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

Name: Pacific Rims Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball
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ISBN: 9780451233226

ISBN-10: 0451233220

ISBN-13: 9780451233226

Edition: N/A

Authors: Rafe Bartholomew

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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.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.18" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Introduction


Hoop Epiphanies


Alaska in the Philippines


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


Fil-Am or Fil-Sham?


Courts of Public Opinion


My Big Break


Hee-neh-bra!


Skirts Versus Squirts


Powers that Be


The Gift of Basketball