Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Bas ketballA 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 Rims gets the story-and gets in the game. |
Contents
A Career Reborn | |
A Head Start Becomes Destiny | |
From Savior to Lemon in 48 Minutes | |
The Birth of Paeng Bartolome and Other Initiations | |
The Legend of the Black Superman | |
A Rim in Every Baryo | |
FilAm or FilSham? | |
Courts of Public Opinion | |
My Big Break | |
Heenehbra | |
Skirts Versus Squirts | |
Powers that | |
The Gift of Basketball | |
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Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely ... Rafe Bartholomew No preview available - 2011 |
Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-flops and the Philippines' Unlikely ... Rafe Bartholomew No preview available - 2010 |
Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely ... Rafe Bartholomew No preview available - 2011 |
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