Talk N’ Text ended the third quarter in a high note and pulled away for good for a 109-98 victory over Meralco Friday in the 2012 PBA Philippine Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.
WAS PRESIDENT Aquino serious when he threatened to write a letter to PBA ballclubs to make their players available for the national team?
I must admit I had some misgivings on learning that the PBA board had approved a daily, one-game schedule for the league starting this January.
B-Meg Derby Ace is beginning to feel at ease with coach Tim Cone’s triangle offense.
James Yap and PJ Simon delivered in the fourth quarter as the Llamados frustrated the Meralco Bolts, 95-79, Friday night in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Cuneta Astrodome.
In only his first game back, Sol Mercado immediately showed what he could do for the Meralco Bolts.
Exploding for 16 points, Mercado paced Meralco in blemishing Petron Blaze’s record with a 80-70 triumph Sunday in the 2011 PBA Philippine Cup.
Crack Fil-Am point guard Chris Banchero’s agent has confirmed that the 6-foot-1, 185-pound star will suit up for San Miguel Beer in the Asean Basketball League’s third season which is expected to open in January 2012.
Smart Gilas Pilipinas will be using the tuneup games against Jordan and Qatar to test the new frontline combination of Marcus Douthit and Kelly Williams for the coming Fiba Asia Championship.
Arwind Santos, after several near-misses, is again in contention for a first-ever Player of the Conference award.
GUANGZHOU—Explosive guard Solomon Mercado’s foot injury has gone from bad to worse as the Smart Gilas Pilipinas five suffered another setback after earlier losing Japeth Aguilar for the remainder of the 16th Asian Games. The coaching staff decided to bench the 6-foot-1 Mercado in the Nationals’ 58-60 loss against Japan on Friday night due to [...]
MANILA—Solomon Mercado and Chris Lutz have finally received accreditation from the Asian Games organizing committee, allowing them to join the Smart Gilas national team in the Guangzhou Asiad beginning later this week. At the same time, the application for Philippine citizenship of American cager Marcus Douthit was approved by the Senate on third and final [...]
MANILA—Asi Taulava of Meralco, Talk N Text’s Kelly Williams and Solomon Mercado of Rain Or Shine will take time off from their respective PBA ballclubs starting today to join the Smart Gilas RP team in the Guangzhou Asian Games. The three PBA stars, loaned by the pro league to strengthen the rotation of the RP [...]
MANILA—Sol Mercado scored 19 points in the second half and Doug Kramer 11 in the fourth quarter as Rain or Shine won a shootout with the PBA’s most talented team on paper and won back-to-back games for the first time in the Philippine Cup eliminations. Mercado, in his last game before leaving for the Asian [...]
MANILA—The expected format change in the basketball competitions of the Guangzhou Asian Games following the withdrawal of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait could hurt the medal chances of the Smart Gilas national team. But RP head coach Rajko Toroman welcomes the development as an opportunity for the three PBA players to adjust to his system [...]
