Maharlika Pilipinas Is Coming To S+A

SPORTS | January 15, 2018

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, the newest local amateur basketball league founded by no less than eight-time Filipino world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, has finally found the right home where it aims to bring its games and its participating teams closer to Filipino basketball fans with the start of its maiden season on the horizon. 

Starting January 25, 2018, the games of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) will be aired live and exclusive on ABS-CBN's S+A. The announcement was made on social media following the forging of a partnership deal between the league's management headed by ALV Events International and the Philippines' premiere media and entertainment company ABS-CBN Corporation.

For both the MPBL and ABS-CBN Sports, the deal presents the right opportunity for sports-loving Filipino viewers to see grassroots athletes and even those who are yet to be drafted into the professional scene in action. On its inaugural season, seven teams led by Tanduay Rhum Masters will be competing in home and away games which is reminiscent of the format used in the defunct Metropolitan Basketball League (MBL) twenty years ago.

The inaugural season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League will take place at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and its games will be broadcasted live every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:00 pm on S+A and S+A HD.

Speaking of ABS-CBN Sports, a few Filipino viewers have shared their first experience watching the new sports channel Liga on their television screens via social media especially Facebook. I was surprised to learn that the new channel would turn out to be the reincarnation of the late Balls considering that they watched replays of Alab Pilipinas games and FIFA World Cup European Qualifier matches, and I thought it is a channel only dedicated to Spanish football.

Well, if you don't believe what they have thought, then watch it for yourself if you are a Skycable or SkyDirect subscriber and have your say on it.

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