PBA chief Willie Marcial to meet with ‘ligang labas’ participants

Jonas Terrado - @inquirerdotnet 04/30/2023

PBA players who recently took part in unsanctioned exhibition games known as “Ligang Labas,” including one that ended in a brawl, are set to explain their side before commissioner Willie Marcial on Wednesday. Marcial confirmed the scheduled…

Former PBA player dies in road accident at the SRP

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former PBA player died after he was ran over by a trailer truck when he was thrown off his motorcycle after he lost control of it and crashed it on the road…

In light of Cebu melee, another exhibition with PBA players scheduled in Davao

Jonas Terrado 04/27/2023

Some of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) players caught taking part in a number of unsanctioned exhibition games are billed to participate in a similar event slated next week amid impending sanctions from the league. Rain or…

NLEX wants to terminate PBA contract of Cebuano Quiñahan

Jonas Terrado 04/24/2023

JR Quiñahan, who swung at a foreign player in a pickup game in a town in Cebu over the weekend, is not only facing a hefty fine from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) but could find himself…

Willie Marcial warns of possible sanctions against PBA players involved in Cebu game brawl

Jonas Terrado 04/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines—PBA commissioner Willie Marcial warned that players who were part of a Cebu exhibition game that ended in a brawl may face further problems if they failed to receive the blessing of their respective mother teams.…

Singapore case drags PBA into game-fixing mess

Jonas Terrado - @inquirerdotnet 04/23/2023

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was dragged into a case involving a Singaporean businessman, who was charged in his home country for allegedly offering several players to influence games during the league’s 2018 season. Already aware of…

PBA players tapped as new faces of drug war

Dexter Cabalza 04/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Who else can turn basketball-crazed Filipinos away from the lure of illegal drugs? For the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), there could be no better ambassadors for the drug campaign than…

Poy Erram grateful for PBA’s quick action against hecklers

Jonas Terrado 04/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines-TNT’s Poy Erram expressed appreciation towards the PBA for taking swift action against hecklers making personal insults as he now tries to work on his composure for the rest of the Governors’ Cup Finals. Erram was…

LA Tenorio visits Antipolo Cathedral amid cancer battle

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines–LA Tenorio on Friday sought spiritual guidance in his ongoing battle against colon cancer when he went to Antipolo Cathedral following Barangay Ginebra’s victory over San Miguel Beer in Game 1 of the PBA Governors’ Cup…

TNT dusts off Phoenix, braces for defense-oriented semis with Meralco

Jonas Terrado 03/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines–TNT was all business on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, scoring a 132-105 demolition of Phoenix to make the PBA Governors’ Cup semifinals, and coach Jojo Lastimosa is embracing a defensive battle that likely awaits his Tropang…

LA Tenorio diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer

Rommel Fuentes Jr. 03/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines—Barangay Ginebra star LA Tenorio has been diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer. Tenorio had already been ruled out for the remainder of the PBA Governors’ Cup last March 1, 2023, initially due to a groin…

Boybits Victoria, former PBA top rookie, passes away at 50

Jonas Terrado 03/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines—Boybits Victoria, who won seven PBA championships and was Rookie of the Year in 1994, died on Wednesday due to a heart attack. He was 50. His son Nathan confirmed on social media the passing of…

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