When a door was shut on Maureen Belen, another one opened. Not just a door, actually—a huge rollup steel gate leading to the brightest lit sporting arena in the country.
Unable to snare a gig in the trailblazing Women’s National Basketball League, Belen instead found herself making history in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as a member of comebacking champion mentor Chot Reyes’ coaching staff at TNT.
“I get chills really just thinking about it,” Belen told the Inquirer recently. “Most girls [in this sport] have been working hard and dedicating so much of their time [to their craft]. And they are doing so without seeing any finish line.”
She’s giving those girls som…
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