Newsletter: Game On! XPRESS Super App Tips Off the 2025 XPRESS Basketball League (XBL) — Celebrating a Year of Milestones and Community Spirit

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Fresh from a year of headline-making achievements—including its recognition by Forbes Asia as one of the “100 to Watch” companies, the successful launch of new services expanding XPRESS Super App’s footprint in Metro Manila, and its continued partnership growth with key industry allies like Cebuana Lhuillier—XPRESS Super App is once again proving that success starts with people.

Newsletter: Daily Fantasy: The New Face of Pinoy NBA Fantasy Games

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Daily Fantasy builds a local community for Pinoy NBA fantasy fans

The future of sports games has arrived on Philippine shores in the form of Daily Fantasy, the first-ever local fantasy sports game in the Philippines. This local version of the wildly popular NBA Fantasy is a PAGCOR-licensed online game where players can earn both in-game and IRL prizes, now available for Philippine NBA fans to play via website platforms on both desktop and mobile. 

All-Star Embarrassment

03/20/2024 12:16:18 AM

Photo credits: NBA on Yahoo! Sports

I know, it has been a month since we have seen the 73rd NBA All-Star Game live from nowhere but at the homecourt of the Pacers itself, the Gainsbridge Fieldhouse. 

Wow, seriously? Not even in the larger Lucas Oil Stadium, which they built an LED board court which may look aesthetically appealing but ridiculous at the same time? Boy, that was a bummer. Why bother putting up the side events at the stadium in the first place? That definitely made it look like a disappointing weekend, especially with only 17,251 people able to watch that live.

Malanding Fanboy Problems (v. 2023)

07/18/2023 01:36:36 PM

Akalain mo, sa halos isang dekada mula nung sinulat natin ang Malanding Fanboy Problems, mukhang may na-miss out pa ata tayo ah.

Newsletter: Japan’s Rude-α and ¥uk-B, the Philippines’ Alisson Shore and Waiian, and Indonesia’s Tanayu team up for collaborative music project for Basketball World Cup 2023

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L-R: Rude-α (JP), Alisson Shore (PH), and Waiian (PH)

Japanese hip-hop acts Rude-α and ¥uk-B links up with Filipino rappers Alisson Shore and Waiian and Indonesian singer-songwriter Tanayu for “Our New Songlines 2023,” a multi-disciplinary effort that brings together like-minded artists from the Asian region in their bid towards “weaving new music, using their imagination as a source of inspiration, while searching for a way to hope for the future.”

Space Jam scores a comeback for McDonald's Happy Meal!

07/11/2021 07:27:03 PM

The iconic Space Jam Tunes Squad returns this year at McDonald's Philippines! 

Mamba Out, Mamba Lives On.

02/25/2020 12:31:09 PM

Isang buwan na ang nakalipas mula noong ginulantang ang buong mundo ng balita ng kanyang biglaang pagkamatay. Pero ang sakit pa rin, pre. 

Habang pinapanood ang tribute sa kanya ng National Basketball Association sa YouTube, grabe, napaisip ako, halos dalawang dekada din pala mula noong sinundan ko ang liga na ito – gayun din ang karera niya, kahit hindi ako isang tagahanga.

AMA emerges at the top of Taiwan Excellence 3x3 Hoops Challenge

07/05/2019 02:03:05 PM

It was a long and winding road for the young athletes across the archipelago, and in the end, only two teams left standing. 

Putukan at Supalpal

07/06/2018 11:59:10 AM

Wala nang mas malaking balita pa mula sa mga nangyari noong nakaraang Lunes. Ops, hindi ang paglipat ni LeBron James ang tinutukoy ko ha?

Na-JR Smith ka, dre?

06/02/2018 11:01:48 AM

Ito ang nangyari: wala nang limang segundo ang natitira sa fourth quarter, nai-tabla na sa isang free throw ang talaan ng mga puntos, nagmintis sa pangalawa yung kakapmpi mo at nasaktuhan mong nakuha ang bola – na sobrang crucial sa punto noon.

Ano ang gagawin mo? Hahanap ka ba ng espasyo at tatawag ka ng timeout? O magti-tip in ka o follow-up na layup o short-range na jump shot para makaiskor at either mapwersang tumawag na timeout ang kalaban o maghimutok na lang kung 00.0 na ang nasa timer?

O uubusin mo ang oras, na akala mo ay lamang kayo ng isa?

Sila Na Naman?! (NBA Finals Na! E Ano Ngayon? v. 2018)

05/29/2018 06:12:32 PM

Photo from Bleacher Report

So... NBA Finals na ulit ngayong darating na Huwebes ng gabi (Biyernes ng umaga, oras sa Pilipinas) at live ito mula sa Oakland, California. Oo, Game 1 na.

Eh ano naman ngayon?

To Oust or Not to Oust?!

11/01/2017 08:13:58 PM

Hindi ko alam sa inyo, ano. Pero sa mga nakalipas na taon, parang nakita natin ang pagbagsak ng Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Kalimutan na ang sandamukal na ad placements sa TV channel, ang pagputok ng isang all-English PBA coverage, at utlimong ang matindihang mga hakbang ng mga PR nila (to the extent na halos tinap na rin yata nila ang mga lifestyle blogger para lang i-promote ang mga laro nila sa alinmang venue sa Kalakhang Maynila).

#ThankYouKobe, 1 Year Later

04/14/2017 04:09:44 AM

It's been barely 367 days since we have seen this guy last played in an NBA game. And what a monumental game to finish – 60 points to put Kobe Bryant into one of the top scorers ever in the NBA.

Talk about ending a career with a bang, right? Especially in the last stretch of the game where everything, though dramatic, turned out be an entertaining kind of farewell.

The Shot

10/28/2016 11:36:28 PM

It was the shot that seeming neutralized what has been a bunch of negative hypes that surrounded the league for the past season. Imagine one crowd-favorite team has finally made it to the promised land – a bit earlier from what has been expected from them.

Teammates Win It All

07/04/2016 07:05:10 PM

Photo credits: AP

Perhaps of all the awards given at the National Basketball Association, this is something new yet a very important gem in the world of this sport. Well, why not? This proved how powerful the word “teamwork” is.

Snubbed!

07/02/2016 12:05:58 PM

Photo credits: INQUIRER

Alam ko, nakalulungkot. Hindi kasama ang isang halimaw sa laro sa koponan ng Gilas Pilipinas na lalahok ngayong buwan para makapag-qualify sa Rio Olympics sa darating na Agosto.

Pero ano nga ba magagawa natin? Ano naman ngayon kung wala na siya sa Gilas 12? Awtomatiko bang masisira na rin ba nang tuluyan ang mga pagkakataon natin na manalo sa darating na Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT)?

The Rose of Derrick... to New York

06/26/2016 03:25:30 AM

Photo credit: Sports Illustrated

Biggest news of the summer in the NBA, just right after a stunning and historic victory that solidified the legacy of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Revenge and Ascension to the Throne

06/20/2016 06:07:50 PM

Emergence. This is the word that described best about LeBron James. After being a choker in the past two NBA Finals series as the leader of Cleveland Cavaliers, James carried his team back into the biggest stage of professional basketball world and all the way til they reached the pinnacle of success, the NBA Championship! All that despite being almost buried down in the deep midway through their best-of-seven semifinal series against (and again) then-defending champs Golden State Warriors.

The Pre-take: 2016 NBA Finals

06/06/2016 11:45:08 PM

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I know it's been quite late to do this. Two games have passed by, and we have seen the utmost and the unquestionable domination of the defensing champions. Perhaps, a 3-1 deficit at the Western Conference Finals served them as a wake-up call; keeping their hopes of making history (on a good note) alive and salvaged themselves from marking a bad one. (After all, who would like to see a 73-9 winning team go to waste in the battle for the representation of the current's most dominating conference at the NBA?) 

Thundering On The Brink of Elimination

05/25/2016 06:48:10 PM 

The Golden State Warriors lost two straight games for the first time this season, eh?

Anyone thought it was a big deal, don't you? Well, yeah, it could really be a big deal since this time around—the defending champions ended up trailing 3-1 in their best-of-7 series for the Western Conference Championship; and also the right to represent the conference in the upcoming NBA Finals.


Wait, how on earth did that happen?