English: Manila, August 12, 2014 – U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg Welcomes Former NBA/WNBA Players. U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg meets with former National Basketball Association player, Derrick Alston, and former Women’s National Basketball Association player, Allison Feaster. The stars arrived in the Philippines Sunday to participate in U.S. Embassy-sponsored sports diplomacy activities, such as basketball clinics and outreach, as a part of the U.S. Department of State’s Sports United program. They later visited disaster-hit Leyte and Tacloban City, and fans in Manila.