By June Navarro
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–Loaded with talent on paper, Magnolia translated that fearsome reputation into a more concrete form Sunday night.

Danny Seigle and Dondon Hontiveros presided over the Beverage Masters’ high-octane offense that dazzled the Air21 Express, 121-112, at the start of the 2007-2008 Smart-PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

Firing a game-high 28 points, Seigle conspired with Hontiveros in a third-quarter onslaught that transformed a double-digit deficit to an imposing lead the Express couldn’t overturn.

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By Musong R. Castillo
Inquirer

Game Sunday (Araneta Coliseum)
4:30 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies
6:30 p.m. — Air21 vs Magnolia

MANILA, Philippines–Robert Jaworski’s much-anticipated return to the Philippine Basketball Association is not about to happen — at least for the coming Philippine Cup that opens Sunday.

The one-time MVP, many-time champion player and winner of four PBA titles as a player-coach has told Air21 team manager Lito Alvarez to let Bo Perasol handle the team as he takes care of personal business matters in the United States.

“He told me to have coach Bo continue handling the team because he (Perasol) is a good coach,” Alvarez said. “He will just have to take care of some business matters in the States and that we will talk formally once he returns.”

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SO, what do you think of former senator Robert Jaworski’s possible return to the Philippine Basketball Association?

Here’s an excerpt from Musong R. Castillo’s story for the Philippine Daily Inquirer:

MANILA, Philippines–Robert Jaworski will be making his much-anticipated return to the Philippine Basketball Association, the league he helped make great, in the next season.

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SHOULD the Philippine Basketball Association have allowed this deal to proceed?

And now that the controversial Romel Adducul-Enrico Villanueva trade has some board members from other teams up in arms, what should the PBA do?

Well, the PBA board will be tackling in a special meeting Thursday the Restricted Trading List (RTL) rule that the Romel-Rico deal allegedly violated.

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