I don't know how you got here or how you found out about this, but welcome to One For The Team.
Let me introduce myself: I am Diego de la Paz, a writer for various news organizations, most notably as the current sports editor of the fledging FullCourtFresh.com and as a contributing writer for The Philippine Online Chronicles.
Before entering my current profession as a
During my four years (and one term...and no, it didn't mean that it took FIVE years for me to complete my studies, thankyouverymuch.) in that famous Taft campus, I donned the green and white colors as a member of the Track and Field team and participated in the following events: 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles and high jump.
I competed in various meets representing DLSU and/or TMS Ship most notably in the 68th UAAP, 2006 UniGames (Bacolod), National Open Invitational Track and Field Championships (2005 and 2006) and the PATAFA Weekly Relays.
For my On-the-job training (OJT), I worked with the Philippine Football Federation, the national governing body for the sport of football in the Philippines.
Other than track and field, other sports that I have once competitively taken part in are the following: swimming, basketball, tennis, and football.
As of this writing, I follow/support the following teams:
Basketball: San Beda College (NCAA), De La Salle University (UAAP), AirAsia Philippine Patriots (ABL), Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
Football: Philippine national team (Azkals)
Why "One For The Team"
Why not?
In team sports (or any team activity), there will always be opportunities that we would have to do something that may be extraordinary in nature that most people would not feel like doing but must be done in order for the team to succeed, ergo "taking one for the team."
Taking previous experiences as an athlete in various disciplines into consideration, I was tasked to "take one for the team" and the mentality stuck.
Hence, here we are now.
Once again, I would like to welcome you to my blog, One For The Team. I hope you would enjoy my anecdotes, mostly about Philippine sports.
