''SportsCenter Philippines'' is a
Philippine television
Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even ...
sports news broadcasting show broadcast by
TV5. The show based of American television ''
SportsCenter
''SportsCenter'' (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN. Originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, Bob Ley, Sal Marchiano and Lou Palmer, it premiered on Septem ...
''. Originally anchored by
Aaron Atayde,
Magoo Marjon
Magoo Marjon is a Filipino sports play-by-play commentator. He is known for calling lines such as "Bang!" (like of Mike Breen), "May kasama pang foul" (when a player shoots the ball and fouled), and "Punches it through" (alternate to Bang!).
...
, Amanda Fernandez and
Lia Cruz, it aired from December 17, 2017 to January 5, 2020. Atayde, Marjon, Fernandez, Cruz, Jinno Rufino and Cesca Litton-Kalaw serve as the final anchors. It airs every Wednesday & Friday at 9:30 PM and Saturdays & Sundays at 9:00 PM.
History
Before the creation of ''SportsCenter Philippines'', Sports5 had produced several editions of its own sports news show, mostly airs as a halftime show of its flagship broadcast property, the
PBA.
''AKTV Center''
It was first known as ''AKTV Center'', when TV5 airs its sports programs through
AKTV
AKTV (pronounced "active", officially branded as AKTV on IBC) was the primetime sports programming block in the Philippines. Owned and operated by TV5, it occupied the 5 pm to 11 pm timeslot of IBC; weekend coverage usually began at 11 am to 1 ...
block on
IBC IBC is an initialism that can stand for:
Broadcasting
*Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 13, Philippines
*International Beacon Project, Worldwide network of radio propagation beacons
*International Broadcast Centre
*International ...
. It began airing on October 2, 2011, and serves as pre-game, halftime, and post-game show of the
PBA games which began airing on AKTV on the same day. It was hosted by
Patricia Bermudez-Hizon, with
Mico Halili
Mico Halili is a Filipino sports television personality, sportscaster and sports journalism, sports journalist. He is best known as the lead sportscaster for the basketball games of the Philippine Basketball Association, PBA and University Athl ...
and
Magoo Marjon
Magoo Marjon is a Filipino sports play-by-play commentator. He is known for calling lines such as "Bang!" (like of Mike Breen), "May kasama pang foul" (when a player shoots the ball and fouled), and "Punches it through" (alternate to Bang!).
...
as alternates. The format similar to ''
Inside the NBA
''Inside the NBA'', branded for sponsorship purposes as ''Inside the NBA presented by Kia'', is the halftime and postgame studio show that aired for ''NBA on TNT'' broadcasts from 1989 to 2025. The show has been hosted since 1990 by Ernie John ...
'' was adopted for the AKTV Center starting the 2011-12 Philippine Cup Quarterfinal round, usually having a three-man panel consisting of either Halili, Marjon, Bermudez-Hizon, Aaron Atayde and Dominic Uy. Special guests were added at the panel from time to time. Several characters were introduced for the segment, which also includes parodies of NBA players, namely "Kobesaya" (a look-alike of
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant ( ; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise, spent his entire 20-year career with t ...
), "Jeremy Lin-ta" (
Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player for the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knick ...
) and "J.R. "Pepe" Smith" (
J. R. Smith). ''AKTV Center'' airs from the IBC studios in
Broadcast City
Broadcast City was the headquarters and broadcast complex of the television and radio networks owned by Roberto Benedicto, namely - Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Radio Philippines Network (RPN) and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corpor ...
but sometimes air from the playing venue during special occasions, notably the league's opening ceremonies and the jersey retirement of
Robert Jaworski
Robert Vincent Salazar Jaworski Sr. (; born March 8, 1946), also known by his nicknames Sonny, Big J, and Jawo (), is a Filipino former professional basketball player, head coach and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines fro ...
.
During the
2012 Commissioner's Cup, AKTV introduced "Home Court" with
Lia Cruz as its host. The segment airs during the halftime break of the second game. However it only lasted for four episodes before returning to AKTV Center's original format.
''AKTV Center'' ceased airing on May 31, 2013, along with AKTV block itself, following the expiration of blocktime agreement between TV5 and IBC by the end of the month. There were no formatted show aired during
2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals when the PBA games was transferred to TV5 and
AksyonTV
Aksyon TV (, visually rendered in all uppercase as AKSYONTV) was a Philippine free-to-air television network. It was a joint venture of NBC and TV5 Network, Inc. (international operations is under its subsidiary Pilipinas Global Network Ltd. ...
.
''Sports5 Center''
During TV5's airing of the
2013 FIBA Asia Championship
The 2013 in sports, 2013 FIBA Asia Cup, FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that served as the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tourna ...
from August 1–11, 2013, a similarly formatted pre-game show was included in the broadcast, which was named ''Sports5 Center''. This incarnation was carried over for the PBA's
2013-14 season, however it was only aired during Sundays. ''Sports5 Center'' was replaced by ''Sports 360'' in November 2014.
In November 2016, the pre-game show was again renamed as ''Sports5 Center'', retiring the ''Sports 360'' pre-game show.
''Sports5 Center'' continued to air after Sports5 was renamed as ESPN5 on October 13, 2017. It ended on the Game 7 of the
2017 PBA Governors' Cup finals
The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2017 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the Meralco Bolts c ...
on October 27.
With the launch of SportsCenter Philippines, ESPN5 replaced Sports5 Center with ''PBA Halftime Show'' to fill-in on PBA halftime breaks.
''Sports 360''
''Sports 360'' is a sports-oriented show that also served as a pre-game program for the PBA games during the 2014-15 season. It was shown via
livestreaming
Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming of video or audio in real time or near real time. While often referred to simply as ''streaming'', the real-time nature of livestreaming differentiates it from other non- liv ...
at Sports5.ph, before the start of the PBA's first game during weekdays and on TV5 before the start of the second game during weekends. The show focused on the latest news in the league as well as other sports. It spun off as a separate show starting February 1, 2015, though a short version of the show, ''Sports 360 Blitz'' was introduced for the 2015-16 season as pre-game and post-game show of the PBA. ''Sports 360'' ceased airing by 2016.
Format
''SportsCenter Philippines'' features the latest sports news and developments from the Philippines and around the world, with daily content contribution from ''
SportsCenter
''SportsCenter'' (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN. Originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, Bob Ley, Sal Marchiano and Lou Palmer, it premiered on Septem ...
'' of the U.S.
Covering the latest in sports news, highlights and updates in its signature fast-paced format, ''SportsCenter Philippines'' concentrates on the biggest stories of the day and the sports that matter most to Filipino fans, including the PBA, the NBA, American football, volleyball and more.
‘SportsCenter Philippines’ to premiere December 17 on ESPN5
retrieved December 17, 2017
''SportsCenter Philippines'' expands its coverage through its bulletin version ''SportsCenter Right Now'' (launched on November 24), airing during ESPN5 primetime programs, and a segment in News5
TV5 News and Current Affairs, also known on-air as News5 (formerly ABC News and Public Affairs and TV5 News and Public Affairs and later TV5 News and Information), is the news and current affairs (news format), current affairs division of the ...
's flagship newscast Aksyon Prime as ''SportsCenter sa Aksyon''.
Final presenters
Final main anchors
* Aaron Atayde (2017–20)
* Magoo Marjon
Magoo Marjon is a Filipino sports play-by-play commentator. He is known for calling lines such as "Bang!" (like of Mike Breen), "May kasama pang foul" (when a player shoots the ball and fouled), and "Punches it through" (alternate to Bang!).
...
(2017–20)
* Amanda Fernandez (2017–20)
* Lia Cruz (2017–20)
* Jinno Rufino (2018–20)
* Cesca Litton-Kalaw (2019–20)
Final substitute anchors and contributors
* Carla Lizardo (2018–20)
* Selina Dagdag (2018–20)
* Apple David (2018–20)
* Mich Del Carmen (2018–20)
* Eric Menk
Eric Conrad Padua Menk (born August 24, 1974) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player who played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the ASEAN Basketball League. Known as Major Pain, Menk is a four-time PBA cha ...
(2018–20)
* Noel Zarate (2019–20)
Reporters
* Chino Lui Pio
* Rizza Diaz
* Denise Tan
* Chuck Araneta
* Carla Lizardo
* Lyn Olavario (also a reporter for News5
TV5 News and Current Affairs, also known on-air as News5 (formerly ABC News and Public Affairs and TV5 News and Public Affairs and later TV5 News and Information), is the news and current affairs (news format), current affairs division of the ...
)
* Renz Ongkiko
* Mark Zambrano
Former presenters & reporters
* Mara Aquino
References
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2017 Philippine television series debuts
2020 Philippine television series endings
2010s Philippine television series
2020s Philippine television series
TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming
TV5 (Philippine TV network) sports shows
SportsCenter
Flagship evening news shows
Philippine television series based on American television series
Filipino-language television shows
Philippine English-language television shows