June Mar Fajardo from Cebu wins record seventh PBA MVP award

Denison Rey A. Dalupang 11/05/2023

MANILA, Philippines–San Miguel Beer cornerstone June Mar Fajardo has won the Philippine Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) once again, completing a return to form many thought would no longer happen. Fajardo beat out Scottie Thompson, the Barangay…

NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic gives Serbia another sports hero to celebrate

Reuters 06/13/2023

A day after Novak Djokovic won his 23rd Grand Slam title at the French Open, Serbia had another sporting hero to celebrate on Monday when Nikola Jokic was named Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals after…

Former Cesafi MVPs Mantilla, Imperial to apply for PBA Draft

Brian J. Ochoa 06/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Former Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Most Valuable Players (MVPs) Jaybie Mantilla and Shaquille Imperial have signified their intention to join this year’s PBA Rookie Draft. Both Mantilla and Imperial confirmed this to CDN…

NBA-Embiid hopes ‘improbable’ path to MVP will inspire

05/04/2023

National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP Joel Embiid hopes to be a role model of perseverance after overcoming extraordinary odds, the Philadelphia 76ers center said on Wednesday. The Cameroonian All-Star is only the second African to earn MVP…

76ers star Joel Embiid wins NBA MVP award 

Reuters 05/03/2023

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid won the 2022-23 NBA Most Valuable Player award on Tuesday night. Embiid, the runner-up in each of the past two years, beat out Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Giannis Antetokounmpo…

PECMNHS is OCCCI tourney’s high school hoops champions

Glendale G. Rosal 02/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Pedro E. Candido Memorial National High School (PECMNHS) etched a historic feat in Leyte’s basketball scene after becoming the inaugural high school champions of the first OCCCI D-League Inter-School Basketball Tournament which…

Dominant PH Cup gives Fajardo big MVP race lead

Jonas Terrado - @inquirerdotnet 09/09/2022

A successful return to the form that was the reason for six Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards has put June Mar Fajardo in an early position to extend that unprecedented record. The San…

Coach of Sarok Weavers, PSL U21 MVP given warm welcome in hometown, Alegria

Glendale G. Rosal 05/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Consolacion Sarok Weavers’ head coach Kareem Alocillo and his prized ward Rojan Montemayor received a warm homecoming in Alegria in southwestern Cebu, following their massive success in the Pilipinas Super League (PSL) U21…

MVP: CCLEX is proof of successful PPPs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Business tycoon, Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP), who also chairs the Metro Pacific Tollway Corporation (MPTC) on Wednesday said that the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) is proof that the public and private sectors…

MVP eyes more mega projects in Cebu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Biz mogul, Manny Velez Pangilinan or MVP, the chairperson of the Metro Pacific Tollway Corporation (MPTC), is eyeing more projects in Cebu following the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) milestone. Pangilinan said they…

Gimpayan crowned MVP of VisMin Cup Visayas Leg

Glendale G. Rosal 05/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— MJAS-Zenith Talisay City Aquastars’ Jaymar Gimpayan bagged the “Most Valuable Player” (MVP) award of the 2021 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup’s Visayas leg tonight, May 7. The 6-foot-2 small forward, a product of Our…

NBA says races for the season’s individual trophies are over

AP 07/19/2020

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida — The NBA’s MVP race is over. So is the battle for every other individual regular-season trophy. The league told teams Friday that none of the seeding games will be taken into consideration…

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