June 18, 2026
Thursday
COVERING high school basketball competitions among Chinese-rooted Filipino schools in the Metro Manila area has been my cup of tea for nearly two decades now. It’s fun and enjoyable seeing youthful players battle purely for school pride and glory with the name sewed in front of their uniforms as their war badge. As for this […]
THERE are two key events in the NBA on Friday, February 8 (Philippine time). First, there’s the NBA trading deadline at 3 a.m. and then the 2nd NBA All-Star Draft at 7 a.m. The All-Star draft, which will be nationally televised – unlike a year ago when the selection process was held in confidentiality for […]
PHILIPPINE Cultural College scored the game’s final eight points to stun defending champion Saint Jude Catholic School, 58-54, and secure the No. 1 seed in the 18-Under Boys Juniors division of the 6th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions at the Uno High School gym in Tondo, Manila. The Golden Seagulls, who trailed […]
DEFENDING champion Saint Jude Catholic School looks to register a sweep of the seven-game elimination round of the 18-Under Boys Juniors division of the 6th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions when it clashes with equally unbeaten Philippine Cultural College on Saturday, February 2, in what could be a preview of the finals. […]
AT no time in the history of the Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions in any of the four divisions – 12-Under Developmental, 14-Under Aspirants, 18-Under Boy Juniors and Ladies Juniors – had a player chalked 50 points or more in a game until the ongoing Season 6 cage festivities. And unbelievably, there […]
I GET it. The popular vote goes to his His Airness Michael Jordan as the GOAT in National Basketball Association history. Jordan, after all, earned six title rings with the Chicago Bulls in “three-peat” fashion twice from 1991-93 to 1996-98. And fans may have been awed by the glitz lights of scientific technology during the […]
LOVE him or hate him, this battle-scarred coach with the once-shaggy long hair has done his job well in dealing with youthful kids who like to learn a basketball trick or two from the master during his intense, no-nonsense training camp. While Coach Domeng Unson’s polarizing stature could be traced to the insecurity by people […]
I MAY not have much material wealth to give away but the gift of love that I have inherited from the Lord Almighty is what I am sharing with friends and foes that I have crossed paths with in my more than six decades of earthly existence. From A to Z, Merry CHRISTmas to all! […]
ST. Stephen’s High School scored a twin kill after capturing the titles in both the 12-Under Developmental Division and 14-Under Aspirants Division of the 6th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions held Thursday night at the Uno High School gym. St. Stephen’s, which is in the second year of league participation, shellacked Saint […]
BASKETBALL competitions in the 12-Under Developmental and 14-Under Aspirants divisions of the 6th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) – a multi-sports league featuring youthful athletes from nine Chinese-Filipino high schools in the Metro Manila area – have reached their final stages. And it was only fitting that the top two teams in each of […]
THE Philippines’ quest for a ticket to the expanded 32-team FIBA Basketball World Cup in the People’s Republic of China next year took a huge hit when the Filipinos suffered heartbreaking defeats against Kazakhstan (November 30, 92-88) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (December 3, 78-70 ) at the Mall of Asia Arena in Window […]