Pacific Rims

Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Bas ketball

Nonfiction, Sports, Basketball, Reference, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Rafe Bartholomew ISBN: 9781101187913
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: June 1, 2010
Imprint: Berkley Language: English
Author: Rafe Bartholomew
ISBN: 9781101187913
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: June 1, 2010
Imprint: Berkley
Language: English

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 Rims gets the story-and gets in the game.

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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 Rims gets the story-and gets in the game.

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