July 01, 2026
Wednesday
GRASSROOTS basketball never stops. And Got Skills Basketball, which recently was accredited as an associate member of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), is in the forefront in the promotion of youth basketball among high school and university student athletes in the Metro Manila area. From the summer age-group tournaments to the 3-on-3 competitions now […]
THIS is very alarming. In recent months, there have been documented reports of corruption in the international sports scene. While these stories are not exactly new, as allegations of such kind had also been made in other high-profile international sports organizations such as the International Olympic Committee in the past, recent developments show that corruption in […]
NOTWITHSTANDING a medal-less campaign for the first time in three editions, the Philippines, through the privately-supported Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP), fought hard and performed with grace and dignity in the 28th Summer Universiade in Gwangju City, Republic of Korea that featured nearly 14,000 university athletes and team officials from 145 […]
SHIN Dong-pa (all-time Asian basketball great from the 1960s out of Seoul’s Yonsei University), Gangnam Style, Gentleman, Psy (Park Jae-sang from Gangnam, Seoul), 2NE1, Sandara (Dara, Krung Krung) Park (from Busan), ABS-CBN’s Boys Over Flowers, Lee Min-ho (from Seoul). Ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo, Hello! I recently took an 11-day trip to Gwangju, the sixth largest city in the […]
WHETHER it’s the culmination of its 2014-15 season or the start of the league’s 70th campaign, the National Basketball Association rookie draft will be held June 26 (Manila time) at the Barclays Center, home of the team with the league’s highest player payroll, the Brooklyn Nets. By virtue of their victory in the draft lottery […]
BEFORE the 2015 NBA Finals simply become part of the league’s incandescent 69-year history, here are some notes from the thrilling six-game series that saw the Golden State Warriors buck a 2-1 deficit before romping away with the Larry O’Brien trophy with a 4-2 decision over the injury-plagued Cleveland Cavaliers. Television ratings from the 2015 […]
AFTER four decades of infamy and futility and three ownership changes, the Golden State Warriors finally sit atop the NBA landscape. The high-energy Warriors whipped the short-handed and fatigued Cleveland Cavaliers, 105-97, yesterday in Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals for a 4-2 series victory and their first NBA championship since Rick Barry led […]
ONE more victory is all it takes for the Golden State Warriors to end four decades of infamy and futility in the National Basketball Association and hoist the Larry O’Brien championship trophy. With a 104-91 decision over the Cleveland Cavaliers in yesterday’s Game Five at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California that gave them a […]
GAME Four of the 2015 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will be held on Friday, June 12 (9:00 a.m. Manila time), at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Down 1-2 in the best-of-seven Finals, the Warriors find themselves in a must-win situation, knowing fully well that no […]
WHOA whoa whoa! A “cardiac” opening game in the 2015 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals between Golden State and Cleveland that was won in overtime by the Warriors, 108-100, on their home floor has metamorphosed into a “cardiac” Finals series when the Cavaliers, playing without two members of their Big Three (power forward Kevin Love […]
THE 2015 National Basketball Association Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will get underway on June 4 (June 5, Manila time, 9:00 a.m.) at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. Owning homecourt advantage in the best-of-seven championship series by virtue of their all-time franchise mark and league-best 67-15 ledger during the regulars […]