PBA

A program founded by a Fil-Am basketball coach aims to keep the ball rolling for Filipino hoopsters amid COVID restrictions. It also gives foreign-based athletes the opportunity to take their talents home to the Philippines. Steve...

DALY CITY, CA — Simon Enciso was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and like many young Filipino Americans who grew up watching NBA legends Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, basketball became a...

After his bid to play in the Asian Games was rejected, the NBA has allowed Jordan Clarkson to participate in this week’s games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Not only will he finally suit up for Gilas, but Clarkson...

Basketball phenomenon Kobe Paras is coming home. The 20-year-old son of PBA legend Benjie Paras will follow his father’s footsteps in attending the University of the Philippines, joining the Fighting Maroons. The Gilas Cadet members says...

OAKLAND, CA — The Philippines’ own Tanduay rum — the new official partner of the Golden State Warriors — made sure to make the most of the first Filipino heritage night of the season. Tanduay brought out...

CARSON, CA — It was a full court match up between former PBA players and Los Angeles police officers, in hopes of finding a bone marrow match for Filipino American police officer Matt Medina.  Medina, who works...

LAS VEGAS — In this BA exclusive, Bev Llorente meets the towering, talented Ateneo Blue Eaglet and Batang Gilas basket-baller Kai Sotto. At 6’11, 14-year-old Sotto is indeed the tallest among the junior basketball players training at Impact Basketball...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A former NBA player who recently joined the Philippine Basketball Association has been kicked out of the league. The reason? He called Manny Pacquiao’s basketball skills a joke. Purefoods Star Hotshots’ center...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 24, 2014 LOS ANGELES – After a sparring session in the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach took the phone lines, speaking to international and mainstream...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 20, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao made his professional basketball debut and received his first win as player-coach for the Philippine Basketball Association on...