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...
Terrence Romeo is one of the casualties from the bubble after he suffered a shoulder injurt. (PBA Images) ANGELES CITY--Commissioner Willie Marcial bared that the PBA will allow teams to have their injured players treated outside the bubble if the necessary facilities are not available in...
Photo from Clark Development Corp. CLARK FREEPORT--The PBA bubble remained free of COVID-19 as all 12 teams tested negative for the deadly disease following the second round of swab tests conducted last week. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said around 270 players and team staff members underwent...
Tragedy struck the family of national boxing team mainstay Eumir Felix Marcial just days into his Olympic preparations in Los Angeles, California. Eliver Marcial, the eldest of the Marcial siblings, died after collapsing early morning of Saturday. He was 39. Eliver, who got stranded in Eumir’s...
Top Olympic bet Eumir Felix Marcial has started his training at the famed Wild Card Gym Thursday afternoon in Hollywood, California. Marcial was welcomed by Hall-of-Fame trainer Freddie Roach who agreed to take the 24-year-old Zamboanga-native boxer under his wings while the Filipino boxer prepares...
The test run for the PBA virtual fan experience inside the Angeles University Foundation Sports and Cultural Center. (Jeremiah Sevilla) Fans will now be allowed to join the virtual crowd of the ongoing PBA Philippine Cup bubble starting Thursday, the league announced. The PBA said that it will post...
Rey Nambatac bailed out Rain or Shine with a late triple and held off defending champion San Miguel Beer 87-83 Tuesday in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Angeles University Foundation Sports and Cultural Center. Nambatac recovered a looseball after Javee Mocon’s pass was deflected from a tight SMB...
Willie Marcial (PBA Images) PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial talks straight from the Clark Freeport bubble in Pampanga when he appears as special guest of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum this Tuesday (Oct. 13). Marcial is expected to discuss the successful return of the...
Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone (PBA Images) CLARK FREEPORT--Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone said the biggest challenge for them now is to stay motivated even without their legion of fans in the PBA bubble. "It's different. There's no crowd. So, we have to tell our bench to stay engaged and...
Photo from the Philippine Sports Commission “Kamustahan lang dahil na-miss namin kayo.” With only two months before the year ends, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William Ramirez took time to pause and reconnect with current Olympics-bound athletes Carlos Yulo, EJ Obiena, Eumir...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial presides over Friday's board meeting to discuss the proposed bubble tournament. (PBA Images) PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said Thursday while the restart inside the "bubble" would be a good basis for the league to assess things to plan for next season in 2021, it...
Four days before the restart of the PBA season, some league staff and the members of the media arrived at the Quest Hotel. (Photos by Jeremiah Sevilla) The Quest Hotel, residence of the 12 ball clubs for the entire duration of the bubble, rolled the red carpet Wednesday for the arrival of the other...
