THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) named 12 players who will serve as league ambassadors to the coming East Asia Super League (EASL).The 12 represent each PBA member team and act as faces of the league to the soon-to-be launched ...
Dec 29, 2021
WHEN we ran a story about the PBA's first batch of players set to turn unrestricted free agents by the end of the current season, one reader tossed a very important question in the comments section of SPIN.ph' ...
Nov 26, 2021
CHITO Victolero tweaked his starting unit for Game 6 of Magnolia's PBA Philippine Cup semifinals series against Meralco on Friday.It all worked out in the end.The Magnolia coach inserted Justin Melton in the starting five and relegated high-scoring ...
by Gerry Ramos
Oct 15, 2021
MERALCO avoided falling into a 0-3 hole in the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals, beating Magnolia, 91-86, on Friday at the Don Honorio Ventura State University gym in Bacolor, Pampanga.Chris Newsome had 17 points and three Bolts scored in double ...
Oct 9, 2021
CHRIS Newsome came up with his biggest game for Meralco since being put under the PBA's health and safety protocols a few weeks ago.Newsome scored 23 points and added nine rebounds and six assists as the Bolts won, 97-86, ...
Oct 2, 2021
CHRIS Newsome is ready to take on the daunting task of matching up with Paul Lee in Meralco's upcoming PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series against Magnolia.After the Bolts dispatched the NLEX Road Warriors, 97-86, to clinch the last semifinal ...
by Gerry Ramos
Oct 1, 2021
IT wasn't a happy welcome that greeted Chris Newsome in his return to active roster with Meralco.The Fil-Am guard was fined P20K for the flagrant foul 2 he committed against Anthony Semerad during the Meralco-NLEX PBA Philippine ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 23, 2021
A KEY figure from the opposite side of the fence was among those who've taken notice of rookie Calvin Oftana's PBA career game.Chris Newsome was the first to acknowledge the promise of the NLEX freshman after he exploded for ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 22, 2021
MERALCO welcomes back starters Chris Newsome and Cliff Hodge as the Bolts cap their PBA Philippine Cup elimination round assignment with back-to-back games this week.Newsome and Hodge returning to active roster meant suiting up in the team's ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 22, 2021
NO timeline is given on when Aaron Black would be able to rejoin Meralco and help the team in its final push to secure a first ever no. 2 seeding in the PBA Philippine Cup.Black hurt his right hand early in ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 19, 2021
IT wasn't a case of rubbing salt to the wound as Allein Maliksi faced his former team Blackwater.The veteran gunner has no intention to offend the Bossing after torching them for a high of 21 points in Meralco's 103- ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 18, 2021
ALREADY without two of its key players, an injury to Aaron Black compounded Meralco's manpower shortage.Last year's Best Rookie hurt his hand early in the Bolts' PBA Philippine Cup game against Terrafirma on Thursday and never returned in the ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 16, 2021
CHRIS Newsome was certainly not happy with the way calls were made in Meralco's loss to sister team TnT on Friday night in the PBA Philippine Cup.The six-year guard took to Twitter shortly after the Bolts' 91-76 setback ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 3, 2021
THE goal interference committed by Calvin Abueva could haunt Magnolia for a while in its PBA Philippine Cup campaign.The enigmatic forward's miscue in the stretch run of the Hotshots' game on Wednesday night against the Meralco Bolts proved costly ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 1, 2021
MERALCO coach Norman Black didn't deny getting a bit concerned about the possibility of the Bolts' PBA Philippine Cup game against Phoenix being cancelled midway in the first half after Ynares Sports Arena playing court became too slippery for comfort following ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 28, 2021
MERALCO proved too much for Phoenix, 91-80, as the Bolts regained their winning ways in the PBA Philippine Cup.Allein Maliksi and Chris Newsome served as the Bolts' double dagger in the game that was briefly halted as the Ynares ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 28, 2021
MERALCO won its second game of the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup, beating San Miguel, 93-87, on Sunday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig to spoil the return of June Mar Fajardo and Terrence Romeo and the Beermen debut of CJ ...
Jul 18, 2021
EVER SINCE the Meralco Bolts began their provincial training in Laoag, Chris Newsome has been yearning to visit his sweet home in Piddig, Ilocos Norte, a mere 30 kilometers away.Because of the bubble setup, however, his mobility is limited. So the ...
by Kate Reyes
May 25, 2021
AMONG the long list of hobbies that blossomed over the long quarantine, being an ultimate 'plantito' is Chris Newsome's favorite. It was on April of last year - Earth Day, to be exact - that the Meralco Bolts guard discovered ...
by Kate Reyes
Apr 29, 2021
NORMAN Black admitted it was hard letting go of Meralco baby Baser Amer in order to acquire the services of big man Mac Belo.The 63-year-old coach described his parting of ways with the 6-foot guard from Davao as ...
by Gerry Ramos
Apr 17, 2021
THE year 2020 is filled with heartaches, but the season wasn't so bad for the Meralco Bolts, who savored their best Philippine Cup campaign in franchise history.Here's how Meralco's season went in 2020.The Bolts ...
Dec 30, 2020
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