NICE to know that the San Miguel Corp.-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night will honor five basketball greats with a Lifetime Achievement trophy each on Monday. They are deserving players Allan Caidic and the late Samboy Lim, and coaches Joe Lipa, Turo Valenzona and Dante Silverio although one of them should have…
Published March 8, 2021, 5:30 PM
Robert Jaworski continues to resonate among Philippine basketball fans even after playing his last game more than two decades ago.
There’s reason why most fans kept hanging on to some of basketball’s great moments authored by “The Big J,” who turned 75 Monday, March 8, 2021
Jaworski achieved success in almost every team he played or coached both at home and beyond while enduring controversies along the way.
The sports section of the
Manila Bulletin looks at some of the good and not so good memories in the career of the man they call “The Living Legend.”
TWO ABC CHAMPIONSHIPS
An oral history of the game that spawned Ginebra s never-say-die mantra
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Francis Arnaiz talks about Sonny Jaworski s diverse skillset. (1:20)
The generation of sportswriters who covered his early PBA playing days called him The Big J. The more recent one christened him The Living Legend. To everyone else, meaning the rest of the Philippine population, he is known simply as Jawo .
Whatever nickname he goes by, he s a certified basketball god. And since he s turning 75, starting on March 2 up to his birthday on March 8 ESPN5.com will be publishing seven - it has to be seven - articles on Robert Jaworski, Sr.