That old (Norman) Black magic
By Recah Trinidad
WHEN Freddie Roach achieved the ultimate with Filipino boxing superhero Manny Pacquiao, the famous American trainer got the extreme compliment.
WHEN Freddie Roach achieved the ultimate with Filipino boxing superhero Manny Pacquiao, the famous American trainer got the extreme compliment.
Talk ‘N Text’s Jimmy Alapag has been the MVP, a national team member, a Finals MVP and just recently, a six-time PBA champion.
CALVIN Abueva, Alaska’s prodigious do-it-all rookie, has passed test after test in his young Philippine Basketball Association career, helping make the Aces one of the hottest teams in the ongoing Philippine Cup.
JERVY Cruz’s turn to shine has come. The 6-foot-3 power forward recently dished out a rock-solid game to power Rain or Shine to victory and earn the Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week honors for the period Oct. 15 to 21.
The top overall pick in the last Draft seen by many as a game-changer in the PBA gets his first taste of pro action today when rock-solid Petron Blaze battles Rain or Shine in the Philippine Cup eliminations at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Frolicking in a free-flowing game in front of the PBA’s biggest season-opening crowd, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel got off to a dream Philippine Cup start last night after posting a thorough 110-90 destruction of Global Port at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Powerade, the team Talk ‘N Text beat in the Philippine Cup finals, made it a night of thrillers as it forged a come-from-behind 122-120 victory over Rain or Shine in the second game of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Friday night.
Talk N’ Text and Powerade, fierce rivals in the recent Philippine Cup finals, open their bid for another title shot against separate opponents Friday in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Cuneta Astrodome.
Barako Bull, aching to put behind a tournament where it felt it could have done better, opened up its campaign with a 98-78 demolition of Alaska Friday night in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Arwind Santos, the reedy Petron Blaze power forward, leads everyone in the statistical points race and is well on his way to becoming the first player in seven years to win the PBA Best Player of the Conference award back-to-back.
Crowd-darling Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine provide the opening fireworks in the 37th Season of the Philippine Basketball Association when they clash Sunday night to open the Philippine Cup eliminations at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Cubao.
Richard del Rosario gets his first big coaching break after he was named acting head coach of the B-Meg Llamados for the 37th PBA Season opening October 2 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
MANILA—Willie Miller scored 16 points and Mark Caguioa had 14 as the duo led Barangay Ginebra to a 79-68 victory over Alaska for the Gin Kings’ fifth straight in the PBA Philippine Cup eliminations at the Araneta Coliseum. Rudy Hatfield had 12 rebounds for the Kings, who joined idle Talk ‘N Text in a second [...]
