Joaquin M. Henson (aka Quinito Henson) is a Filipino sports journalist and television color commentator. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the Broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the Play-by-play His newspaper column, Sporting Chance, has appeared in the Philippine Star since the 1980s. A column is a recurring piece or article in a Newspaper, Magazine or other publication The Philippine Star is a daily broadsheet circulated nationwide in the Philippines. Dubbed as "The Dean"[1], he himself has laced his writing with nicknames given to various athletes, such as "Captain Lionheart" for Alvin Patrimonio and "Tower of Power" for Benjie Paras. Alvin Vergara Patrimonio (born November 17 1966) was nicknamed "The Captain" and was a professional Basketball player from the Philippines Venancio Johnson Paras Jr (born October 2, 1968) better known as Benjie Paras, is a Filipino actor and a former basketball player of the [2]
Henson graduated from the De La Salle University-Manila in 1973 and began his career in sports journalism shortly thereafter. Beginning in 1982, Henson was featured as one of the color commentators in the television broadcast of the games of the Philippine Basketball Association by Vintage Sports. The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA is a Professional Basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1975. The PBA on Vintage Sports was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games by Vintage Sports, a sports-oriented media company on Philippine He was retained as a television analyst by the various television networks that acquired the broadcasting rights over the PBA games after Vintage lost the rights to 2002. As of 2007, he was among the pool of sportscasters who covered the broadcast of PBA games on ABC. The PBA on ABC (later renamed as The PBA on TV5) was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games on the Philippine
Henson is noted as an expert on the National Basketball Association, a frequent subject of his newspaper column. In the 1980s, he served as host of the then once-a-week broadcast of NBA games on GMA Network. Global Media Arts (GMA Network Incorporated ( a Philippine multi-media conglomerate is a Television network in the Philippines. In the 1990s, he was a commentator on the Philippine live broadcast coverage of the NBA Finals. The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each June He presently is a member of the NBA Blog Squad, a group of bloggers whose blogs are featured on the official website of the National Basketball Association. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages
Henson also frequently writes about boxing and has frequently worked as an analyst on marquee fights featuring Filipino boxers, such as those of Super Featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Super Featherweight (also known as Junior Lightweight) is a weight division in professional Boxing. Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (born December 17, 1978) simply known as Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer. He is often paired on these broadcasts with the Sri Lankan-born play-by-play announcer Ronnie Nathanielsz. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action
Henson was honored with the first-ever Olympism Award from the Philippine Olympic Committee for excellence in journalism in 2004, as well as the first-ever Philippine Catholic Mass Media Award in the sports column category in 2005. [1]
Henson counts the American Muppets creator Jim Henson as a distant relative[2]. The Muppets are a group of Puppet characters created by Jim Henson. For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of His wife Menchu was a commercial spokesperson featured in Philippine advertisements for Maggi. Maggi is a Nestlé Brand of instant Soups, stocks, Bouillons Ketchups Sauces
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- ^ a b NBA.com Blog: Joaquin Henson. National Basketball Association. Retrieved on 2008-01-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC
- ^ a b Wolff, Alexander (2002). Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure. New York City: Warner Books, Inc. , pp. 221-222. ISBN 0-446-52601-0.
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