Highlighting the role of basketball as the Filipinos’ favorite and most popular sport, the House Committee on Youth and Sports Development on Tuesday, March 14, approved, subject to style and amendments, a bill seeking to declare April of every year as National Basketball Month. House Bill (HB)...
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) thanked President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for signing into law the House Bill granting naturalization for American player Justin Brownlee. The basketball community on Thursday, Jan. 12, rejoiced after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
The "sports fan" in House Speaker Martin Romualdez is elated over the prospect of Barangay Ginebra "import" Justin Brownlee playing for the Gilas Pilipinas national basketball team next year. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and Justin Brownlee This, after the House Committee on Justice...
Gilas Pilipinas forward Will Navarro has apologized to the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas but made clear his desire to pursue other opportunities outside of the national program and his supposed stint for NorthPort. Photo from FIBA The SBP was put in bad light after it stood firm with its decision...
Kai Sotto and fellow Filipino overseas imports took to social media and expressed their frustration in the ongoing efforts of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and the PBA to keep the players within their backyards following the exodus of talents to neighboring leagues in Asia. Kai Sotto...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) believes that Gilas Pilipinas showed a "good fight all the way" despite the national team absorbing an 85-81 loss against Lebanon in the fourth window of the 2023 World Cup Asian qualifiers at the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex in Zouk Mikael early Friday...
The Serbisyo sa Bayan Party (SBP) led by incumbent Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Saturday, May 7, held a grand miting de avance at the Quezon City Memorial Circle(QCMC) as their final campaign activity for the national and local elections on May 9. Present on the said event is Mayoral candidate...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) is hoping that Jordan Heading could join Gilas Pilipinas soon despite him suiting up for the T1 League's Taichung Suns. Jordan Heading (FIBA) SBP President Al Panlilio said they are still waiting for FIBA's response after sending a formal letter to the...
Things are looking bright as far as the hosting of the Philippines for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. FIBA executive director David Crocker (center) Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas President Al Panlilio (right), and SBP executive director Sonny Barrios strike a pose with the prestigious Naismith Trophy...
Prime Edge owner Benny Benitez, right, talks to Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Al Panlilio and Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Ryan Gregorio. (SBP Photo) From the national sports associations (NSAs) of basketball, golf, badminton and gymnastics, each have improved their...
Gilas Pilipinas women's team during practice session at the Summit Point Golf & Country Club in Lipa, Batangas. (SBP Images) The Gilas Pilipinas women’s team is now on the final stage of preparation in a training bubble in Batangas in time for the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2021 scheduled Sept....
Tab Baldwin (SBP Images) The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has tapped Gilas Pilipinas men’s national team Project Director Tab Baldwin to call the shots for the Nationals in the window of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers set June 16 to 20 in a bubble in Clark, Pampanga. The announcement of...
