That Jordan-Pippen Fallout

IT has been weeks since National Basketball Association (NBA) great Scottie Pippen made the latest of his verbal tirades against former Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan and its shockwaves are still being felt around the basketball world.

P eople are still talking about it. And like every other broadside since the telecast of The Last Dance, Pippen’s opinions have been outright outrageous and

B onilla? Only 17, the pride of Natividad in Nueva Ecija raced like a seasoned veteran and pedaled away with the Women Junior criterium and ITT gold medals.

She finished some half a minute behind Weniza Claire Vinoya (3:11:35.32) in the 86-km road race of the championships also backed by the POC, Philippine Sports Commission, 7-Eleven and CCN and staged in cooperation with Tagaytay City, Eighth District of Cavite, First District of Batangas, City of Calaca and the Municipalities of Nasugbu, Tuy, Balayan, Agoncillo, Laurel and Lian, as well as the

Philippine National Police and Batangas Red Cross.

The other winners were: Mathilda Krogg (Under 23), Angelica Mae Alta Marino (Junior) and Maria Louisse Crisselle Alejado (Youth) in women’s criterium; Farin Guill Aisaiah Abigania (Youth), Pepito Khalil (Junior) and Steven Nicolas Shane

Tablizo (Under 23) in men’s criterium; M aria Louisse Crisselle Alejado (Youth) and Phoebe Salazar (Under 23) in women’s criterium; Darius John Villasenor (Youth), Andrei Domingo (Junior) and Joshua Pascual (Under 23) in men’s ITT; and John Arwin Velasco (Junior) and Joshua Pascual (Under 23) in men’s road race.