Four-time Most Valuable Player Alvin “The Captain” Patrimonio of Purefoods and import Bill Ray Bates, nicknamed “The Black Superman” who played for Crispa and later teamed up with Michael Hackett to give Ginebra San Miguel its first PBA championship in 1986 head the list of seven inductees into the 2011 PBA Hall of Fame.

The PBA numbers for the just concluded 2010-2011 season tell the story. And that is playing three conferences per season is naturally better than two both in terms of gate receipts and overall attendance figures.

Concerned over what appears to be public dissatisfaction over the selection of Talk N’ Text point guard Jimmy Alapag as the pro league’s Most Valuable Player over high-flying Arwind Santos of the Petron Blaze Governors Cup champions, PBA board chairman Rene Pardo said they will review the criteria at today’s board meeting.

The PBA Legends based in the Philippines and reinforced by PBA Legends USA Foundation chairman and former pro league superstar Abe King will play a game at the Mindanao State University Dimaporo Gym in Marawi City on September 2.

PBA IMAGE1 – Sonny Thoss (Sportsmanship Award) PBA IMAGE2 – Willie Wilson, Mark Pingris, Ryan Reyes, John Wilson and Arwind Santos (All Defensive team) PBA IMAGE3 – Jason Castro (Most Improved Player) PBA IMAGE4 – Rabeh Al-Hussaini (Rookie of the year) PBA IMAGE5 – James Yap, Kason Castro and Ali Peek. Not in photo Joe [...]

The NBA stars two-game stint against a PBA All Star Selection and the Smart Gilas national team preparing for the FIBA Asia Men’s Championship which will serve as the qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics, has been confirmed.

It is obvious that the PBA failed to conduct a background check and conduct due diligence on the ability of the promoter, in the much hyped PBA games in Dubai, the Filipino Basketball Center headed by Ramon Pizarras, which resulted in a debacle in Dubai, at least for the Talk N’ Text team.

The President of the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines Davao Chapter, Lito delos Reyes reports that defending champion Ateneo de Davao University posted another convincing win by routing Holy Cross of Davao College by 136 points, 140-6 yesterday in the second Royal Mandaya Inter-School Mini Basketball Tournament at the Almendras gym.