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9780451233226

Pacific Rims : Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball

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  • ISBN13:

    9780451233226

  • ISBN10:

    0451233220

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-06-07
  • Publisher: NAL Trade
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Summary

A young man's journey through the Philippines' most unlikely obsession: basketball. In Pacific Rims, Rafe Bartholemew, journalist, New Yorker, and veteran baller, ventures through the Philippines to investigate the country's love of basketball. From street corners where diehards fashion hoops out of old car parts to the professional league where politicians exploit team loyalties to win elections, Pacific Rimsgets the story-and gets in the game.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Hoop Epiphaniesp. 9
Alaska in the Philippinesp. 27
A Career Rebornp. 44
A Head Start Becomes Destinyp. 55
From Savior to Lemon, in 48 Minutesp. 80
The Birth of Paeng Bartolome and Other Initiationsp. 110
The Legend of the Black Supermanp. 134
A Rim in Every Baryop. 156
Fil-Am or Fil-Sham?p. 198
Courts of Public Opinionp. 238
My Big Breakp. 270
Hee-neh-bra!p. 292
Skirts Versus Squirtsp. 320
Powers that Bep. 331
The Gift of Basketballp. 355
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