It’s a go for Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup after the new professional league got the green light from the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management for its inaugural tournament on April 9. Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Chief Operating Officer (COO) Rocky Chan said Wednesday,...
Photo from PBA The PBA suffered a setback in its bid to open the 46th season next month after new community quarantine regulations were implemented in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces. Plans to kick off the new PBA campaign on April 18 at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City could be delayed...
TNT guard Jayson Castro handles the ball as Nard Pinto of Meralco closes in during their game at Ynares Center in Antipolo City last December 23, 2019. (Photo from PBA) Antipolo City could play host to the PBA’s 46th season which now has a new target date of April 18 as a surge in COVID-19 cases...
Puma senior manager for sales marketing and operations Mike Aldover, right, and VisMin Super Cup COO Rocky Chan at the contract signing as the global brand becomes the official outfit partner of the new league. Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, the newest professional basketball league in the country,...
Photo from FIBA Some of the big guns from the PBA won’t be reinforcing Gilas Pilipinas for the third window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers and the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio said the decision was made as the two international tournaments...
Photo from PBA PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the sharp increase of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila may force the league to reconsider the opening date of the Philippine Cup. Tentatively set to fire off on April 9, the 46th PBA season begins with the All-Filipino conference, a few months after...
Photo from PBA Exactly a year ago today, March 8, the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup opened with much fanfare at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The league ushered the lavish ceremony, starting with the 44th Season Leo Awards Night which saw an injured June Mar Fajardo, all smiles riding an...
Photo from FIBA The country’s hosting of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers will likely take place in mid-June, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Sonny Barrios said Saturday March 5, 2021. Barrios told Power and Play host Noli Eala that FIBA is eyeing a June 14 to June 20 schedule for...
Photo from PBA The resumption of the PBA with the season-opening Philippine Cup is just a month away, but Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok guard Paul Lee is already excited to start the team’s campaign. Lee said he couldn’t wait to see on the court the improved version of the Hotshots with...
MJAS Zenith Talisay top officials Jhon Santos and Michael Aldover expressed confidence that the team has the right materials to win the inaugural Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup next month. Santos, the team manager of Talisay, said Tuesday that when the opportunity arrived to join the fledgling league,...
One of the teams seeing action in the inaugural Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup and a newly-founded sports marketing organization aimed to help the progress of Philippine sports in this time of the pandemic will be the guests in a two-part session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) online...
(Photo from FIBA) Former national team coach Yeng Guiao said that young players of Gilas Pilipinas training pool should form the core that will see action in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) this year in Belgrade, Serbia. Guiao said the experience and wisdom the players would gain in...
