Chino Trinidad

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Manolo "Chino" Trinidad
8th Commissioner of the Philippine Basketball League
In office
2000–2010

Manolo "Chino" Trinidad (born July 23, 1967) is a Filipino sports journalist and executive who formerly served as a play-by-play commentator in the PBA coverage by Vintage Television. [1]

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Career

Sportscasting

Trinidad started in Balitang Bayan Numero Uno's Sports Ngayon segment from 1991 to 1998 in DZRH. He started a sideline reporter from 1993 to 1995, on Vintage Television. He later worked as a play-by-play commentator not only on basketball games, but also on boxing games, like Blow-by-Blow. [1] His notable play-by-blay game was the do-or-die upset of Barangay Ginebra against Mobiline Phone Pals in 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals. [2] He also worked as a sports reporter on GMA News. [3]

In 2007, he lastly served as a play-by-play in RPN 9's coverage of 2007 FIBA Asia Championship. [4]

Executive

He also served as the commissioner of Philippine Basketball League since 2000, replacing Yeng Guiao, his notable color commentator partner in PBA coverages. [5] He resigned in 2010. [3] He is also a founding member of Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas. [1] [6] He is one of the personalities who pushed for the rights of SBP as the Philippine basketball federation and fight against the failures of its predecessor, the Basketball Association of the Philippines. [7] [8] [9]

He was later a candidate in the positions like UAAP Basketball Commissioner in 2014, [10] and Chairman of Games and Amusement Board (GAB). [1] He was later appointed as Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup consultant. [11]

In May 2024, Trinidad was appointed as the commissioner of its first professional pool league in the Philippines, the Sharks Billiards Association. [12]

Others

After resigning in GMA, Trinidad focused on his founded cable channel named Pilipinas HD. [1] [13] [14]

In 2014, he led "Pagpupugay", a tribute to Filipino sports heroes. That tribute got minor citation from the PSA Annual Awards in 2015. [15]

He criticized Chot Reyes and the SBP for mishandling the team in 2023 FIBA World Cup, and he nicknamed Reyes "Coach Voldemort ". [16] [8]

Appearances

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1993–1995 PBA on Vintage Sports Courtside reporter Vintage Television (IBC)
1995–1999Play-by-play
2000–2002 PBA on Viva TV Play-by-playViva TV (IBC)
2006–2023 24 Oras Reporter GMA Sports segment: "Time Out"
2007 Pinoy Meets World Host San Antonio, Texas and Cleveland, Ohio episode
2007–2008 100% Pinoy!
2008 Pinoy Meets World Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California episode
2011–2012; 2017–2019 Saksi sa Dobol B Reporter Dobol B TV Sports segment: "Sports Saksi"

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