Mark Barroca gets his turn for the haircut. (PBA Images) SMART CLARK GIGA CITY--New hairdo for a better performance? PBA players enjoyed their first taste of haircut and had their handsome looks restored more than a month into their stay in the bubble. Barangay Ginebra teammates LA...
A bird's-eye view of the AUF Arena. (PBA Images) SMART CLARK GIGA CITY--The race to the PBA Philippine Cup playoffs gets more intense as the league on Sunday came up with a compact revised schedule to compensate for the recent postponement. Five quadruple-headers--a rare sight in the...
Screenshot from Ryan Araña's Instagram account SMART CLARK GIGA CITY--Rain or Shine veteran Ryan Araña made the Halloween night lively in the bubble as he pulled off a scary prank on his younger teammates as well as former ones. Araña dressed himself as Sadako, the main...
Renowned sports orthopedic surgeon Dr. Raul Canlas said the pause the PBA is implementing since Friday should not be a cause for concern but an opportunity for the league to improve the health protocols inside the "bubble" in Clark, Pampanga. Canlas, a medical consultant of the pro league, said the...
SMART CLARK GIGA CITY--Four more teams underwent RT-PCR tests as the third cycle of the mandatory swab testing resumed Thursday here in the PBA Philippine Cup bubble. Players, coaches and staff of Barangay Ginebra, NLEX, NorthPort, Rain or Shine and San Miguel went through a third swab testing at...
The scene inside the AUF Arena. (Jeremiah Sevilla) CLARK FREEPORT--It was a smooth sail until the cloud of uncertainty enveloped the staging of the PBA bubble, no thanks to the COVID-19 cases that were reported just days apart. Good thing, a ray of sunshine has brighten up the mood of the anxious...
The PBA announced Sunday that a player has tested positive for the COVID-19. League commissioner Willie Marcial said they are also cancelling the 4 p.m. game between Blackwater and Rain or Shine. The "Bubble Clasico" featuring Barangay Ginebra and Magnolia will push through as scheduled at 6:45...
CLARK FREEPORT--Barangay Ginebra guard LA Tenorio, some PBA staff and members of the media on Thursday underwent their second swab test as part of the tight health measures being implemented inside the bubble.  The procedure was done in a stricter manner a day after the league reported that...
PBA Images Barangay Ginebra San Miguel coach Tim Cone admitted that talks surrounding a suspected case of COVID-19 inside the PBA bubble were mostly discussed in the hours leading up to Wednesday’s win over Phoenix Super LPG. Much of the discussion in and out of the PBA bubble centered on a game...
In this October 7, 2020 photo, the PBA delegation await their turn for the swab test inside the Quest Hotel, a mandatory requirement before an individual can enter the premise and join the bubble. (Jeremiah Sevilla) All is not lost in the PBA as the referee who was earlier reported to be a...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra has called on the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) officials to explain how a PBA game official became a "suspect case" for COVID-19 despite the strict measures being implemented inside the bubble in Clark, Pampanga. The league...
CLARK FREEPORT--The PBA has reported on Wednesday a suspect case of Covid-19 infection inside the bubble here. The suspect case is a referee who had his fourth RT-PCR/swab test on Monday, October 19. He is asymptomatic. All the other 27 officials who were tested with him came out...
