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...
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,...
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok team manager Alvin Patrimonio (center) with team liaison Jojo Peralta (left) and team corporate PR Reena Dimaculangan Del Mundo at the PBA "bubble" in Clark, Pampanga. (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Hotshots) Remember the famous line of Captain America in the...
Zero crowd, less grandeur, but fans are eagerly anticipating the resumption of the Asia's first play-for-pay league. (PBA Images) The PBA officially makes its grand return from a seven-month layoff on Sunday with diehard fans expected to be glued either through their television sets, laptop or...
Photos from Aljon Mariano's Instagram account Looks like Barangay Ginebra's Scottie Thompson is bringing his barbershop franchise inside the PBA bubble. In Thompson's latest gimmick, the Ginebra forward showcased his barber skills by taking in teammate Aljon Mariano as his first customer while...
Michael Gapin (Photo by Jeremiah Sevilla) CLARK FREEPORT—With the pandemic driving businesses to enormous losses, general manager Michael Gapin is grateful that the Quest Hotel is busy serving the 350-strong Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) delegation in the bubble. Gapin said they...
Photo from Paul Lee's Instagram account PBA star Paul Lee has all the reasons to feel sentimental as his daughter Tokyo just turned two years old today (Thursday). Some 95 kilometers away from Manila, the Magnolia guard, together with other players, are holed up in Clark, Pampanga for the...
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...
Screenshots from YouTube channels of Rubie Lee-Chua, Scottie Thompson, Eunice Yu-Sangalang and LA Tenorio Cong TV and Team Payaman, RogerRaker, Wil Dasovich, and the late Emman Nimedez are just a few of the renowned Filipino YouTubers who rose to fame through vlogging. These vloggers share content...
(Screenshots from Instagram accounts of Jackson Corpuz, Rafi Reavis, Aljon Mariano, Ryan Arana and Paolo Taha) PBA players made the most of their time amid the quarantine while waiting for the continuation of the postponed 45th Season. It took around six months of preparation for the PBA to...
Magnolia's Paul Lee (PBA) PBA players have found different ways to break monotony while waiting for a go-signal to start 5-on-5 scrimmages inside the Clark bubble. Since arriving at the Quest Hotel to begin life inside the bubble, almost everyone has kept themselves active while they continue to...
No penalties for violators, but protocols will be imposed BCDA President Vince Dizon wants strict measures inside the PBA bubble. (NTF AGAINST COVID-19 / MANILA BULLETIN) High fives, fist bumps and hugs during games could be a rarity during the course of the PBA bubble in Clark, Pampanga. That’s...
