Photo from Chooks to Go The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) decided to postpone the Lakan Season South Division Finals rubber match between Davao Occidental and Basilan after one of the latter's players tested positive for COVID-19. MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes confirmed...
Student-athletes from University of Santo Tomas will reportedly maintain their scholarships despite the cancellation of UAAP Season 83 last month. In Friday's report by the Varsitarian, UST's official student publication, Fr. Rodel Cansancio, OP, director of the Institute of Physical Education and...
A giant mural of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna was made by Tenement Visual Artists at Tenement Building basketball court in Taguig city as a way of honoring their idol. (MB File Photo / Jansen Romero) Is it safe to say that 2020 is one forgettable year? With the majority of the...
UST Tigers coach Aldin Ayo (UAAP) Controversy did not escape the local sporting scene despite taking a standstill when the pandemic hit early this year. Among those who have been at the spotlight was University of Santo Tomas men’s basketball team for its so-called “Sorsogon bubble.” It all...
Aldin Ayo (fourth from left) poses with Bounty Agro Ventures President Ronald Mascarinas and the Manila Chooks TM players. Aldin Ayo has found his way back in the local basketball scene following a controversial end to his stint with University of Santo Tomas after being tapped to coach...
Screenshot from Kevin Ferrer's Instagram Story Former players of the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers set a mini-reunion inside the PBA bubble in Clark, Pampanga. Feasting over packed lunch at Quest Hotel in Mimosa, NorthPort's Kevin Ferrer, Blackwater's Ed Daquioag, San Miguel's Louie...
Jinino Manansala is being eyed to fill in the post of former University of Santo Tomas coach Aldin Ayo. According to multiple reports, Manansala is expected to continue the Tigers’ program after it crumbled due to the infamous Sorsogon training bubble. Manansala, however, was no stranger to...
UST Tigers coach Aldin Ayo (UAAP) Confident with the result of the Sorsogon police investigation, University of Santo Tomas is endorsing an appeal to the UAAP to reconsider the indefinite ban that was slapped to former men’s basketball coach Aldin Ayo. In a post by the university’s official...
The office of Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero certified a police report which cleared former University of Santo Tomas coach Aldin Ayo of any legal liability following the infamous Sorsogon bubble. In a document dated Sept. 28, the provincial government said it is in “consonance with said...
UP Fighting Maroons coach Bo Perasol, left, and team manager Atty. Ags Uvero, right, welcome former Tiger Bismarck Lina. University of the Philippines finalized the acquisition of Bismarck Lina on Monday afternoon from the troubled University of Santo Tomas squad. UP coach Bo Perasol said Lina, a...
UST's Bismarck Lina is set to transfer to University of the Philippine. (UAAP) University of the Philippines coach Bo Perasol said Monday they are still finalizing the details in acquiring 6-foot-5 center Bismarck Lina from the troubled University of Santo Tomas squad. Perasol said they still have...
Deo Cuajao, left, and Mark Nonoy shared their experience at the Sorsogon training bubble in their latest interview. (From Deo Cuajao's Facebook account and UAAP Images) Former University of Santo Tomas Tigers Mark Nonoy and Deo Cuajao on Saturday defended former coach Aldin Ayo from the...