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Brother vs. Brother: Phil and James Younghusband form their own teams to find out who's better.
(Photo by Roy Afable)

To those who haven't heard about it, brothers Phil and James Younghusband of the Philippine Azkals put up a charity football event this Saturday, August 25 at the University of Makati football field. The said event was announced last month and interestingly, it' actually a brother versus brother kind of match.

A day well spent with Coach Spo

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In the first week of August, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was in the country to do some basketball clinics and brought along his newly won NBA hardware. In his recent visits here, he wasn't all that huge to say the least. This time around however, Coach Spo came home a champion and was given rock star treatment like any NBA talent that visited Manila.

Meet and Greet Coach Spo event this Saturday

(Image courtesy of Gatorade Philippines)

Gatorade Philippines held a promo a few days ago to basketball fans for a chance to be at the exclusive Meet and Greet event of Coach Erik Spoelstra on Saturday, August 4 at the Marriott Hotel in Pasay city.

Never Say Die, Big J

The Big J's big day.
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(Rey Moralde of TheNoLookPass.com will take over for this post as he pays tribute to the PBA's legendary player, "The Big J" Robert Jaworski.)

Hello. My name is Rey Moralde and I am an NBA blogger that lives in Southern California. I founded TheNoLookPass.Com and am a contributor to ForumBlueAndGold.Com, the Laker blog that's part of ESPN's TrueHoop Network.

Roy had asked me to do this piece about someone that was important to my love for the game of basketball. That someone? Robert Jaworski. Jaworski's jersey was retired a couple of days ago and I don't know why it took the Philippine Basketball Association this long to retire his number.

While I talk about the NBA and confess to not keeping up with the PBA, the PBA was actually one of the reasons why I love and write about the game of basketball. Yes, I am a Filipino-American and I spent six years of my childhood in the Philippines. I can't remember how or what exactly gravitated me to the Philippine Basketball Association but it became an instant addiction once I started watching the games on TV (at the old Channel 4). It would be rare for me to miss the Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday doubleheaders. The team I ended up liking? Ginebra San Miguel (which became Anejo at one point and now, I believe, they are Barangay Ginebra).

Azkals x Puma

(Photo by Roy Afable)

The sport of football is rapidly getting popular these days since the Philippine Azkals' successful run at the Suzuki Cup in 2010. Fans show their support by wearing replica jerseys of the Azkals in each of their games. A couple of weeks ago, the Azkals took a bigger step by signing with German sports brand Puma as their new provider of official team kits and equipment.