May 18, 2024
Saturday
NALIPAT ang opening day ng Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Season 45 mula Marso 1 sa Marso 8. Ito ay bilang suporta na rin sa mga hakbang ng pamahalaan kontra 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV). Mananatiling opening day venue ang Smart Araneta Coliseum sa Cubao, Quezon City habang ang opening game sa pagitan ng five-time Philippine Cup […]
BUNGA ng patuloy na pagsuporta nito sa programa ng Gilas Pilipinas, pinanatili ng Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) ang format na ginamit nito noong nakaraang taon sa pagbubukas ng ika-45 season ng pro league sa Marso 1. Ang 2020 playing calendar ng liga ay magsisimula sa season-opening Philippine Cup sa Smart Araneta Coliseum kung saan maghaharap […]
BEFORE Lim Eng Beng there was elongated big man Kurt Bachmann who was the dominant player for De La Salle in the mid-fifties when he powered the Green to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball title in 1956. Legend has it that the 1960 Rome Olympian’s favorite offensive weapon, the hook shot, was […]
IT’S 13 days before Christmas, the day the baby infant Jesus was born to save mankind. Amidst the festive mood brought about by the Christmas holidays, my feelings are tempered by the demise of Lim Eng Beng, one of the greatest athletes in local basketball history during this time of merrymaking four years ago. Lim, […]
TALKING of sports, I had three “loves” as a youngster during the 1960s – basketball, soccer and boxing. During my heyday, I did play basketball and soccer although I never tried boxing. No, I was not afraid of the blood-letting associated with boxing. I was then skinny-framed and my late mom did not want me […]
AMONG the most prolific offensive players in the 44-year existence of the local professional league Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), only 11 “homegrown” Filipino athletes were able to score 50 points or more in a single game during their pro careers. All 11 players are no longer active in the PBA. Five actually broke the 60-point […]
MATINDI at puspusang ensayo ang kailangan ng isang atleta para maging kampeon sa larangan ng sports. Subalit para sa kilalang nutritionist/dietitian na si Jeaneth Aro hindi lang ito ang kailangan ng isang atleta para maging mas mahusay at manatiling kampeon sa sports dahil importante rin ang tamang nutrisyon. “Madaling maging champion. If you have the […]
OKLAHOMA City Thunder wunderkind Russell Westbrook has averaged a triple-double for the past three seasons in the U.S. National Basketball Association. A 6-foot-3 backcourter, Westbrook is only the second player in NBA annals to register a triple-double for an entire campaign, duplicating the feat of “The Big O” Oscar Robertson, a 6-foot-5 playmaker who turned […]
WE are an amateur league. Iyan ang sinabi ni Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) commissioner Kenneth Duremdes matapos tanungin kung ano talaga ang tunay na estado ng sumisikita ng basketball league. “We are a sanctuary league. We give chance to basketball players to fulfill their dreams. We give second chance to ex-pros and collegiate players […]
Laro Ngayong Linggo (Enero 13) (Philippine Arena) 4 p.m. 43rd Season Leo Awards 5 p.m. 44th Season Opening Ceremonies 6:30 p.m. Barangay Ginebra vs TNT MAKUHA ang buwena-manong panalo ang habol ng Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings at TNT KaTropa sa pagbubukas ng Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Season 44 ngayong Linggo sa Philippine Arena sa Bocaue, […]
IT is hard to imagine sometimes that the first time I watched a live game in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was in 1978 as an eager beaver and aspiring part-time sportswriter. That is why it felt good to me to have attended the PBA press conference at the Conrad Hotel last Tuesday, renewing acquaintances […]