The San Miguel Beermen coached by PBA seven-time “Best Import” Bobby Parks   suffered a disappointing loss in their debut in the Air Asia Asean Basketball League to the Westports Malaysia Dragons in a game where the Malaysian squad finished stronger to win a game that was a thriller all the way, 83-77.   [...]

Fiery Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao is convinced his team has what it takes to beat Powerade in their PBA Philippine Cup best-of-seven semifinal showdown beginning Jan. 4 at the Cuneta Astrodome. Guiao told the PBA website “I feel really good the way we’re playing. I think we can take on Powerade in a [...]

Unassuming off the court and a player who enjoys the game on court, Petron Blaze superstar Arwind Santos has emerged as the leading contender for the Best Player of the Conference derby after the quarterfinal round of the PBA Philippine Cup.   Santos, with his regular double-double showing, leads all players in the statistical points (SPs) [...]

The Philippine Basketball Association which is currently enjoying a renewed public interest and support as evidenced by an increase in “live” attendance at the games, gate receipts and television ratings has shown its got a heart by donating P1 million to the relief efforts for the victims of typhoon “Sendong.”   Hardest hit were the [...]

STERN TALKS … NBA Commissioner David STORY COURTESY OF THE SUN NEWSPAPER IN ENGLAND AND CORRESPONDENT MARK GILBERT NBA season to start on Christmas Day By MARK GILBERT THE NBA and its players have reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement which paves the way for a 66-game season starting on Christmas [...]

Alberto “Big Boy” Reynoso passed away last Tuesday at his home in Sacramento, California last Tuesday according to Ruffy Ignacio, secretary general of the PBA Legends USA Foundation. Ignacio informed the Manila Standard that he had received a call from Francis Arnaiz who played alongside Reynoso in the early years of the PBA to relay [...]

Doctors are deciding on whether to remove the bullet lodged in the base of Talk N’ Text power forward Ali Peek’s skull or to let it remain there. Talk N’ Text coach Chot Reyes who is regarded as one of the closest friends and confidants of Peek told the Manila Standard  that should the doctors decide [...]

    Talk N’ Text center/power forward Ali Peek was shot from behind in the neck at the parking lot of RFM after finishing his workout at the gym around 7 p.m. Former PBA chairman Ricky Vargas told the Manila Standard that Peek was shot by an unidentified assailant . Vargas who is at the [...]

  PBA Press Corps Awards:  Embodying the Genuine Spirit of Basketball Heroes and Champions   (Speech delivered by Chief Justice Renato C. Corona during the Philippine Basketball Association Press Corps Annual Awards Dinner, 7:00 p.m., September 30, 2011, at Gateway Suites, Cubao, Quezon City .)     Philippine Basketball Association Board of Governors, led by Chairman [...]