TV5, which is making waves with its unique repackaging of the PBA coverage, announced plans to launch a professional women’s volleyball league next year in a bid to further boost the sport’s popularity and increase the country’s talent pool.
FOR the second time in his career, Olsen Racela received a call for help from his mother team. And he hopes to be as successful as he was when he heeded the first call.
Sofia Daniela Ildefonso looks at the huge red timer at the edge of the pool as it ticks to zero. She holds on to the gutter, one leg pushing against the wall like an explosive start waiting to happen. When zero hits, she tears off in an instant, sunburnt limbs knifing through water with boundless energy.
On the day the Iceman finally cometh, Peter Jacobs captured a third straight Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines crown while Caroline Steffen validated a reputation that flew in ahead of her to highlight a triathlon event embraced ever so warmly Sunday by the premier province of the south.
There was, Erik Spoelstra swears, very little that changed about him since steering the Miami Heat to the NBA title last season.
THE PETRON Blaze Boosters are evaluating their coaching situation with four coaches being eyed to replace current mentor Ato Agustin, sources close to the squad revealed yesterday.
CHRIS Tiu admitted that he was devastated when the Smart Gilas program was discontinued—justifiably so since the guy virtually donated blood and guts to the squad for three years—to the point that he wanted to quit basketball altogether.
The image was as dramatic as it was powerful: a one-legged athlete matching strides with two of the country’s best-known triathletes at the end of 1.5 kilometers of open-sea swim. The photo went viral on Facebook and the collective reaction from the ever-growing triathlon community and its sedentary suburbs was this: What’s our excuse?
THE DIVORCE was as sudden as it was sad. Robert Jaworski and Barangay Ginebra, two local basketball icons whose paths seemed to be hopelessly intertwined, parted ways under less-than-ideal circumstances.
TIMOTHY Bradley says he’s a whole lot better than Juan Manuel Marquez and that Manny Pacquiao could be in for a surprsing night when they clash in Las Vegas on June 9.
From the depths of anonymity in the 2001 PBA draft, Peter June Simon has taken a long but steady route to superstardom.
The Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Preseason Cup is normally a chance for teams to prepare for the coming varsity season. So it was not a surprise that people would wonder why new San Beda coach Ronnie Magsanoc continues to give heavy minutes to two players suspended by the NCAA for the entire coming season.
Their career paths have crisscrossed at so many points that one of these days, it will be tough to think of one without the other. Chot Reyes started out his coaching career under Tim Cone. But their eventual separation even strengthened their links.
