Post-Game

LeBron. Kobe. Steph. Tim Duncan. KD. Dirk. They’re all shoo-ins. But which other 21st-century players should be on the NBA’s diamond anniversary list? ABS-CBN Data Analytics head and basketball buff Edson Guido shares his thoughts.

Hard-core Philippine college basketball fans remember Kelvin dela Peña as a 1-time NCAA MVP with a promising future. But injuries derailed those plans, and through the years many wondered what became of the Mapua Cardinals alumnus.

Fast-forward to now, Dela Peña has found a second chance at basketball in his home country Canada, where he is not only helping young players to grow their game through his youth development program but also teaching them life lessons he picked up on his road to finding success again.

The future of Philippine women's volleyball is bright, with Jennifer Nierva, Mhicaela Belen, and Faith Nisperos among the sport's rising stars. In this episode of “Post-Game”, the 3 up-and-coming players discuss their stint in the AVC Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship (3:27, 25:40), playing with the veterans of the national team (5:19), and how they felt to finally play again after more than a year away from the game (14:43, 22:38).

Mozzy Ravena discusses how she and Coach Bong Ravena raised 3 children who became athletes, her reaction to Thirdy and Kiefer's first games in Japan, and how she taught Dani to deal with pressure.

Filipino bowling icon Paeng Nepomuceno talks about how he started out in a sport he dominated for decades, the state of bowling during the pandemic, and his career what-if.

Sports broadcaster Dyan Castillejo was a witness to tennis history over the weekend — she was on the sidelines at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York to cover the US Open final featuring Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu.

Dyan talks about that match, and the tennis futures of Leylah, a Canadian with Filipino roots, and promising juniors player Alex Eala.

She also touches on her globe-trotting coverage of the Olympics in Tokyo, the Manny Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas, and the US Open in New York — all in a span of 8 weeks.

Nelson Asaytono had everything on his resumé — stats, a stylish game, and titles. But he never got his due, whether as an active player having never won an MVP or in his post-basketball life having been denied a spot in the PBA’s 40 greatest players list.

Long-time PBA journalist Rey Joble offers his thoughts on why the player known as “The Bull” couldn’t get the respect he rightfully deserves.

After elevating the University of the Philippines men's basketball program to new heights in his 4 seasons in charge, Bo Perasol is ready to step back and embrace a new role with the team. On “Post-Game”, he discusses the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the UP program (16:09), the details of his new job with UP (22:33), the lessons that he learned from coaching the Ateneo Blue Eagles (28:14), and the legacy he left with the Fighting Maroons (51:20).

Also, Perasol talks about the six players that he coached who are now plying their trade as imports in Japan's B.League (5:00) and how this impacts the PBA (12:30).

Ahead of her flight to Serbia, trailblazing Filipina Jack Animam discusses her remarkable basketball journey on “Post-Game”, including her decision to go to the United States (4:12), her stint in an Atlanta Pro-Am League (9:19), her expectations with her new team (19:18), and her dreams for women's basketball in the Philippines (26:34). 

Joining the conversation is her coach, Dante Harlan, who trained Animam for this opportunity (5:31) and believes she has what it takes to make it even further (22:00).

The president of Bounty Agro Ventures Inc., which handles Chooks-to-Go, opens up about why it’s important to help former Olympians such as Onyok Velasco, and the state of corporate sponsorship in the time of a pandemic.

Mascariñas also shares which sponsorship deal he found the most fulfilling and the one that taught him “good intentions are not enough.”