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ANTIPOLO — Magnolia found the perfect way to head into the long PBA break: with revenge, momentum and two scorching-hot scorers. KJ Buffen and Jerom Lastimosa put together career nights as the Hotshots overwhelmed Phoenix Super LPG, 115-101, Wednesday at the Ynares Center Antipolo, extending their winning streak to three games in the PBA Season…
(PBA image) NLEX has already secured its place among the PBA Governors’ Cup frontrunners. Now comes a very different challenge: proving it can still win without the man who helped power its impressive run. The Road Warriors will march into Friday’s showdown against Converge at the Smart Araneta Coliseum without an import after DeQuan Jones…
Barangay Ginebra and Meralco are about to play the kind of game that could haunt one team for the next two months. The Gin Kings and Bolts collide at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in the final PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup game before the league takes a nine-week break for Gilas…
Alex Eala is not just climbing the tennis rankings. She is dragging an entire nation into the sport with her — and some traditional fans clearly do not know what to do with the noise. From Washington to Toronto, the scene has become impossible to miss. Philippine flags wave across the stands. Filipino fans chant,…
Alex Eala’s rise is moving beyond trophies and rankings. The Filipina tennis star has been named the face of Marriott Bonvoy’s “Tennis The World” campaign in Asia Pacific excluding China, adding another major endorsement to a season that has already transformed her into one of the region’s most recognizable young athletes. Marriott International announced that…
Magnolia has suddenly caught fire — and now the Hotshots have a score to settle. Riding the momentum of back-to-back statement victories, Magnolia gets another crack at Phoenix Super LPG on Wednesday night, looking to avenge a painful opening-day defeat while tightening its grip on a coveted playoff spot in the PBA Season 50 Governors’…
Alex Eala is suddenly at the center of a tennis firestorm — and this time, it has nothing to do with what happened on the court. The 21-year-old Filipina rising star has been dragged into a heated online debate after former British No. 1 Greg Rusedski compared her exploding popularity to none other than Serena…
Alex Eala may have bowed out of the Canadian Open, but the Filipina tennis sensation left Toronto carrying something far bigger than another deep tournament run — memories of a roaring Filipino crowd that turned her debut into an unforgettable homecoming thousands of kilometers away from home. The 21-year-old Eala saw her impressive campaign end…
Karolina Muchova was the last woman to humiliate Alex Eala on a hard court. Months later, Muchova is fighting to make the US Open while Eala has turned into one of the hottest players on the surface. What a difference a few months can make. The last time Karolina Muchova met Alex Eala on a…
TORONTO — Alex Eala has a new “Ate” in town — and Filipino tennis fans may have just found their newest favorite WTA friendship. Canadian star Leylah Fernandez is extending a warm hand to the Philippines’ tennis sensation, offering to help Eala around Toronto and even point her toward some of her favorite places in…