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MBFNMI chairman Ray Lizama in a statement said the board of directors unanimously voted to dedicate its first men’s 35 and above Masters Basketball League to all the deceased players that made remarkable contributions in the development of basketball in the CNMI. The organizers, coaches, managers, …

The Tagaman’s reputation and popularity were reflected in the diverse countries that fielded contestants – Japan, Korea, United Kingdom, Philippines, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, and U.S. mainland.    The race attracted 124 competitors, overall. Sam Gardner of the United Kingdom repeated the win…

With the Pacific Trading Company as its main sponsor, the Masters League opening according to MBFNMI board chairman Ray Lizama will be a historic day and he is inviting all basketball fans to become part of it. As the MBFNMI continues its fundraising, there will be a raffle draw of prizes from spon…

It’s the aim of the PRTI Junior NBA and Junior WNBA to grow basketball, helping young people develop a passion for the game by providing them with the support and equipment to make the game fun and rewarding for all. They work with more than 2 million players, parents, coaches and officials in Guam…

Except of Yoichi Arurang, the Patriots switched defensive positions and it worked well enough to nail Northern to two runs scored in the bottom of the third. Starting pitcher Jeremy Rabauliman had four strike outs before he was relieved by Chris Mizer who had to leave the mound after the bottom of …

With Kuich Damian contributing a two-run double, Saipal prevailed to cling to this season’s Top 5 slots. Cliffton Siliil led off a double, Hector Efraim and Payton Sakuma walked to load the bases before Martin hit the sky sharp enough to send them all to the home plate. Kaipat was also heating up a…

Korea, Saipan and Tinian came up with two teams each. So the six teams with a total of 26 players made this year’s event another exciting table tennis actions hosted by Marianas Amateur Table Tennis Association. The tournament that started at 9 came in team competition and singles only. Tournament …

Rapport achieved this feat by placing second, in a tie with his legendary compatriot Lajos Portisch, at Gotth’ Art Cup 2010 in Kupa, Hungary. Another noted veteran, former Soviet champ Alexander Beliavsky, finished first, half-a-point ahead of the two Hungarians. Born on March 25, 1996 in Szombathe…

McKenzie started strong in Game 1 scoring 173 pin falls. He bested four other youths again in Game 216 pin falls to clinch the title. MJ Aldan who topped in Game 2 and Game 4 eking out 145 and 175 pin falls respectively won the second place with a total of 629 pin falls. Zack Cruz settled for the t…

Agenda includes team rosters, entry fee deadline, nomination for business/government affairs officer, MBFNMI T-shirts funds and Masters Basketball League opening ceremony program format. Meanwhile, MBFNMI would like to announce that the rosters published yesterday are the just the preliminary list …