It’s been a while since we did a rundown of the happenings in international basketball, so, here goes our periodic international Run-On Sentence: Roko-Leni Ukic joins the Toronto Raptors Croatian star guard Roko Leni-Ukic has been busy this last week, […]
Tag: Philippines
San Beda vs. UE (June 14) | 2008 Fil-Oil Tournament Finals
The 2008 Fil-Oil Tournament Finals were held Saturday, June 14, 2008, at an arena in San Juan between the San Beda College (SBC) Red Lions and the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors. It turned out to be a […]
Ateneo vs. Mapua (June 8) | 2008 Nike Summer League Tournament
The collegiate preseason tournament competitions are heating up near the end of the eliminations, and have finally started to schedule games during the weekends in the afternoons in alternate venues. I again was able to catch the game between the […]
2008 Fil-Oil Tournament Games: De La Salle vs. Ateneo (June 7, 2008)
This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend the 2008 Fil-Oil Tournament. Below you’ll find a recap of the De La Salle and Ateneo game from June 7th as well as some observations about both teams’ future. De La […]
Philippine Pre-Season Tournament Observations (May 21-25, 2008)
Reading through some of the news about the ongoing pre-UAAP/NCAA season tournaments in the country, I wanted to write a little something concerning the Fil-Oil Tournament and the Nike Summer League. My intention is not to report all the events […]
2008 Fiesta Conference PBA Games (May 16th Game Recaps)
I haven’t watched a Philippine Baskeball Association (PBA) game in months now, after that unfortunate incident I had at the Cuneta Astrodome. But I finally got to watch a game live last Friday, May 16, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum, […]
A Little on Philippines Basketball History
Fiba has a short article about basketball history in the Philippines and how the small Asian country used to be the dominant player, not only in their region, but was one of the basketball powers of their day. “There was […]
Kobe Bryant to Teach, Promote Nike during Asian Tour
Kobe Bryant began his Asian tour today, dubbed the Supernatural Tour and sponsored by Nike, when he touched down in Manila early in this morning. And despite arriving at 5am local time, the NBA superstar was welcomed by hundreds of […]