Photo from FIBA Sending the best team possible is something the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas will have to discuss with the PBA in the near future after Gilas Pilipinas was selected to replace New Zealand in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. Gilas and its fans got a huge...
OLYMPIC-BOUND - Olympic-bound boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, center, strikes a pose with veteran trainer Freddie Roach, left, and 1992 Olympian Pepe Reilly of America at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles, California. (Photo from Eumir Felix Marcial's Instagram account) Tokyo-bound Filipino...
Eumir Felix Marcial in red (MB File Photo) Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) President Ricky Vargas has no doubt of boxer Eumir Marcial's capabilities to win a medal in this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Truth is, Marcial is the country’s brightest hope. “He's our biggest...
Rookie aspirants get a briefing during the 2019 Draft Combine. (Photo from PBA Images) The PBA won’t be staging its annual Draft Combine due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced Friday, Feb. 19. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial made the announcement in order to assure the health...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is open to the idea of having the Gilas Pilipinas Men’s team to compete in the PBA after Commissioner Willie Marcial extended an invitation. “The SBP is thankful to PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial and the Board of Governors for extending an invitation to...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (Photo from PBA Images) PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said that the Board of Governors needs to decide on the number of players to be included in the special draft for Gilas Pilipinas in the PBA Rookie Draft on March 14. Marcial said Wednesday that he is set to...
This is part of a series of profiles on a new generation of leaders, thinkers, creators, innovators, and trailblazers across many fields in the country. The list is drawn under the theme “What’s Now, What’s New, What’s Next” in celebration of Manila Bulletin’s 121st anniversary as an...
Moving forward By Ramon Rafael Bonilla The coronavirus spares no one, and the contagion that has kept us wondering and wishing for the end of this dark road has only gotten potent, no thanks to a new variant that is as savage but more infectious. As the world thirsts for the dose of invincibility,...
The PBA is set to complete a partnership with the Philippine Red Cross for the vaccination and testing of its players and teams. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said finer details are being finalized with the PRC chaired by Senator Richard Gordon in order for the league to secure vaccines from...
The PBA will allow Fil-foreign applicants until March 5 to complete necessary requirements in order to be eligible for the annual Rookie Draft. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the decision came after the league’s Board of Governors took into consideration the difficulty of several...
Photo from FIBA The PBA Board of Governors gave the green light Thursday to the staging of another special round for Gilas Pilipinas players in the annual Rookie Draft slated March 14. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio, who attended the afternoon meeting at the PBA Office in...
The PBA Board of Governors during a meeting at the league office in Libis. (PBA Images) The direction of the Rookie Draft and the possible participation of the league’s best teams in the East Asia Super League will be the main agendas Thursday in the first meeting of the PBA Board of Governors...
