Mico Halili
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Mico Halili | |
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 Halili in 2023 | |
| Education | Ateneo de Manila University |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Title | Sportscaster |
| Spouse | Pia Arcangel (m. 2004) |
| Children | 1 |
| Sports commentary career | |
| Sport | |
Mico Halili is a Filipino sports television personality, sportscaster and sports journalist. He is best known as the lead sportscaster for the basketball games of the PBA and UAAP. In October 2020, he became the Creative Director for sports programs and sports digital properties at Cignal TV.
Halili began his career in 1998 with ABS-CBN Sports as one of the play-by-play commentators for the Metropolitan Basketball Association games. He later became a commentator for the basketball games of the UAAP and the NCAA. In 2003, he became a play-by-play commentator for the PBA games when it was broadcast on NBN/IBC. He became the lead anchor between 2004 and 2015 (ABC - 2004 to 2008, Solar TV - 2008 to 2010, and Sports5 - 2010 to 2015).
Halili co-created and hosted the original Halikinu Radio program on NU 107 (2004 to 2006).
He returned to ABS-CBN Sports in March 2015 as the lead anchor for the UAAP basketball games.[1] He also anchored CNN Philippines Sports Desk from March 2015 to December 2017.[2] After ABS-CBN Sports shutdown due to issues of the congressional legislative franchise, he joined Cignal TV as Creative Director for Sports Programmes.
