July 11, 2026
Saturday
THIRTY-FOUR years ago on August 30, history was made when the Indiana Pacers signed Ann Elizabeth Meyers to a one-year, $50,000 guaranteed contract, helping the four-time All-American from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) break the gender barrier as the first woman player ever to ink a National Basketball Association (NBA) contract. Meyers, […]
SINCE the turn of the 2lst century in 2000, only four schools have taken turns in securing the men’s basketball title in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University, of course, lords it over with six championships during the 13-year stretch, including the past five seasons. In 2002, No. 3 seed […]
EVERY sports fan worth his salt knows that the basketball coaching profession is a dog-eat-dog business. “Here today, gone tomorrow” sports coaches usually experience during the course of their X-and-O tenures. Even if he carries brilliant credentials, no coach is indispensable, be it in the professional ranks or the high school or collegiate levels.Job security […]
IT’S been a long time since parity has ruled the premier collegiate men’s basketball leagues in the Metro Manila area, specifically the UAAP and the NCAA. This season, a number of schools have a legitimate chance at winning a championship in the UAAP or NCAA. There is no clear-cut favorite to accomplish the feat. The […]
THE 2013 FIBA Asia Men’s Basketball Championship are over but let us revisit some of the outstanding performances during the biennial continental competitions held in Manila from August 1-11. Unquestionably, man-mountain Hamed Haddadi of the unbeaten gold medalist Islamic Republic of Iran (9-0) was the best player in the FIBA Asia tournament that rewarded three […]
WHAT’S wrong with China? There definitely was something wrong with the way the People’s Republic of China squad performed in the 27th FIBA Asia Championship in Manila. The Chinese played sub-par ball for most of the 11-day tournament, quickly surrendering the title they regained in 2011 in Wuhan, China with a close 70-69 win over […]
NOT known to most hoop fans from this generation, reigning FIBA Asia titlist China’s ascension to power only came after the Philippines had dominated the landscape during the 1960s. The Philippines’ men’s basketball team took the first two editions of the FIBA Asia Championship – which was then called the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) tournament […]
THE ongoing FIBA Asia Men’s Basketball Championship in Manila is the 27th of its kind. However, it was known by a different name during its inaugural competitions in 1960 when the Philippines played host for the first time. Until the mid-1990s, it was called the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) tournament. Like before, it also was […]
IT can be done, after all. All it takes is a strong political will. In the past, prominent youthful athletes were disallowed by their school officials to see action in overseas international basketball competitions by the Philippines while league play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) […]
COLLEGE basketball has not known a notorious “character” for a head coach more than this feisty and combative figure with a volcanic temper and a sarcastic smile that can be charming at times. When angry at a referee’s call, all he does is scratch his head and smilingly spews profane words that even his mother […]
AFTER winning three straight seniors championships in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, San Sebastian College-Recoletos was looking to set another league record in 1996 – a fourth consecutive title that previously had not been attained by any school in history. The Golden Stags were the first to turn in the trick. Powered by dominant frontliner […]