PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 13 Dec 2011


-- NBA TV to air 10 preseason games, including Miami at Orlando Dec. 21 -- NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2011 ? The NBA today released its 2011 preseason schedule, a 30-game slate that tips off Friday, Dec. 16, with four games and co

LOCKOUT
By Nicholai R. Roska, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Oct 2011


LOS ANGELES -- Determined to end a labor dispute that has locked the league for 112 days and counting, NBA owners and their representatives met with the players' union on Tuesday with federal mediator George Cohen overseeing th Read full story

Sliver of hope for ongoing NBA lockout
By Nicholai R. Roska, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Oct 2011


LOS ANGELES -- The US economy is in bad shape. The national unemployment rate is an alarmingly high 9.1 percent, while new jobs are getting increasingly rare. And that is why people get sick, if not angry, when they hear a Read full story

The NBA lockout looks like a lock
By Nicholai R. Roska, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Aug 2011


LOS ANGELES -- A friend of mine recently walked into a dealership hoping to buy a new car to replace a 1995 Toyota Camry that had served him exceptionally well for about 182,760 odometer miles. After an elaborate tour a Read full story

NBA STARS TWO-GAME STINT CONFIRMED
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Jul 2011


The NBA stars two-game stint against a PBA All Star Selection and the Smart Gilas national team preparing for the FIBA Asia Men?s Championship which will serve as the qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics, has been confirmed. Read full story

Rootin' for a not-rotten Fish
By Nicholai R. Roska, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 13 Jul 2011


LOS ANGELES -- I remember it so well, an event that was seared into my brain the way good memories and milestones are. Only this one is a nightmare that haunted me from sometime. It was May 13, 2004. My beloved San Antonio Spurs, then Read full story

Pau Gasol: To keep or not to keep, that is the question
By Nicholai R. Roska, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Jun 2011


LOS ANGELES -- In the still of the NBA postseason, when the news is slow and the rumors are fast, the Los Angeles Lakers are making a lot of noise. Trade noises, that is. Although the talks involve Lamar Odom and a handful of d Read full story

NBA FINALS RATINGS SOAR ON ABS-CBN CHANNEL 2
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Jun 2011


The television ratings of the just concluded NBA Finals won by the Dallas Mavericks in six games over the Miami Heat has seen an amazing surge in ratings compared to recent years when the games were telecast by Solar Sp Read full story

Barkley on LeBron: "He's just not a cold-blooded killer"
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Jun 2011


IN THE refuge that is the Miami Heat locker room, LeBron James' stall is marked "king-size." But given how small he played in the 2001 NBA Finals, is a size-change in order? When it rains, it pours. And in LeBron's case Read full story

Mavericks broke the hearts of Miami?s Filipino fans
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Jun 2011


Instead of the ?Big 3,? it was the ?Big D? that dominated the just-ended NBA Finals with German superstar Dirk Nowitzki showing to all and sundry that you don?t need a ?super? team to win a championship. The Read full story