cajoling plus a promise of a few bottles of beers when arm-twisting failed before Gerry Ramos, who collates the articles before handing them over to the editor who closes the magazine, furnished me with the hard copies of the articles.
It took cellphone airtime and a little bit more charm to convince those writers to have their articles posted on this blog. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this because the Sports Page usually offers these writers a chance to flex their creative muscles without the constraints of tight editorial newspaper space to restrain them.
To those who hope to become sportswriters in the future, here’s a look at what sportswriting should be.)
Filed under: Above the Rim
(Because a lot of you bloggers will not be able to get a copy of the limited edition Sports Page, the yearend publication of the Philippine Sportswriters Association, I decided to post some of the articles featured in that magazine. It took a little cajoling plus a promise of a few bottles of beers when arm-twisting failed before Gerry Ramos, who collates the articles before handing them over to the editor who closes the magazine, furnished me with the hard copies of the articles.
It took cellphone airtime and a little bit more charm to convince those writers to have their articles posted on this blog. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this because the Sports Page usually offers these writers a chance to flex their creative muscles without the constraints of tight editorial newspaper space to restrain them.
To those who hope to become sportswriters in the future, here’s a look at what sportswriting should be.)
Filed under: Above the Rim
If I were Isaiah Thomas, I’d buy out the contracts of half of my roster, don a grass skirt and start dancing the hula.
If I were Pat Riley, I’d curl my hair, sport an afro ‘do and trade my sleek Armanis for a track suit.
If I were Kevin Garnett, I’d start sulking in one corner and refuse to play until I have my little request completed.
Allen Iverson is on the trading block and I would do everything to make sure his next uniform will be that of my team.
Forget the tattoos. Look past the corn rows. Never mind that he has dueled with coaches before. He hates practice? Who cares?
Allen Iverson is the one player who checks into every NBA game with one thing in mind. Win.
