PBA braces for slashed-down profits; Bay Area sees concessions cut for Commissioner’s Cup stint – rezal404

A grueling finals series between Bay Area and Barangay Ginebra feels the league’s cash registers ringing last season. -PBA PICTURES Coming off a record season that the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) had breaching financial boundaries it didn’t expect, Asia’s pioneering pro league is now bracing for a plunge. Season 48 opens in the middle of…

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Carlos Yulo eyes team’s World Championship stint – rezal404

Carlos Yulo hopes he won’t be flying solo in the next World Championships.—TEAM PHILIPPINES PHOTO Carlos Yulo doesn’t want to go for glory in the world championships alone anymore. The Filipino gymnastics darling wants a team to compete in the next staging, the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, that will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, from…

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Filipinas take SEA Games flop as lesson learned while looking at good things they can build on for World Cup stint – rezal404

The Filipinas will take heart in some of the positives from the SEA Games, including a second straight win over regional powerhouse Vietnam. —PFF PHOTO The Filipinas refused to be discouraged by their early exit in the 32nd Cambodia Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and would rather look at silver linings that could be useful heading…

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Gold clinched, Ian Clark Bautista eyes Paris Olympics stint as career highlight – rezal404

Ian Clark Bautista in the SEA Games 2023 boxing final. –TEAM PHILIPPINES POOL PHNOM PENH—Ian Clark Bautista has a vast collection of boxing medals back home, but there’s one more piece of hardware that he’s dying to acquire for his trophy room. “I compete in the SEA (Southeast Asian) Games, Asian championships, the Asian Games…

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Calvin Oftana makes room for more success, eyes Gilas stint next – rezal404

TNT’s Calvin Oftana and executive Ricky Vargas share a moment after the Tropang Giga clinched the PBA Governors’ Cup title. – MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines – In just his sophomore year, Calvin Oftana pulled off what very few have been able to do in their basketball career. The versatile TNT forward on Friday night won…

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