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Ateneo Blue Eagles Men’s Basketball Team head coach Tab Baldwin E×ρréššed his apology on June 12, 2026.
“And in this, I feel I failed. And I'm sorry. To the depth of my being, I'm sorry,” he said
Baldwin E×ρréššed his grief over the tragic loss of the two players, Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, lamenting that he would no longer be able to guide them and develop their potential on the basketball court.
“Yes, as a coach, I lost my boys too. Never again would I be able to help them develop into the basketball player they wanted to be, to help them grow into the young man that they promised that they could be,” he said
However, the families of the two deceased student-athletes reject the apology statement...