MANILA, Philippines—PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial is set to be named the league press corps’ Mr. Executive after his leadership led to the staging of the Philippine Cup inside the bubble in Clark, Pampanga.
The PBA had to resort to the use of a bubble environment to resume the All-Filipino Conference after it initially got halted in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite two false positive cases of COVID-19, the Philippine Cup went as planned with Barangay Ginebra taking the title in December ending a 13-year drought for the prestigious championship.
Marcial, who lived inside the bubble for the duration of the tournament, led a 500-strong delegation into Clark that included…
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