![Marck Espejo [photo credit: Mark Espejo Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/espejo2.jpg)
Espejo, son of a housewife and an electrical project officer based in Guam, said a hoop incident led to a U-turn in his priorities. He got injured after landing awkwardly while trying to stuff the ball in a pickup game.
PNVF President laments absence of big names in tryouts; vows to change volleyball landscape
Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) president Ramon “Tats” Suzara expressed disappointment on the decision of volleyball stars led by Alyssa Valdez not to attend the tryouts for the national team for the coming Vietnam Southeast Asian Games and other international contests.
![Philippine Women's Team A 12th AKT [photo credit: Mr. Inigo Roces]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/166316687_286731173078362_76204533622256443_n1.jpg)
Pinoys Can-do Kendo
The UKFP was originally founded by representatives of the Cebu, Davao, IGA, Iloilo, & Manila Kendo Clubs with the initial purpose of making it easier to coordinate with one another to field delegations to international events.
Suzara welcomes Subic attendees in principle, notable PH Volleybelles absent
With a cast less than the number expected the National (Indoor) Team try-out for the women pushed through with PNVF President “Tats” Suzara looking over the coaches and players at the Subic Gym. 16 of the expected 40 players invited were present and participated.
Alyssa Valdez Lauds Jaja Santiago, keeps faith in PH Volleyball Development
Alyssa Valdez and Jaja Santiago, protagonists during their time in the UAAP and soon in the PVL, have been changed by the sport.
Football’s pitch for humanity
Football for Humanity donates school and food supplies and footballs all over the country and they make sure the footballs get to their intended recipients.
Rudy Mendoza, basketball lover, passes away at 75
Rudy Mendoza died last April 20 due to heart problems made worse by COVID-19. He was 75 and buried last Friday (April 23) at the Eternal Gardens in Batangas City.
![Eldar Eldarov [Brave CF photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Eldar-Eldarov-1024x681.jpg)
Brave CF enjoying fruits of investing in Asian talent
Mixed martial arts (MMA) has swept across the globe like a tidal wave in less than a generation, charting one of the most remarkable trajectories of growth that the world has ever witnessed in a sport.
Crispa vs. Toyota: How the Heated Rivalry Started
It was the Crispa-Floro Redmanizers and the Toyota Comets/Tamaraws that romanticized PH basketball for more than a decade.
Do You Have A Million Dollar Leg?
Toshiki Sato was discovered by 10-year NFL veteran Nick Novak training on a football pitch or a soccer field depending on what floats your boat, so Sato and Novak had a conversation and the rest, as they say, is history.