MORE on the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Hall of Fame. Aside from players Williams (Bogs) Adornado, Fortunato (Atoy) Co Jr., Francis Arnaiz, Philip Cezar, Ramon (Mon) Fernandez, Robert (Sonny) Jaworski, the other trailblazing members of the PBA Hall of Fame in 2005 were coach Virgilio (Baby) Dalupan, team owners Emerson Coseteng and Valeriano (Danny) Floro, […]
THE lovable, laughable power cager-turned-actor Venancio (Benjie) Paras has finally gotten his dues, making it to the growing list of members to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Hall of Fame this year. The honor was long overdue for the only same-season Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in PBA annals. Making it only […]
JUST like the late Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in the U.S. National Basketball Association, there is no way that Allan Caidic’s 79-point performance in the Philippine Basketball Association 22 years ago will be duplicated, let alone surpassed, in the years to come. With the relatively low game scores nowadays in Asia’s first professional league, it […]
FIVE different schools emerged triumphant in their respective divisions as the 7th Quezon City Athletic Association basketball competitions came to a conclusion last Saturday at the Royale Tivoli Gym. And with the exception of one, all are new winners from last season. Ateneo Grade School completed a 7-0 finish with a 45-40 victory over School […]
IT’S all systems go for the 7th Quezon City Athletic Association (QCAA) basketball finals that will be held on Saturday, November 16, at the Tivoli Royale Country Club gym in Batasan Hills, Q.C. The championship is at stake in each of the five divisions of the 2.5-month basketball competitions. For the 12-and-under boys’ elementary division […]
THIS province-hopping basketball team may relatively been unknown in Manila but CM Farm is among the most popular cage entities in the Visayas and Mindanao. Today, November 7, the Tagum-based Davao squad travels to the Queen City of the South that is Cebu to face three professional teams from the Philippine Basketball Association – Alaska, […]
Thirteen of the 30 member clubs in the NBA have made head coaching changes for the 2013-14 season. These are: Atlanta Hawks – Mike Budenholzer (replacing Larry Drew); Boston Celtics – Brad Stevens (Glenn “Doc” Rivers); Brooklyn Nets – Jason Kidd (P. J. Carlesimo – interim); Charlotte Bobcats – Steve Clifford (Mike Dunlap); Cleveland Cavaliers […]
HERE are some facts and figures that you readers might want to know regarding the start of the 2013-14 U.S. National Basketball Association season. Each of the 30 member clubs is allowed to employ no more than 15 players on its regular roster with a minimum of 13. Teams are permitted to dress 13 active […]
THE 68th renewal of the U.S. National Basketball Association will unwrap on October 29 (Oct. 30, Manila time). Three games are slated for opening day of the 2013-14 regular campaign – Orlando at Indiana, Chicago at Miami and the Los Angeles Clippers vs the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center. Bannered by All-Star Paul […]
DE LA Salle University downed University of Santo Tomas to romp away with the men’s seniors crown in the 2013 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball competitions. With a little bit of luck, the Taft Avenue-based school also grabbed the women’s collegiate championship after Far Eastern University, which appeared headed to a third […]
BEFORE the 2013 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball competitions become a distant past, here some highlights from Season 76. National University earned Final Four berths in each of the three different divisions – Juniors, Men’s and Women’s – and sought to join the University of Santo Tomas (1994) as the only schools […]