Phoenix Super LPG forward Calvin Abueva (PBA Images) The Beast, as Phoenix Fuel Masters forward Calvin Abueva is known around the PBA, is, by all accounts, now a creature transformed – defanged, declawed and dehorned. According to reports, Abueva has completed every labor the PBA had tasked him...
Matthew Wright dedicates his game to his "childhood hero" Kobe Bryant. (PBA Images) Matthew Wright sizzled for 36 points as Phoenix Super LPG gave interim coach Topex Robinson a winning start in convincing fashion by routing Meralco 116-98 in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Angeles University...
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...
Roger Pogoy tallied a career-high 45 points on 10 triples. (PBA Images) CLARK FREEPORT--Showing no rust despite the league’s long layoff, TNT guard Roger Pogoy said his familiarity to isolation helped him come through with a career showing in the historic first game of PBA bubble on Sunday night...
The large LED screens inside the Angeles University Foundation gym. (Photo from Jeremiah Sevilla) Several fans, league officials and even the media had a taste of the first "virtual" fan experience as the PBA finally resumed Sunday inside the "bubble" at the Angeles University Foundation in Clark,...
TNT's Roger Pogoy showed no rust in the first game of the season reboot. (PBA Images) Roger Pogoy scored a career-high 45 points while Jayson Castro came through when it mattered as TNT outlasted Alaska 100-95 Sunday night to officially kickstart the resumption of the PBA Philippine Cup at the...
San Miguel Beer's Arwind Santos (PBA) CLARK FREEPORT--San Miguel forward Arwind Santos feels right at home as the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) stages its bubble setup in the basketball hotbed of Pampanga. The former Most Valuable Player said he has extra eagerness to play once the...
Last Part It's going to be a different environment for the anticipated matchup of Barangay Ginebra and Magnolia inside the bubble. (PBA Images) The Manila Clasico and other battles of sister teams could also spice up the PBA Philippine Cup eliminations in the days leading up to Halloween and All...
Rebuilding the team that has lost a few high school prospects would be Jeff Napa’s first order of business as new coach of the National University Bulldogs. “Yun muna ang focus namin,” said Napa, who will fill in the shoes left by Goldwyn Monteverde. NU high school standouts Carl Tamayo,...
Jeff Napa is the new coach of the National University men’s basketball team, the school announced Friday night. “Bulldogs head coach search is over! NU names alumnus Jeff Napa as the new head tactician of the men’s basketball team,” the school posted on its Twitter account. Napa will take...
The Angeles University Foundation gym will get the same LED boards for the virtual fans. (Photo from PBA and AFP) CLARK FREEPORT—As the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) reboot nears in the bubble, giant LED boards were successfully installed on Friday at the Angeles University...
Beau Belga with his usual gesture after hitting a shot. (PBA Images) The PBA will finally resume its postponed Philippine Cup on Oct. 11, seven months after its first and only game last March. Players would have to adjust big time though, since the environment inside the bubble in Clark, Pampanga...
