Statement of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco on the Opening Day of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 The Department of Tourism joins the entire nation in extending a warm Filipino welcome to all participants and spectators of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 in the Philippines! With our shared love and passion for…
DEFENDING National Basketball Association (NBA) champion the Golden State Warriors celebrated Filipino Heritage Night on February 24 as it faced Western conference rival the Houston Rockets in a sold-out game at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. Started in 2008, the Warriors’ Filipino Heritage Night started as an annual event during the season. With demand…
Filipino American Franco Finn, who is the in-arena emcee/host and television personality for multiple National Basketball Association (NBA) champion the Golden State Warriors, will represent the organization in the upcoming 2023 NBA All-Star festivities in Salt Lake City, Utah, according to a release provided by the organization. Known as the first and only Filipino/Asian American…
First NBA players of Filipino descent to play in same game THERE’S another historic moment for the books as the United States continues to celebrate October as Filipino American History Month. This time, history was made on the basketball court as Filipino American players Jordan Clarkson and Jalen Green faced off in a game between…
FILIPINO American Jalen Green was the second overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, becoming the third player of Filipino descent drafted to the basketball league. The Houston Rockets on Thursday, July 29 selected the 6-foot-5 guard in the hopes to revitalize the team after its shortcomings in the 2020-21 season. Green, whose mother Bree…
FILIPINO American basketball star Jordan Clarkson has become the first Utah Jazz player to win the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award. Clarkson on Monday, May 24, was named as the 2020-21 Kia NBA Sixth Man, beating teammate Joe Ingles and New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose for the award. “It’s been a journey….
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) are both well-known basketball leagues, but they are worlds apart. One is the best in the world, a lucrative enterprise with 30 teams each worth at least a billions dollars, with the New York Knicks the NBA’s most valuable franchise at $4 billion. The lowest…
The sports world is in an era in which aging stars are finding incredible ways to hold onto power. Roger Federer and Serena Williams remain near the top of the tennis universe at the age of 37. LeBron James is still viewed as the best basketball player in the world despite having enough mileage on…
Fil-Am point guard to join Team Philippines after delay in approval from the NBA The NBA decided on Tuesday, August 14 that Jordan Clarkson of the Cleveland Cavaliers may play for the Philippines in the 2018 Asian Games after previously ruling that NBA players couldn’t participate in the multi-sport event. Twenty-six-year-old Clarkson, who is part…
