Rain or Shine's Beau Belga (PBA) As PBA teams eye their respective return to practice sessions, several players think it would only take a month for them to get back in game shape and hopefully resume with the Philippine Cup. Rain or Shine’s veteran center Beau Belga said their return to training...
San Miguel Beer's Terrence Romeo during the 2019 EASL Terrific 12. (EASL) The East Asia Super League received the full support of world governing body FIBA after reaching a 10-year agreement to hold a home-and-away tournament featuring teams from the PBA and East Asia. FIBA made the announcement on...
'Tapos na lahat, resulta na lang hinihintay,' says Phoenix star Phoenix Super LPG forward Calvin Abueva (PBA Images) Suspended Phoenix Super LPG star Calvin Abueva bared in a television program Wednesday that he has met all the conditions set by PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial before being...
Rain or Shine team during the 45th PBA Season opening. (PBA Images) Rain or Shine co-owner Raymund Yu said he is looking forward to the PBA’s resumption of practice sessions, and hopefully the continuation of the Philippine Cup. Yu, who shares management control of the team with longtime...
Five more teams to follow this afternoon Four more PBA teams -- Meralco Bolts, Terra Firma Dyip, TNT KaTropa and Phoenix Super LPG -- take part in swab testing procedures at the Makati Medical Center as final requirement before getting back into practice. (PBA Images) Four more PBA teams Thursday...
Return to practice next for these 3 teams Members of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel await their turn to get tested Wednesday at the SMC complex in Ortigas, Pasig. (SMC Images) San Miguel Corporation sports director Alfrancis Chua bared Wednesday that two of the three PBA ballclubs under the SMC banner...
San Miguel coach Leo Austria (PBA Images) San Miguel Beer coach Leo Austria praised his players for staying in shape despite the long PBA suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic even as the team prepares for the planned resumption of training next week. Austria noticed how the team was able to...
Rain or Shine's Rey Nambatac wears his 'Cherry Ion gadget whenever he is out for extra protection. (Photo from Rey Nambatac) Rain or Shine center Beau Belga doesn’t believe in amulets or charm, popularized by the outlaw Nardong Putik during the 60s and 70s. But when it comes to having protection...
Tim Cone Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is perhaps sharing the sentiment of other PBA teams with training sessions expected to start next week following the lifting of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine in Mega Manila. PBA teams were forced to wait longer for workouts to start after the...
From left, Ginebra's LA Tenorio, Magnolia's Paul Lee, Rain or Shine's Beau Belga, San Miguel's Arwind Santos (PBA Images) From gargling warm water with salt day and night, to taking multiple vitamins to boost the immune system, bringing pocket-sized bottles of sanitizer or alcohol, and wearing face...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (PBA Images) Once the gavel comes down on the end of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine in Mega Manila today, the gate barrier immediately goes up for the return to practice of the Philippine Basketball Association. Players, coaches and utility personnel of five...
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...
