Philippine Airlines

National coach Chot Reyes leaves this Wednesday afternoon on a Philippine Airlines flight with his band of 15 warriors for the FIBA-Asia Championships starting Saturday in Tokushima in quest of a qualifying ticket to the Beijing Olympics.

Fil-Am Gabe Norwood had to attend to a last-minute travel glitch that had him cutting short a workout to rush to the Japanese embassy for further interview before joining the San Miguel-Pilipinas team as it left for the 24th FIBA-Asia Mens Championship Wednesday.