As part of the celebration for the Filipino athletes who competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Meralco named gymnast Aleah Finnegan as its muse in the PBA Governors’ Cup opener Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The 21-year-Finnegan, who donned the national colors in the French city...
The four-point shot is no longer just an attraction during an all-star game or exhibitions. It is now set to be a staple in PBA games as the Board of Governors has given the green light for its implementation for the upcoming Season 49 during the league annual planning at the Swissotel Nankai in...
The PBA brain trust headed by commissioner Willie Marcial along with the 12 governors of the member teams left for Osaka, Japan on Saturday, July 20 for the league’s annual planning for the upcoming Season 49 . Marcial, along with the members of the league management committee and Board...
RJ Abarrientos, Dave Ildefonso and Caelan Tiongson may have missed the PBA Season 49 Rookie Draft, but have essentially found a way to display their talent and potential in their ongoing stint in the 43rd William Jones Cup before officially making their debuts. Newly-drafted PBA...
PARIS, France—Basketball leagues – pro and amateur – have sprouted like mushrooms in the Philippines, but the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) remains the “king” of all sporting shows. *PBA Chairman Ricky Vargas and Commissioner Willie Marcial (2nd and third from left) in a light...
From just doing the paper works and dealing with negotiations and player contracts when he joined TNT as a team manager in the Commissioner’s Cup to actually calling the shots for the team that would go all the way the Finals and win the franchise’s very first Governors’ Cup title, Tropang...
Mikey Williams nabbed the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals Most Valuable Player award after steering TNT to the championship title past Barangay Ginebra with a 97-93 Game 6 win on Friday night, April 21, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Williams bagged his second Finals MVP trophy following a 38-point...
Meralco erased a seven-point deficit late in the regulation and exploded behind the arc in the extra period to turn back Magnolia, 113-107, and clinch the last semifinal berth in the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Wednesday night, March 22. *Meralco's KJ McDaniels tries to...
The Beermen are eager to prove that they are now more than just a June Mar Fajardo team. And that was exactly shown when the rest of San Miguel Beer picked up the slack and fended off a hard-fighting NLEX, 120-106, to secure the twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals in the 2023 PBA...
Back to their usual stomping grounds, the Tropang Giga wasted no time flexing their might. *RR Pogoy and import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson connive in the huge second quarter explosion (PBA Images)* TNT displayed its vaunted firepower and blasted NorthPort, 134-110, to strengthen its hold of the top...
NorthPort battles for survival against TNT while San Miguel Beer and NLEX clash for the twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals as the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup resumes at the PhilSports Arena on Wednesday, March 15. *Robert Bolick looks to lead NorthPort to a victory against powerhouse TNT....
San Miguel Beer’s title aspirations took a huge blow following a knee injury to star big man June Mar Fajardo but the rest of the Beermen are not losing hope in seeing their main man return should they go deep into the playoffs. *June Mar Fajardo is diagnosed with a grade 3 MCL injury on his...
