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DWIGHT RAMOS Journey and Training Under Passion Sports

Written By: Zerjosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo Everyone knows him now. In just a span of over a year, Dwight Ramos has grown from being a virtually unknown Gilas Pilipinas prospect to one of the most popular basketball players in a nation that literally adores the sport. With a rare combination of steady demeanor and […]

KYLE DOMINGUEZ: A Brain Tumor Survivor And The Important Values He Learned From Sports

Written By: Zerjosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo Kyle Dominguez first enrolled at Passion Sports in 2017. It was a summer camp at Cavite, and since he was living near the venue, Kyle grabbed the opportunity to learn basketball under the great coaches of Passion Sports that includes former PBA player Rob Labagala, who is also […]

STEVE and EDZEL TUMANDAO: A Father-Son Love Built Up by Basketball

Written By: Zerjosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo This is not your typical and perfect love story with sparkling background and unchained melodies. Nor your favorite primetime soap opera where you spend long hours crying in front of the television. This is a story of a man who is more than willing to conquer anything for […]

BERNARD QUIBIDO: On Passing His Basketball Dreams To His Sons And Overcoming Adversaries As A Father

Written By: ZerJosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo “One may not be able to fulfill all his dreams, but some of them can be fulfilled by those who are important to him.” This is exactly how the story of Bernard Quibido blossomed. Hailing from the historic city of Cebu, Bernard once dreamed to be one of […]

SHELLA and XANDER MONTEZA: A Mother’s Ultimate Sacrifice For Her Son’s Dreams

Written By: ZerJosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo   “Almost 11 years na ako nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa. 7 years old pa lang si Xander noong umalis ako.” This is how Shella Monteza started to tell the story of her unconditional love and ultimate sacrifice for her family. A loving wife to Ryan and a mother […]

LERMA & SHEN ABRASALDO: Nurturing a Mother-Son Relationship Through Basketball and Passion Sports

Written By: ZerJosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo The photo you see above perfectly encapsulates a mother’s support for her child. That’s Lerma Abrasaldo in the striped red shirt seated on the bench, nervously cheering her son Shen, who is the one dribbling the ball, about to set up a play for his team. “Mas kinakabahan […]

ERIC SUGUITAN: On Surviving a Heart Operation and Transitioning from Basketball Star to Teacher and Coach

Written By: ZerJosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo When you’re a towering 6-foot-7 individual in a country where physical height doesn’t come in abundance, it’s perfectly understandable that people expect that you’re a professional basketball player. For Eric Suguitan, that expectation became a reality when he was drafted in the PBA in 2012. But before he […]

DEIVID YAP: Surviving Bone Cancer Through Positivity And Love For Basketball

By: Zerjosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo That’s exactly what Deivid Yap did. Deivid, who is now sixteen years of age, started joining the basketball camps organized by Passion Sports back in 2013. It was his father who encouraged him to join, and Deivid said that it was worth it because he was able to improve […]

MAC TALLO: On Learning From His Mistakes And Realizing The Value Of Always Staying In Shape

By: ZerJosh Serrano and Paul Tamayo When you think of the most credentialed basketball players coming from Cebu, more prominent names like June Mar Fajardo or Dondon Hontiveros will always come first. But you can’t overlook Mac Tallo, who is as much as a Cebuano legend as they come. While in Cebu, Mac won at […]