Gilas Pilipinas program director Tab Baldwin. (Fiba Images) Collegiate players will likely fill up the void left by their professional counterparts if Gilas Pilipinas gets to compete in the planned second window of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers next month. There’s still no word on where the...
Meralco coach Norman Black CLARK FREEPORT--Even with the hectic schedule inside the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) bubble, coaches are finding time to keep their body in shape. Meralco head coach Norman Black bared he is exercising on the stationary bike or treadmill...
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...
Blackwater's Mac Belo fires a jumper against NorthPort rookie Renzo Subido (PBA Images) Blackwater gave new coach Nash Racela a victory in his first game after turning things around in the second half to stun NorthPort 96-89 in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Angeles University Foundation Sports and...
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...
Kiefer Ravena of NLEX had a bad shooting night against Barangay Ginebra. (PBA Images) CLARK FREEPORT--NLEX playmaker Kiefer Ravena developed a bulkier physique for the resumption of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), but his offseason transformation was a non-factor in the Road Warriors'...
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...
Phoenix gunner Matthew Wright (PBA Images) CLARK FREEPORT--Phoenix Super LPG got off to a rousing start to its campaign in the PBA bubble, thrashing the Meralco Bolts, 116-98, even without its star forward Calvin Abueva. Abueva is still in the process of regaining his professional license,...
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...
TNT's Roger Pogoy, right, tries to drive past Alaska's Kevin Racal. (Photo from PBA Images) TNT's Roger Pogoy showed a monstrous performance in his debut game in the PBA bubble. Pogoy scored a career-high of 45 points and waxed hot from beyond the arc with 10 threes to go with eight rebounds as the...
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,...
