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Chris Exciminiano
Christopher "Ping" Exciminiano (born November 17, 1988) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Early life Exciminiano was born in Olongapo City to William Veins Green, a US Navy Serviceman who was once stationed in Subic, and Gina Exciminiano. His father abandoned them even before he was born. He has since not seen or met his dad until now but hopes to finally meeting him one day. College career Exciminiano played collegiate basketball at FEU where he established himself as defensive stopper, while serving as backup to Terrence Romeo and RR Garcia. He also suited up for the Cagayan Rising Suns in the PBA Developmental League. Professional career Exciminiano was selected 18th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by the Aces. During his rookie season, he struggled to get some playing time as a third-string shooting guard to Cyrus Baguio and Dondon Hontiveros and was shuffled in an out of Alaska's active ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second oldest continuously professional basketball league existing in the world after the National Basketball Association, NBA,Bartholomew, Rafe. ''Pacific Rims''. New American Library, 2010, p. 13. established before the "open era" of basketball in 1990 where FIBA allowed longstanding domestic leagues, which mostly had predated the PBA, to become professional. The league's regulations are a hybrid of rules from the NBA and FIBA. The league played its first game at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on April 9, 1975. Its main office is located along Circumferential Road 5, Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue (C-5 road), Eastwood City, Bagumbayan, Quezon City. The San Miguel Beermen have the most PBA championships with 28 titles. Entering the 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PBA Developmental League
The PBA Developmental League, or PBA D-League, is the Philippine Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. History The PBA D-League was conceptualized after the collapse of the proposed merger between the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) and Liga Pilipinas after the staging of the ''Tournament of the Philippines'' which was composed by PBL and Liga Pilipinas teams. PBA Commissioner Chito Salud proposed the formation of a PBA D-League, which will fill the void left by the PBL. On January 25, 2011, the PBA Board of Governors approved the proposal. The maiden tournament, named " Foundation Cup" began on March 12, 2011 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. The tournament composed of 13 teams, with five teams (Junior Powerade, NLEX, Maynilad, Freego and Cafe France) having affiliation with existing PBA teams. Four teams (Cobra Energy Drink, Agri-Nature Inc./FCA, Pharex, and Cafe France) from the Philippine Basketball League filed for applicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 Alaska Aces Season
The 2017–18 Alaska Aces season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Key dates 2017 *October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. PBA.ph, October 29, 2017 Draft picks Roster * also serves as Alaska's board governor.Philippine Cup Eliminations Standings Game log , -bgcolor=ffcccc , 1 , December 20 ,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Alaska Aces Season
The 2016–17 Alaska Aces season was the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Key dates 2016 *October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. Draft picks Special draft Regular draft Alaska passed in the regular draft. They originally owned one second round and two third round picks. Roster * also serves as Alaska's board governor. Philippine Cup Eliminations Standings Game log , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , November 25 , NLEX L 97–99 (OT) , Carl Bryan Cruz (20) , Carl Bryan Cruz (14) , RJ Jazul (6) , Smart Araneta Coliseum , 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , December 3 , San Miguel L 88–93, JVee Casio (20) , Carl Bryan Cruz (7) , Chris Banchero (9) , Smart Araneta Coliseum , 0–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , December 7 , GlobalPort W 95–84, Calvin Abueva (22) , Calvin Abueva (11) , Chris Banchero (8) , Mall of Asia Arena , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Alaska Aces Season ...
The 2015–16 Alaska Aces season was the 30th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Key dates 2015 *August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. Draft picks Roster * also serves as Alaska's board governor. Philippine Cup Eliminations Standings Playoffs Bracket Commissioner's Cup Eliminations Standings Game log Playoffs Bracket Governors' Cup Eliminations Standings Bracket Transactions Trades Governors' Cup Recruited imports References {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Alaska Aces season Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Alaska Aces Season
The 2014–15 Alaska Aces season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Key dates 2014 *August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. Draft picks Roster * also serves as Alaska's board governor. Philippine Cup Eliminations Standings Game log , - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 1 , October 22 , Purefoods , 93–73 , Abueva (21) , Thoss (13) , Hontiveros (3) , Smart Araneta Coliseum , 1–0 , , - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , October 28 , Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, Talk 'N Text , 100–98 , Abueva (26) , Abueva (22) , Abueva (3) , Smart Araneta Coliseum , 2–0 , , - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 3 , October 31 , Meralco Bolts, Meralco , 105–64 , Manuel (17) , ''three players'' (6) , Banchero (8) , Smart Araneta Coliseum , 3–0 , , - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 4 , November 5 , San Miguel Beermen, San Miguel , 66–63 , Bag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Alaska Aces Season
The 2013–14 Alaska Aces season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Key dates 2013 *November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. ** Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters acquired the rights to Alaska’s 2013 second round draft pick (turned out to be John Paul Erram). **Alaska Aces acquired the rights to Talk ‘N Text’s 2015 second round draft pick. *November 27: PBA fined Alaska Aces players (₱ 1,000 each), Gabby Espinas and Calvin Abueva, for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of both players in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup) *December 12: PBA fined Alaska Aces head coach Luigi Trillo and Cyrus Baguio (₱ 1,000 each), for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of the two in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup) 2014 *May 25: Luigi Trillo resigned as head coach due to family reasons and was replaced by Alex Compton. *June 4: Alaska Aces lost by 51 points (72 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro currently serves as chairman of ESPN, a position he has held since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been criticism of ESPN. This includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN reaches approximately 76 million te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maverick Ahanmisi
Mauerick Frankera Ahanmisi (born July 17, 1991) is an American-born Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Converge FiberXers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). High school career Ahanmisi spent a year at Stoneridge Prep in Simi Valley, California, but he graduated from Golden Valley High School in Santa Clarita, California in 2009. As a senior, he averaged 20.2 points per game and finished his career as all-time leading scorer and three-point shooter at GVHS. He played AAU basketball at Branch West Basketball Academy under the tutelage of Bob Gottlieb. In 2010, he signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Minnesota. College career Ahanmisi played college basketball at University of Minnesota, an NCAA Division I school, from 2010–2014, mostly in a reserve role. He's a known sparkplug off the bench and usually leads the team's second unit. He helped the Golden Gophers win the National Invitational Tournament title in 2014. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup
The 2015–16 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2015–16 SmartBRO-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. The tournament started on October 21, 2015, and was finished on February 3, 2016. The tournament did not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports. Format The following format was observed for the duration of the conference: * Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among the head-to-head records of the tied teams. * The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals. * The next eight teams will play in a double-phase quarterfinal round. The #3 to #6 seed will have twice-to-beat advantage against their opponent. Phase 1 matchups are: ** QF1: #3 team vs. #10 team ** QF2: #4 team vs. #9 team ** QF3: #5 team vs. #8 team ** QF4: #6 team vs. #7 team * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philippine Star
''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution. The newspaper is owned and published by Philstar Daily Inc., which also publishes the monthly magazine ''People Asia'' and the Sunday magazines ''Starweek'' and ''Let's Eat''. As part of the Philstar Media Group, its sister publications include business newspaper '' BusinessWorld''; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet '' The Freeman''; Filipino-language tabloids '' Pilipino Star Ngayon'' and ''Pang-Masa''; Cebuano-language tabloid ''Banat'', online news portals Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Philstar Life and Wheels.ph, and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV. In March 2014, the newspaper was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals
The 2014–15 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Alaska Aces competed for the 37th All-Filipino championship and the 113th overall championship contested by the league. Background Road to the finals Head-to-head matchup Series summary *overtime Game 1 In the first quarter of Game One the San Miguel manage to have a double digit 27–5, but then on the second half of the game Alaska's Abueva and Hontiveros makes a scoring run to make a comeback. Then in overtime Alaska outscored the Beermen to steal Game One 88–82. Game 2 This is the physical game of the series featuring two Kapampangan superstars Arwind santos and Calvin Abueva. In the game Abueva elbowed Santos on the rebound, due to Santos blood he was forced to rest before coming back late in the third quarter to lead the Beermen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
