June 26, 2026
Friday
TO local basketball fans, he may not ring a bell. But in the international stage, Dionisio (Chito) Calvo stood tall. The late Calvo is lone Filipino who is enshrined in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame. Calvo was among the first batch of 43 personages to be inducted into the FIBA Hall in […]
THE International Basketball Federation or FIBA formally inaugurated its Hall of Fame on March 1, 2007 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its birth. The primary goal of the FIBA Hall of Fame is to reflect the history of the sport and its personalities. Induction to the Hall is done annually. There are four categories […]
THERE are various Basketball hall of Fame sites here and abroad but not many know that there exists one for international basketball. It’s called the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame. Culled from its French name “Federation Internationale de Basketball,” the FIBA is an association of national organizations which governs international competitions in basketball. […]
DANNY Biasone, the owner-president of the Syracuse Nationals (the forerunners of the Philadelphia 76ers) during the early years of the National Basketball Association, was credited for the creation of the 24-second shot clock rule in the National Basketball Association. The Italian-born Biasone was turned off by the constant stalling tactics that were being employed by […]
AMONG the most prolific offensive players in the 41-year existence of the local professional league Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), only seven “homegrown” Filipino athletes were able to score 50 points or more in a single game during their distinguished careers. All seven players are no longer active in the PBA. Five actually broke the 60-point […]
COLLECTING 50 points in one game may be one of the measurements of offensive wizardry, yet some of the legendary players in Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) history never reached the plateau during their illustrious careers. Strange but true, all-time PBA greats Robert Vincent Salazar (Sonny) Jaworski, Ramon Fernandez and Alvin Patrimonio, all of whom were […]
ALL-TIME local great Fortunato (Atoy) Co Jr. was a natural left-hander who had no choice but to learn to play basketball with his right after he broke a bone in his left hand at age seven. Because of the accident, the former King Cardinal from the Mapua Institute of Technology became ambidextrous in playing ball. […]
I EXPECT a lot of violent reactions from many hoops followers but my take is that Bill Russell is the all-time greatest player in the history of the American pro league National Basketball Association. You may have picked Michael Jordan as the GOAT (Greatest of All-Time) in NBA history with six championship rings and fans […]
BELIEVE it or not, there have been a few instances in Philippine basketball history where a renowned athlete did not shoot the rock with his natural hand, meaning he grew up as a left-hander but subsequently turned to his right when playing ball. One of the legendary left-to-right shooting greats was Fortunato (Atoy) Co Jr. […]
AS Inquirer Bandera embarks on its 26th year, allow me to reminisce some of the great moments in Philippine Sports in the past two-and-half decades. There were the good and bad times, and the successes and the failures, the highs and the lows, and the heroes and the villains. However, nothing beats recalling the triumphant […]
YOU did not take up the sport until you were age 9. You never played organized basketball competitions till April last year. You turned 14 only last June. Son, as you enter your second year of varsity play at Philadelphia High School, continue to work hard on your craft and seize every opportunity to excel. […]