Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Santurce Crabbers (basketball)


Related Topics
BSN

In the News (Thu 10 Dec 09)

  
  CalendarHome.com - San Juan, Puerto Rico - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Santurce, originally named San Mateo de Cangrejos (Saint Matthew of the Crabs), was a settlement for freed African slaves during the early days of the city.
South of Santurce is one of its former barrios, Hato Rey, which was grazing ground for cattle owned by the royal government (hence its name, the King's Herd in Spanish) as early as the 16th century.
Basketball: Santurce Crabbers - Games are played in the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum or in Mario "Quijote" Morales Coliseum at Guaynabo.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico   (2533 words)

  
  Basketball
Baylor University Basketball Scandal The Baylor University Basketball Scandal was a NCAA regulations.
National Alliance of Basketball Leagues The National Alliance of Basketball Leagues is the descendent of the industrial-...
Santurce Crabbers (basketball) The Santurce Crabbers are a San Juan area of Santurce.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/basketball.html   (1120 words)

  
 National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico —or Liga Baloncesto Superior Nacional De Puerto Rico (BSN) in Spanish— was established in 1933 and has produced a handful of NBA players and a lot of classic games and emotive moments to its fans.
The BSN was a struggling league economically until the 1980s, when, with Genaro 'Tuto' Marchand as President, an explosion of basketball popularity happened all over Puerto Rico.
Basketball tumbled Baseball as the Puerto Rican fan's 2nd favorite sport after boxing at that time.
open-encyclopedia.com /BSN   (339 words)

  
 National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico —or Liga Baloncesto Superior Nacional De PuertoRico (BSN) in Spanish— was established in1933 and has produced a handful of NBA players and a lot of classic games and emotive moments to its fans.
The BSN was a struggling league economically until the 1980s, when, with Genaro 'Tuto'Marchand as President, an explosion of basketball popularity happened allover Puerto Rico.
Basketball tumbled baseball as the Puerto Rican fan's 2ndfavorite sport after boxing at that time.
www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=BSN   (364 words)

  
 Santurce Crabbers (basketball)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Santurce Crabbers are a BSN basketball team from the San Juan area of Santurce.
From 1998 to 2001, the Crabbers won four BSN titles in a row.
Their namesakes, the Santurce Crabbers of Baseball are also a famous team with whom Roberto Clemente played for many years.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Santurce-Crabbers-(basketball).htm   (357 words)

  
 LATINBASKET - Puerto Rican basketball
Santurce make a run at the end of the second quarter, lead by Ernest Brown (213-C-79, agency: Paris Global Sports, college: Indian Hills CC) who scored 20 of his 23 points in the firs two quaters, to finish the half down by just five 40-45.
Although Santurce trimmed the lead in the 3rd qtr, their efforts fell short as the Cowboys kept the crabbers at distance to obtain the win.
The Crabbers now see their record fall to 1-3 and are said to be in hot pursuit of sharpshooter Larry Ayuso (190-G-77, agency: Edge Sports, college: USC) along with the Arecibo Captains who hope to be able to sign Ayuso in the next couple of days.
www.latinbasket.com /pur/pur.asp   (3766 words)

  
 Teo Cruz, Puerto Rico ...player profiles by Interbasket
Teo Cruz, the basketball player, shares the name with a famous Dominican boxer, Carlos "Teo" Cruz who died in a plane crash at age 32.
Teo is one of four Puerto Rican basketball players to have carried the nation's flag for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.
Teo was the starting center of the Puerto Rican National basketball team in the times when Puerto Rico and Brazil were the two dominant teams in the Americas outside the United States.
www.interbasket.net /players/teo.htm   (393 words)

  
 National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico - Gurupedia
The National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico —or Liga Baloncesto Superior Nacional De Puerto Rico (BSN) in Spanish— was established in 1933 and has produced a handful of
The BSN was a struggling league economically until the 1980s, when, with Genaro 'Tuto' Marchand as President, an explosion of basketball popularity happened all over Puerto Rico.
Basketball tumbled Baseball as the Puerto Rican fan's 2nd favorite sport after boxing at that time.
www.gurupedia.com /b/bs/bsn.htm   (336 words)

  
 BCU Charger Athletics
After graduating from Briar Cliff, Trimmingham played the 1994 National Basketball League (NBL) season with the Sydney Kings and was named to the first All-League team after averaging 27.0 ppg and 10.7 rpg.
Leon spent the 1999 season playing for the San German Athletics of the Superior Basketball League in Puerto Rico and averaged 23 ppg and 7 rpg.
In 2001, Trimmingham led the Santurce Crabbers (Congrejeros) of the Puerto Rican Professional League to their fourth-straight championship and was named finals MVP.
www.briarcliff.edu /athletics/hall_of_fame/trimmingham.htm   (554 words)

  
 Santurce Crabbers - TheBestLinks.com - National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico, Disambig, Santurce Crabbers ...
Santurce Crabbers - TheBestLinks.com - National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico, Disambig, Santurce Crabbers (basketball), Santurce Crabbers (baseball),...
Santurce Crabbers, National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico, Disambig...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.thebestlinks.com /Santurce_Crabbers.html   (134 words)

  
 Santurce Crabbers (basketball) - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He was the starting center of the PR national basketball team in the times when Puerto Rico and Brazil where the two most dominant teams in the Americas outside the USA.
According to Juan Pachin Vicens, an all time starting five should include himself as point guard, J. Frontera as shooting guard, Raymond Dalmau as light forward, Rafael Valle as strong forward and Jose Piculin Ortiz as the center.
Although his future with the team is uncertain as it depends on a pending decision by the Utah Jazz, point guard Carlos Arroyo is still, officially, a member of the Crabbers, which was his first professional team.
www.free-definition.com /Cangrejeros-de-Santurce-(basketball).html   (302 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: New Faces Could Head The Puerto Rico Team
Ortiz was referring to the Puerto Rican team that was among the top five teams in the world in 1991, when it finished fourth in the World Basketball Championships in Argentina.
Rahim Johnson and Antonio Falu may not be household names for most Puerto Rican basketball fans, but both could be considered and added to the pre-selection of 25 players for the team.
Although the pre-selection hasn't officially been announced, Superior Basketball League director Henry Neumann acknowledged neither Johnson nor Falu is among those on the 25-player list that should be announced later this month.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2001/vol5n11/NewFaces-en.html   (696 words)

  
 Toro 1800
Julio Toro (born 1942) is a Puerto Rican basketball coach, and arguably one of the most successful head coaches in Puerto Rican professional basketball history.
As a matter of a fact, his nickname is "the philosopher of basketball".
Back in Puerto Rico to coach the Santurce Crabbers, he led the then expansion team to four league titles in a row, from 1996 to 1999, with players such as Carlos Arroyo and Jose Ortiz under his direction.
www.breadlike.com /pages7/89/toro-1800.html   (840 words)

  
 '01 Caribbean Sports Hall Inductees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Valmy was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, to Virgin Islands Parents, Valdermar and Clemencia Martin Thomas, on October 21, 1929.
Driven by an intense love for baseball that began “the year before he was born,” he participated in high school games, but got his first big break during his military training while stationed in Puerto Rico.
He played with the Santurce Crabbers for thirteen years before moving on to major league baseball.
www.afrosportshall.com /inductees/01CarribeanInductees.htm   (1853 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Roberto W. Clemente
Vivian Stringer despite great challenges, pursued her passion for basketball and is known for turning women into champions.
Ernie Wallengren was an acclaimed writer, and a beloved youth basketball coach.
Michael Jordan can do anything with a basketball, and is admired on and off the court.
www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Clemente_EWMS_ul   (729 words)

  
 Richard Kostelanetz | Examples | Americas' Game as It Used To Be
In the Bithorn stadium, there is plenty of leg room between the rows, and the largest ads are the mute and static billboards on the outfield wall.
As recently as 1990-91, I was surprised to see the Crabbers use Ivan de Jesus as a starting shortstop and Jaime Benitez as a pinch-hitter, because neither had played in the states for years.
Santurce, which is my Other Team (after the New York Yankees), whose cap I wear along with a light-blue, t-shirt emblazoned Cangrejeros, hadn't been doing too well in November 1993, even though it won the all-Caribbean tournament the previous year.
www.richardkostelanetz.com /http://www.richardkostelanetz.com/examples/game.php   (1737 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Roberto W. Clemente
Ernie Wallengren was an acclaimed writer, and a beloved youth basketball coach.
Michael Jordan can do anything with a basketball, and is admired on and off the court.
Vince Carter is both a talented and compassionate basketball star.
myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Clemente_EWMS_ul   (601 words)

  
 Strikeout? - The Washington Times: Sports - December 17, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
On a Wednesday night in mid-December, the home team Santurce Cangrejeros (Crabbers) are playing the rival Carolina Gigantes (Giants) before a crowd announced as 1,000 but actually much smaller.
Buoyed by the national team's upset of the United States in the Summer Olympics, basketball has boomed on the island and draws nearly as much attention as baseball.
"Basketball is so big over here that nowadays it is knocking us down," said Luis Rosa, who runs the Raiders, one of the nation's premier baseball academies.
washingtontimes.com /sports/20041216-115731-6915r.htm   (1335 words)

  
 Puerto Rico Winter Baseball: General Information
In 2000 at Santurce, Miller Lite got the exclusive franchise, but some vendors still wore the Coors Light bibs.
Santurce has a telecast when playing at home or in Caguas.
In 2002, Alex worked Crabbers telecasts and relied on visitors to post scores in the Guest Book.
mysite.verizon.net /charliesballparks/spike/general.htm   (1488 words)

  
 ESPN Deportes to Showcase Exclusive Coverage of 2005 FIBA Americas Championship; Legendary Puerto Rican Basketball ...
The event, which starts on August 24 and culminates on September 4 in the Dominican Republic, will present ten of the best basketball teams in our hemisphere battle for one of the four available spots for the 2006 FIBA World Championship to be held in Japan.
In addition, Jose "Piculin" Ortiz, legendary Puerto Rican basketball superstar and center of the Cangrejeros de Santurce (Santurce Crabbers basketball team), has been signed to provide commentary and analysis of the games of the Puerto Rican National Team.
Joining Piculin for play-by-play will be veteran ESPN Deportes announcer Alvaro Martin and Carlos Morales (analysis), former coach of the Puerto Rico National Basketball Team.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-135433239.html   (700 words)

  
 Puerto Rico Winter Baseball: General Information
In 2000 at Santurce, Miller Lite got the exclusive franchise, but some vendors still wore the Coors Light bibs.
Santurce has a telecast when playing at home or in Caguas.
In 2002, Alex worked Crabbers telecasts and relied on visitors to post scores in the Guest Book.
home1.gte.net /charliesballparks/spike/general.htm   (1488 words)

  
 Senior Class 2001
She is from San Juan, “sanjuanera”, and a Crabber from Santurce, a San Juan “barrio” that was called “Cangrejos” (Crabs) throughout its history.
Sujey Carro was born in Santurce –the Crabbers in our history–but she feels that she is from Trujillo Alto, a town founded exactly two centuries ago (1801).
Yahaira Naaldijk was born in Santurce, a San Juan a “barrio”, but she is from Río Piedras.
umet_mie.suagm.edu /alumni/2001/index.htm   (3623 words)

  
 The Ballparks
The Crabbers (Cangrejeros) take their name from the neighborhood of Santurce, although Bithorn is instead in Hato Rey.
The light standards are visible to the southwest at the intersection of 18 and 22; very easy to enter and exit.
Asking for directions to "Clemente" is ambiguous; as well as the avenue, his name is also on another sports complex in Carolina, and on an amateur baseball stadium in the same city, and on the basketball coliseum next to the Bithorn in Hato Rey.
www.ucspr.com /cangrejeros/Parques/wheater_eng.htm   (2843 words)

  
 Sports Fan
If a basketball player is going to take on the role of a player like Michael Jordan, it's going to be a big responsibility, because what Michael Jordan had was leadership and magic.
If you was a basketball player and you ran along Michael Jordan he will make you a better player, by coaching you and his ability to give the ball to his teammates.
All good things must come to an end, Jackie Robinson played his final basketball game at Pasadena Junior College on February 4, 1939, but he didn't leave empty handed the school gave Jackie a gold pin and he was named to the schools "Order of the Mast and Dagger".
www.fanofsports.blogspot.com   (6716 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Puerto Rico warmly embraces Jays, Rangers
Colon was most in awe of the stadium, a place he thought he knew well after playing here hundreds of times during a career that only recently ended.
He couldn't believe how much it had been improved in the three months since he last suited up for the Santurce Crabbers.
Stricter draft rules and a heightened interest in basketball have chipped away at baseball's Puerto Rico pipeline.
espn.go.com /mlb/news/2001/0401/1165622.html   (859 words)

  
 Puerto Ricans proudly welcome opener   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Colon was most in awe of the stadium, a place he thought he knew well after playing here hundreds of times during a career that only recently ended.
He couldn't believe how much it had been improved in the three months since he last suited up for the Santurce Crabbers.
Stricter draft rules and a heightened interest in basketball have chipped away at baseball's Puerto Rico pipeline.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20010402/SP_002.htm   (838 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Puerto Rican baseball seeks return to glory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Valentin, a native of the small northwestern town of Manati, bought the Santurce Crabbers franchise and moved it to his hometown before the 2004-05 season at the urging of the mayor.
The park once housed the Santurce Crabbers, who in the 1950s had an outfield that included Mays and Clemente, as well as the longtime rival San Juan Senators, who featured such standout catchers as Bench, Thurman Munson and Manny Sanguillen.
Although basketball has overtaken baseball as Puerto Rico's No. 1 sport and volleyball has emerged as a competitor, baseball's defenders on the island insist the game remains viable.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2006-01-24-puerto-rico-winter-league-slump_x.htm   (2174 words)

  
 Santurce Crabbers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Santurce Crabbers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Santurce Crabbers baseball team of the Professional Baseball League of Puerto Rico
The (additional info and facts about Santurce Crabbers) Santurce Crabbers basketball team of the (additional info and facts about National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico) National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Sa/Santurce_Crabbers.htm   (70 words)

  
 Ivy League Sports
Created: 10/25/2005 9:53:02 AM Ivy League graduates are well known for spanning the globe in pursuit of their dreams, though perhaps not for basketball.
Former Cornell center Jeff Aubry has played in six countries since graduating in 1999 and currently plays with the Santurce Crabbers in Puerto Rico.
With an eye on a post-basketball career, he is currently working on a novel.
www.ivyleaguesports.com /article.asp?intID=4608   (114 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.