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The Philippine Basketball Association, in partnership with Burlington, will hold its annual kiddies’ summer basketball clinics starting March 20 (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) at Ali Mall.

Supervised by coach Norman Black, the clinic will have seven sessions and is open to kids aged 6-12 years old.

During the PBA Board of Governors regular meeting Tuesday, a decision was made with finality to toughen the rules and penalties on walkouts from games.  It’s a sanction that would certainly deter any team from coming up with such a form of protest in the future.

A student from University of the Philippines-Diliman, Josiah Israel Albelda, was unanimously chosen by a three-man panel as winner of the 2010 Phoenix Fuel-PBA Press Corps Sports Writing Contest at the Araneta Coliseum.

By Patricia Bermudez-Hizon

For masterfully securing 13 wins each in the elimination round, the Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen, obtained their ticket to the semis straight off, and are just four victories away from the finals, and another four from the coveted all-Filipino title.

Two widely-read sports columnists, Recah Trinidad of the Inquirer and Quinito Henson of the Star, will hold rare lectures on the fundamentals of news, feature and column writing an hour before the Phoenix Fuel-PBA Press Corps Sports Writing Contest two weeks from now at the Araneta Coliseum.

Registration for the annual PBA Press Corps Sports Writing Contest is now open to all bona fide college students in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

The competition, backed by the PBA Commissioner’s Office, is set during the semifinal round of the ongoing KFC PBA Philippine Cup next month.

By Patricia Bermudez-Hizon

From the time he took over the helm of the Philippine Basketball Association, commissioner Sonny Barrios has strongly pushed for the promotion of education – reading in particular – among the under privileged children as part of the league’s outreach program.

Everyone goes through tests.  These challenges are there to build character and strengthen ones faith.  Kelly Williams went through the mother of all tests, one that made his will more resilient than it ever was.

PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios will spell out to rookies, sophomores and juniors Tuesday, among others, the league’s norms of conduct during the annual Players Orientation session at Ali Mall Cinema 4.

Presented by Coca-Cola, the event will also have as resource speakers former Shell team manager and governor Bobby Kanapi, Araneta Center’s Sienna Olaso, and Sabrina Ildefonso, wife of San Miguel Beer center Danny Ildefonso.