MEMBERS of the Manila Metrostars team that won the 1999 Metropolitan Basketball Association title said the MBA's passionate fans remained unmatched by any other league, including those from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).Players and coaches of the Manila ...
May 19, 2020
ARIEL Vanguardia is set to take over the coaching reins of the Manila Stars Frontrow when the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Lakandula Cup opens on June 12 at the Mall of Asia Arena.Sources said Vanguardia has started calling the shots ...
Jun 8, 2019
HIS stint with Phoenix may not have ended well, but Ariel Vanguardia is definitely ecstatic with where his former team is in the current PBA Governors Cup.Vanguardia said he is proud of what the Fuel Masters have achieved so far under ...
by Gerry Ramos
Oct 26, 2018
THE Blackwater franchise remains steadfast of joining the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) despite failing to come on board this season at the last-minute.Team owner Dioceldo Sy travelled to Malaysia on Friday to hold exploratory talks with one of the top ...
by Gerry Ramos
Oct 20, 2018
THE IECO Green Warriors suffered a heartbreaking 107-103 collapse to the Xinjiang Flying Tigers to bow out of the Asia League Terrific 12 2018 Thursday at Studio City Events Center in Macau.The Philippine team showed a lot of heart and ...
Sep 20, 2018
PHILIPPINE side IECO Green Warriors was dealt a rude reception in the Asia League Terrific 12, suffering a 28-point beatdown at the hands of Ryukyu Golden Kings, 103-75 on Tuesday at Studio City Event Center in Macau.The boys of ...
Sep 19, 2018
EVEN for just a brief moment, Ariel Vanguardia got reunited in the same playing venue with the player he considered a 'son.'Vanguardia savored seeing and playing against former ward Matthew Wright during the tune-up game between Team Pilipinas ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 9, 2018
FIL-AMERICANS Joshua Munzon and Avery Scharer are set to bolster the IECO Green Warriors in the 2018 Asia League Terrific 12 later this month.Coach Ariel Vanguardia unveiled his 13-man roster set to see action at Studio City Event Center ...
Sep 5, 2018
AFTER conquering the 2018 PBA D-League Foundation Cup, the core of Go for Gold braces for another battle when it joins the 2018 Asia League Terrific 12 in Macau in September.Gab Banal and Jai Reyes banner the Philippine side IECO ...
Aug 24, 2018
JOEY Mente may not be aware of the fact that he served as an inspiration to a young Kiefer Ravena.The NLEX rookie disclosed having the chance to watch Mente during his heyday and was in fact the one player who actually ...
by Gerry Ramos
Mar 31, 2018
REGGIE Johnson is set to take his act from the ABL to the PBA.Rain or Shine will be parading Johnson as its import in the coming Commissioner's Cup, hoping to translate the same success he had while with the Westports ...
by Gerry Ramos
Mar 28, 2018
RJ Jazul had mixed emotions upon learning that Ariel Vanguardia was being replaced as Phoenix coach.Jazul was sad to see the man who recruited him for Phoenix head to the exits, but was glad nonetheless it was his former college coach ...
Nov 7, 2017
Vanguardia takes blame for early Phoenix exit, plans to join NBA coaching camps to be a better coach
ANTIPOLO - It's not only players who take part in training camps in the offseason. Coaches also have their own version they can immerse in to find out what a world of knowledge they can still absorb.Phoenix coach Ariel Vanguardia is ...
Sep 20, 2017
ANTIPOLO - Phoenix coach Ariel Vanguardia is eager to fill his team's need for a legitimate big man in the upcoming PBA Draft following the Fuel Masters' early ouster from the Governors' Cup.And who better to covet than Christian Standhardinger, the ...
Sep 20, 2017
ANTIPOLO - Phoenix coach Ariel Vanguardia rued what turned out to be a conference-ending injury to Eugene Phelps that proved to be turning point of team's disappointing campaign in the PBA Governors' Cup.Bringing Phelps early in their buildup for a ...
Sep 13, 2017
PHOENIX coach Ariel Vanguardia is forced to keep banking on Brandon Brown with original import Eugene Phelps yet to recover from a foot injury.The stand-in Brown again produced as expected with 33 points, 23 boards, three assists, three blocks, and ...
Aug 24, 2017
PHOENIX will have one more game before deciding if it will stick with Brandon Brown or revert to Eugene Phelps as its import for the remainder of the PBA Governors' Cup once the latter recovers fully from his foot injury.Brown made ...
Aug 18, 2017
PHOENIX sees veteran Jeff Chan as a major player in the Fuel Masters' drive to a championship.Head coach Ariel Vanguardia hopes the trade would be a big boost that will put the Fuel Masters to the next level, as he ...
Aug 7, 2017
PHOENIX has lost its last two outings in the PBA Governors Cup against Globalport and NLEX. And it just so happened that both games had top gunner Matthew Wright back in the Fuel Masters' active roster following his stint with Gilas Pilipinas. ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 30, 2017
MATTHEW Wright was back with his Phoenix family in the PBA Governors Cup following another impressive stint with Gilas Pilipinas.And to herald his return, the rookie gunner treated the entire Fuel Masters to a sumptuous lunch - boodle-fight style - shortly after ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 25, 2017
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