Pacquiao punching in as rookie hoops coach

Erik Spoelstra might not be the Philippines' favorite basketball coach anymore, now that Manny Pacquiao is taking over as a bench boss in the Philippines Basketball Association.

The eight-division world boxing champion was introduced this week as the coach of a new Kia team in that league, with the season opening in October.

Spoelstra, the Filipino-American coach of the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat, is wildly popular in the Philippines. But even he acknowledges his status might have been surpassed by superstar Pacquiao.