BLACKWATER team owner Dioceldo Sy has personally batted for PBA officer-in-charge Willie Marcial to be promoted full-time as commissioner.Sy said he can't think of any person capable of running the league than the 54-year-old Marcial, ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jan 12, 2018
NOT even the worsening problem of booking playing venues for its games this season could compel the PBA leadership to revive a grand plan to build a coliseum the pro league can call its permanent home.The league has long shelved a ...
by Gerry Ramos
Feb 13, 2017
RICKY Vargas' camp cried foul after the Philippine Olympic Committee's Commission on Elections denied their appeal against the boxing chief's disqualification from the POC presidential election, as per the election committee's resolution released on Monday.Chito Salud, spokesperson of ...
Nov 7, 2016
THE PBA board of governors welcomed calls for a new round of dialogue among team owners provided there is a clear parameter on what the meeting will be all about.League chairman Robert Non of San Miguel said the body has nothing ...
by Gerry Ramos
Mar 13, 2016
COMMISSIONER Chito Narvasa now holds a dual position in the PBA after assuming the post of league Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on Monday.Narvasa was given the job following a unanimous decision by the board of governors during a special meeting two ...
by Gerry Ramos
Mar 9, 2016
PBA chairman Robert Non will assume the positions of president and chief executive officer in an acting and concurrent capacity after the league board accepted the surprise resignation of Chito Salud on Tuesday.In a special board meeting held at the PBA ...
by Gerry Ramos
Dec 3, 2015
FORMER PBA commissioner Chito Salud has resigned from his post as president and chief executive officer effective at the end of the month, league sources told Spin.ph on Tuesday.A league insider told Spin.ph Salud tendered his resignation on Tuesday ...
Dec 1, 2015
THE known multi-tasker that he is, but Manny Pacquiao the basketball player can't serve two masters at the same time.PBA president and chief executive officer Chito Salud stressed the existence of a Uniform Player's Contract (UPC) prohibits ...
by Gerry Ramos
Oct 18, 2015
CHANGSHA, China - The PBA board has reiterated its support for Gilas Pilipinas and expressed willingness to adjust its season calendar for the national team, but the Fiba Olympic Qualifying Tournament next year is bound to once again test the already fragile relationship ...
by Gerry Ramos
Oct 4, 2015
TOKYO - It's no secret that new PBA commissioner Chito Narvasa and Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao are friends.But that friendship is set to take a backseat now that two persons known to be very professional end up in a ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 13, 2015
TOKYO - An expanded D-League, retired players' trust fund, two expansion teams, and a sports academy are some of the long-term programs the PBA is trying to look at in the next five years.The undertakings are part of the projects ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 12, 2015
TOKYO - The PBA will again feature an import handicapping when it ushers its 41st season in October.Maybe not for long, though.League officials said the blueprint is going to be revisited on a yearly basis especially once the two expansion franchises ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 11, 2015
TOKYO - The PBA wants to sit down with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as soon as possible in light of the expected major changes in the Fiba structure and calendar of events starting in 2017.Chito Salud, the PBA president and ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 11, 2015
SHINJUKU - The Philippine Basketball Association's string of record-breaking seasons at the box office have come to an end on the very same year it turned 40.On Monday, league officials were humble enough to admit that both gate attendance and ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 10, 2015
NOT unless the matter is raised, issues concerning Gilas Pilipinas will not be discussed when the PBA board convenes for its annual planning session on Sunday in Tokyo, Japan.The agenda for the four-day meeting does not include concerns about the ...
Aug 9, 2015
CHITO Salud plans to begin his function as Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) president and CEO the same way he did when he first became commissioner five years ago.Salud intends once again to sit down with the entire team owners of the ...
Aug 5, 2015
INCLEMENT weather and a very early morning wake-up call did not deter the 1,500 participants who took part in the 2015 PBA Run for a Cause 6 at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City on Saturday morning.PBA players, ...
Jul 4, 2015
PBA governors have called for major reforms in the wake of the Rico Maierhofer 'shoe-palpal' brouhaha, saying it's high time the pro league addresses problems on officiating and questionable trade deals.Rain or Shine governor Mert Mondragon, ...
by Snow Badua
May 29, 2015
THE PBA has slapped a P20,000 fine on Rico Maierhofer for the "shoe-palpal" incident in the Barako Bull-San Miguel Beer Governors' Cup match on Wednesday night.The league considered the act of the Energy big man, who used his ...
May 29, 2015
A LOT of fans found Rico Maierhofer's 'shoe block' on Gabby Espinas in the San Miguel-Barako Bull game on Wednesday night pretty amusing.Yeng Guiao doesn't find it funny.Guiao, in fact, is left fuming ...
by Snow Badua
May 28, 2015
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