The duo of Juami Tiongson and Stephen Holt inflicted most of the damage as Terrafirma downed Converge, 107-99, to start off the PBA Philippine Cup on a winning note Friday at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Tiongson finished with 30 points while Holt reset his career-high by scoring 27 as the Dyip dominated the FiberXers and gave
MANILA, Philippines — Chinnie Arroyo is making the most of the opportunity to showcase her skills with the Farm Fresh Foxies in the 2024 PVL All-Filipino Conference. Arroyo was instrumental in Farm Fresh’s first win after scoring 11 points to torch Capital1, 25-16, 25-18, 25-16, on Thursday at Philsports Arena. “I’m embracing my role because
MANILA, Philippines — Sobe Buena was a revelation for the Ateneo Blue Eagles in their first win in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. Buena unleashed 18 points with an efficient 50-percent spiking rate to help Ateneo fight back from two sets down and overwhelm the University of the Philippines, 22-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-17,
MANILA, Philippines — After years of going up against each other in the pros, Denden Lazaro-Revilla and Bea De Leon never thought they would reunite with former Ateneo teammate Alyssa Valdez in the PVL. Nine years after their perfect UAAP Season 77 title run for the school’s second championship, Revilla and De Leon played on
Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani kept fans guessing Friday on the identity of his new wife, saying only that they met “three to four years ago” and got engaged last year. The 29-year-old Ohtani, who signed a $700-million deal in December with the Los Angeles Dodgers, dropped the bombshell on Thursday that he had tied
DENVER — Michael Porter Jr. had 30 points to help pick up the scoring load after Jamal Murray left because of a sprained ankle, and the Denver Nuggets staved off Miami’s fourth-quarter rally to beat the Heat 103-97 in the NBA on Thursday night. Porter was 12 of 23 from the floor, including four 3-pointers,
LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis had 40 points and 15 rebounds, LeBron James added 31 points and Los Angeles extended the Washington Wizards’ losing streak to 13 games with a 134-131 victory in the NBA Thursday night. James shifted the momentum permanently in the Lakers’ favor early in overtime when the 21-year veteran followed up
PHOENIX— Phoenix All-Star Devin Booker and Houston rookie Cam Whitmore got into a minor scuffle midway through the fourth quarter Thursday night and both players were called for a technical foul. With a couple big blocks on the ensuing possession, Suns center Jusuf Nurkic was there to back his star teammate. Booker scored 35 points,
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama punctuated snapping a five-game skid by shouting an explicative into a live house microphone to let Spurs fans know how much he missed playing in front of them. “I think just let him be him,” San Antonio point guard Tre Jones said, laughing. “We don’t want
NEW YORK — A much better start for Stephen Curry led to one of the best in the NBA this season for the Golden State Warriors. Curry had 31 points and 11 rebounds, bouncing back from a scoreless first half in his last game with a double-double by the midpoint of this one, and the
NEW YORK — Cam Johnson scored a season high 29 points, hitting a season-high seven 3-pointers in 11 attempts, to help the Brooklyn Nets beat the Atlanta Hawks 124-97 in the NBA on Thursday night to open a two-game series. Fighting for the last play-in spot in the Eastern Conference, the teams will meet again
ORLANDO, Florida — Jalen Suggs hit three 3-pointers in the final three minutes and finished with 15 points as the Orlando Magic beat the Utah Jazz 115-107 in the NBA on Thursday night. Paolo Banchero, back in the lineup after missing two games due to the flu, had 29 points and nine rebounds for the
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points and 10 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks swept the four-game NBA season series with Charlotte, beating the Hornets 111-99 on Thursday night to finish a home-and-home set. Malik Beasley added 19 points — hitting five 3-pointers — and Bobby Portis had 14 points and 10 rebounds. The
For a team that has a rich history in winning, Creamline does not dwell in the past. The Cool Smashers would rather focus on how they can dominate in the present. “We are 0-0 here,” coach Sherwin Meneses said in Filipino at the start of their Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference campaign. “We will be
CAGAYAN DE ORO—For the first time in 75 years of the Philippine Airlines Interclub’s Regular Men’s tournament, bench depth will not be the biggest thing. Unlike before when five players come out for a squad each day with the top four scores counting, lean and mean rosters will be the thing at Pueblo de Oro
Even from the outside looking in, Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser was aware of the high standards at TNT, especially with his brother on the team. “The culture and the winning mindset [of TNT], it’s already set there,” Ganuelas-Rosser said after starting off his Tropang Giga stint on a bright note on Wednesday with a 108-107 escape act
Filipino-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban will compete in a final Olympic-qualifying tournament in Washington D.C. on March 15, looking to officially book a ticket to the Summer Games slated in Paris this year. Esteban, who switched federations after being controversially dropped by the Philippine Fencing Association (PFA), currently leads the race for the direct qualification spot
There is a chance the Philippine men’s team will get to play the best national squads in the world. And the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) is doing everything to make that happen. The federation began the spade work to bring the 2025 FIVB World Men’s Championship, slated Sept. 12 to Sept. 28, to the
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is bidding to host the 2025 FIVB World Men’s Championship as it hopes to field the men’s volleyball team against the 31 best squads around the globe. The Philippine National Volleyball Federation president Tats Suzara on Thursday has formally expressed the country’s desire to host the world tilt after a
MANILA, Philippines–Tots Carlos carried Creamline’s offense on her back after erupting for a career-high 31 points in frustrating Akari, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 25-19, in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Thursday night at PhilSports Arena. But despite that performance, Carlos is still looking to be even better. “‘Yung nilalaro ko ngayon, even me, ‘di ako makapaniwala,”