Training for collegiate leagues like the NCAA and the UAAP is on standby as CHED forms a technical working group to craft guidelines before allowing student-athletes to resume practice. (MB File Photo / Jansen Romero) Collegiate athletes like the ones in the NCAA and UAAP would have to wait a...
SBP executive director Sonny Barrios (PSA Images) Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Sonny Barrios said a bubble concept could be costly if leagues like the PBA would push through with such plan in order to resume their tournaments. The PBA is pondering the pros and cons of the...
Chooks 3x3 players continue training hold separate practices Wednesday at the Epsilon Chi Center in the University of the Philippines campus. Three teams kicked off the resumption of activities in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 by holding separate practices Wednesday at the Epsilon Chi Center...
PFF president Nonong Araneta, left, Chooks 3x3 commissioner Eric Altamirano and PBA commissioner Willie Marcial, right. (Handout / PBA Images) The lifting of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine is something the pro leagues are anticipating as President Duterte is expected Monday to announce...
Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league commissioner Eric Altamirano, top left, and national player Alvin Pasaol, top right, during Tuesday's PSA Forum webcast. (PSA Forum screenshot) Commissioner Eric Altamirano is hoping that Gilas Pilipinas can find ways to have a favorable solution for both the...
By Jonas Terrado Eric Altamirano Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 commissioner Eric Altamirano is taking necessary steps possible to ensure the safety of those who will take part in the planned resumption of league activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “In anything we do, there’s going to be risks...
NBA-style bubble will help prevent the spread of COVID-19, says ex-special adviser to the National Task Force Dr. Tony Leachon, former special adviser to the National Task Force against COVID-19, suggests to adopt a bubble-style for pro leagues in the Philippines. (PBA Images) A former special...
'New faces, more balanced' -- Commissioner Eric Altamirano From left, Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra, Chooks 3x3 commissioner Eric Altamirano and 3x3 player Alvin Pasaol (Handout photo) Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 commissioner Eric Altamirano said Thursday that movements of players...
In this file photo, the NorthPort Batang Pier practice social distancing during their practice last March before the government implemented the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. (Photo from NorthPort's Twitter account) Team practices in the professional ranks could be put on hold...
From left, Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra, Chooks 3x3 commissioner Eric Altamirano and 3x3 player Alvin Pasaol (Handout photo) The Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league has gained professional status from the Games and Amusements Board ahead of plans to start its second season in...
Three-time PBA champion Chico Lanete Three-time PBA champion Chico Lanete has been tapped by Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 as playing assistant coach for its pro teams. "Having Chico around will be of great help to our players as 3x3 is a game of court awareness," said league owner Ronald...
