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Asia’s oldest professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will be giving away free tickets to the game featuring Kia Carnival and Blackwater Elite on Saturday night at The Arena in San Juan as treat to fans who wants to see Pinoy boxing icon Manny Pacquiao one last time before he flies to the … Read more
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook led all scorers in the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night (Monday morning Manila time) as the West All Stars defeated the East All Stars with the final score at 163-158. Russell Westbrook topscored for his team with 41 points, a point shy to break the record set by All-Star’s … Read more
Reigning PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo and the reigning Rookie of the Year Greg Slaughter topped the results of the 2015 PBA All-Star Balloting getting the most number of votes given by the fans and followers of Asia’s first professional basketball league, the PBA. The Cebuano rivals met once again after their duel during their … Read more
Filipino High School basketball phenom in the United States scored 18 points but was not enough to secure a victory against the highly-ranked Bishop Montgomery Knights as his team LA Cathedral High was defeated with the final score at 76-69 lost against the no. 2 team in California. Watch the Highlights Video of Kobe Paras … Read more
A rare occurrence in the United States high school basketball history wherein a game ended with the final score at 2-0. The scoreline was just okay if the game being played is soccer or football but scoring 2-0 in basketball is one of a kind. In the United States even high school games are considered … Read more
San Miguel Beer, the PBA Philippine Cup champion suffered an upset in the hands of the Kia Carnival on Wednesday night and suffered their first lost in the tournament while the Carnivals earned their first victory in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup with the final score at 88-78. The Kia Carnival, the team headed by playing … Read more
Returning import Marqus Blakely proved once and for all that he is worthy to be called an import of Purefoods Star Hotshots as they defeated the Globalport Batang Pier with the final score 83-70 and start their PBA Commissioner’s Cup campaign in a winning note. Marqus Blakely considered as the smallest import in the second … Read more
The Philippines can hold the world’s most popular basketball competition featuring the best basketball stars of the world, the FIBA Basketball World Cup which the country is aiming to host this coming 2019. FIBA Representatives visited the country to (–foul word(s) removed–)s the capability of the country to host the world cup of basketball. Top … Read more
Gilas Pilipinas point guard Jimmy Alapag has been named as one of the member of the newly established FIBA Players Commission headed by Serbian and NBA great Vlade Divac. The announcement was confirmed by Jimmy Alapag himself during an interview with some sports media personalities. The inclusion of Alapag to the elite body came after … Read more
Pampanga-born PBA cager and former FEU Tamaraws standout Arwind Santos was named as the All Filipino Cup 2015 Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) during the announcement held on Wednesday night right after the Game 7 of the PBA Finals between the San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Aces. The San Miguel Beermen won its first … Read more