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Gin Kings, Express clash for Fiesta Cup title
by Musong R. Castillo
Source: INQUIRER.net | August 20, 2008
Whatever happens, Barangay Ginebra has already added another glittering chapter to its legend of resiliency.
Win or lose, on the other hand, Air21 has already cemented its place among the elite in the Philippine Basketball Association.
It's do or die
by Noli Cortez
Source: Malaya Online Edition | August 20, 2008
Ginebra and Air21 will be crowding each other out for that one final shove tonight for the season's lone remaining major catch: The Smart PBA Fiesta Conference championship.
No tomorrow for Ginebra, Air21
by Waylon Galvez
Source: Manila Bulletin | August 20, 2008
Will it be the championship experience of Barangay Ginebra or the hunger of Air21 which will make the big difference?
Olympics takes a back seat
by Joaquin M. Henson, "Sporting Chance"
Source: The Philippine Star | August 20, 2008
In Beijing today, Filipino taekwondo contender Tshomlee Go battles to bag a medal and the eight survivors of the men's basketball preliminaries slug it out in four knockout quarterfinal pairings for the right to advance to the semifinals.
Desire key factor in Game 7
by Reuel Vidal
Source: Manila Standard Today | August 20, 2008
It will be a question of will and desire when the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings and the Air21 Express dispute the championship in Game 7 of the 2008 Smart-Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference, 7 p.m., at the Araneta Coliseum today.
Castro's agent wants contract buyout
by Rey Joble
Source: Manila Standard Today | August 20, 2008
Well-known basketball agent Danny Espiritu is working double time to buy out the contract of Jason Castro, who is under contract with the Singapore Slingers, to make himself immediately available for the Philippine Basketball Association draft.
Caguioa, Valenzuela fined, escape suspension
Source: The Philippine Star | August 19, 2008
Barangay Ginebra will continue to deal with player injuries but is spared of suspension to key personnel as the Kings battle the Air21 Express in a deciding Game Seven in their Smart PBA Fiesta Conference title showdown at the Araneta Coliseum tomorrow.
Breakthrough in the PBA
by Joaquin M. Henson, "Sporting Chance"
Source: The Philippine Star | August 19, 2008
Loud-mouthed critics, who had derided the PBA as a league on its death throes only a few months ago, ate their words like humble pie as a banner crowd of over 18,000 paying a record P2.5 million trooped to the Big Dome for Game 6 of the Fiesta Conference Finals last Sunday.
Coaches pick Kings to win
by Rey Joble
Source: Manila Standard Today | August 19, 2008
Champion coaches Yeng Guiao of Red Bull, Norman Black of Ateneo and former Philippine Basketball Association mentor, now National Basketball Training Center chief Eric Altamirano, had experienced facing a never-say-die Ginebra teams of different generations.
Ginebra to die trying -- Uichico
by Ronnie Nathanielsz
Source: Manila Standard Today | August 19, 2008
Barangay Ginebra, the pro league's most popular ballclub for years, has vowed to die trying in what coach Jong Uichico describes as "a blood-and-guts effort behind a never-say-die spirit" in Game 7 of the Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference finals at the Araneta Coliseum tomorrow.