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Decades ago, or in 1954 to be exact, the Philippines distinguished itself as one of the top teams in the world when it placed third among 12 teams at the World Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro.Way before the PBA was formed, ...

Without question, June Mar Fajardo is one of the highest-paid players in the PBA today.The five-time PBA MVP has amassed glory after glory after serving as the cornerstone of San Miguel's dynasty over the past decade.Such importance on the court should undoubtedly come ...

One of the country's most successful businessmen also happens to be its biggest basketball patron. And while Manny V. Pangilinan approaches both with the same zeal and passion, one keeps breaking his heart more than the other.So on this rare occasion when he ...

THE long wait was worth it for Kobe Paras as he finally made his debut for the University of the Philippines on Sunday in its 83-82 overtime thriller over Adamson."I’m really happy," said Paras, who missed UP's first two games owing to ...

Yeng Guiao has stepped down as head coach of Gilas Pilipinas, barely a day after the national team's arrival from a Fiba World Cup campaign that saw it lose all five games, most of them in lopsided fashion.Guiao, 60, apologized for the 32nd-place ...

Italy 108 – Philippines 62    Serbia 126 – Philippines 67Angola 84 – Philippines 81Just hours after the 46-point beatdown against Italy, armchair experts were already on social media giving their amateur opinion about the team’s performance like theirs was the word of ...

The day before the big UAAP Season 82 opening will make it 272 days since the Eagles beat the Maroons and broke the hearts of the State U’s millions of fans en route to Ateneo’s 10th championship and second of back-to-back wins.I ...

Basketball has long been one of the biggest pastimes in the Philippines, with many Filipinos playing on cemented courts in barangays all over the country or watching their favorite teams on TV at home. Even non-sports fans know the basic rules of the ...

Most of us may not be professional cagers or varsity players, but we deserve to play on the same quality basketball courts that pros or college standouts play on.There are countless basketball courts in Manila, but there are a few that that can rival ...

Kai Sotto has been everywhere lately, not that he’s hard to miss. The 7-foot-2 (and still growing) teenage basketball phenom was all over the news lately after announcing his plans to go abroad to pursue his NBA dream. The question on everybody’s ...

Thesee women stayed in the background during PBA games, or at least tried to. They played the role of supportive wives or girlfriends and let their basketball stars/ partners have the spotlight all to themselves. But ladies of such rare beauty can't ...

James Forrester recently made a brief PBA comeback by way of TnT Katropa in the 2019 Philippine Cup. While he never got to see action in the two games he was on the Katropa bench, the change in status from practice player ...

ANDRAY Blatche made a rousing comeback for Team Pilipinas, leading the national squad to a 84-46 win over Qatar on Thursday night in the Fiba Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers at the Al-Ghafara Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall in Doha.Blatche had 17 points, ...

The games are no more than an exhibition matches in the name of charity, but don't expect these PBA greats to go easy on each other.Former PBA stars who played for San Miguel, Alaska, Purefoods, and Barangay Ginebra showed they mean business when ...

Behind talk on UP and Ateneo’s much awaited reunion on court for the University Athletic Association of the Philippines’ (UAAP) Season 81 basketball finals is a little known fact veiled to many—that the two had been the first rivals even before the ...

Chooks to Go head honcho and national team backer Ronald Mascarinas has some strong words for basketball stakeholders which keep their players from suiting up for the national team.Speaking during the launch of Chooks 3x3 program on Tuesday morning, the chairman and president of ...

Ang Gilas Pilipinas ay may hinaharap na matinding pagsubok sa kanilang pagsabak sa Fiba Asia Cup.Pero bago mag-umpisa ang labanan sa Agosto 9, ang ilan sa mga manlalaro ng Gilas ay napalaban sa isang kakaibang hamon.Para sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika, hinamon ...

It's been a very busy week for Al Panlilio.As President of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), Al and his team have spent the last few days struggling to put out the fires caused by the brawl that took place between Philippine ...

It's official: Nike has just announced that back-to-back NBA champion and Finals MVP Kevin Durant will be swinging by Manila on Sunday, July 8, in what will be his first visit to Manila for Nike. He's here to talk about his championship journey and what he's learned in his ...

Kiefer Ravena’s doping ban issue reminds me of my mother.I’m not implying my mom’s taken any performance-enhancing drug, and as far as I remember, the only time I saw her compete is in a sack race during family day back in my ...