Friday, August 16, 2013

Reminiscing our 1986 ABC title triumph





In 1986, the Philippines regain the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Cage title that we last won in 1973, our nationals beat Jordan, 81-70, Pakistan, 100-51, and Japan, 87-70, in the preliminaries.

In the final round, the RP Nationals beat South Korea, 76-72, host Malaysia, 75-65, and China, 82-72, to win the championship.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

1989 Scoop Awards and 1990 PSA Awards





El Presidente Ramon Fernandez was inducted in the Hall of Fame while the living legend Robert Jaworski was named Mr.Basketball by the Sports Columnists Organization of the Philippines (SCOOP).



Jaworski and Fernandez receives their trophy from Presidential daughter Kris Aquino during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards night in January 1990.