Pacific Rims : Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops

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.

Introduction	p. 1
Hoop Epiphanies	p. 9
Alaska in the Philippines	p. 27
A Career Reborn	p. 44
A Head Start Becomes Destiny	p. 55
From Savior to Lemon, in 48 Minutes	p. 80
The Birth of Paeng Bartolome and Other Initiations	p. 110
The Legend of the Black Superman	p. 134
A Rim in Every Baryo	p. 156
Fil-Am or Fil-Sham?	p. 198
Courts of Public Opinion	p. 238
My Big Break	p. 270
Hee-neh-bra!	p. 292
Skirts Versus Squirts	p. 320
Powers that Be	p. 331
The Gift of Basketball	p. 355
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Pacific Rims : Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball

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