RAPPLER+ EXCLUSIVE: This SEA Games, we’re reminded again that athletes serve more than just a sportswriter’s game subject, and definitely more than just a fan’s passing entertainment. SEAGames32 Cambodia2023
In men’s basketball, the Cambodians fielded an American first five – all naturalized players so technically, they didn’t violate any sporting rule, but they sure did one-up us.
To instantaneously see an irate MVP on social media still takes some getting used to for some of us traditionally trained sports journalists. That early blow Gilas Pilipinas took? Back then, all the locker-room unraveling you can only find out from us trads – print, television, and radio. Along with it, the Southeast Asian sporting landscape also made strides and turns – whether good or bad depends on which side of the region you’re playing.
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