MANILA, Philippines — Casiey Dongallo put an end to the rumors about her transferring to another school as she reiterated her commitment to take the University of the East to greater heights in the UAAP. Rumors swirled on social media that the UE super rookie is leaving the Lady Warriors but she quickly debunked it.
BACOLOD CITY—TNT’s Calvin Oftana became the new winner of the PBA three-point shootout after foiling the bid of Magnolia’s Paul Lee to retain his title Saturday here. Oftana hit 25 points during the championship round to beat out Lee and Meralco’s Chris Newsome and claim the top purse of P30,000 at University of St. La
MANILA, Philippines–Casiey Dongallo shed tears of joy after University of the East subdued Adamson University, 26-24, 23-25, 25-18, 25-20, at the start of its second-round campaign on Saturday in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. The power-smashing rookie hammered 12 of her game-high 28 points in the final set, including her team’s last five
ANTIPOLO CITY—PLDT displayed a clinical performance to join defending champion Creamline on top of the preliminary round ladder of the PVL All-Filipino Conference. The High Speed Hitters dismantled Farm Fresh with a 25-9, 25-13, 25-21 victory to tie the Cool Smashers’ record at 5-1 on Saturday at Ynares Center here. Savannah Davison powered PLDT to
MANILA, Philippines–Crowd favorite Eman Bacosa headlines a special presentation of Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow on Sunday at the Okada Manila. Bacosa, representing Wild Card Boxing of General Santos City, tangles with Jay Clyde Langahin of Black Hawk Boxing of Davao City in a four-round lightweight special attraction that will be shown by ONE Sports channel
BACOLOD CITY — Meralco’s Raymond Almazan racked up 19 points finalé to rule the specialized PBA All Star Weekend’s 3-Point Shootout on Saturday. Almazan beat out Blackwater rookie Christian David, NLEX’s Dave Marcelo, and Terrafirma’s Isaac Go in the you-or-me round of the Big Man contest held at University of St. La Salle Coliseum here.
ANTIPOLO CITY—Galeries Tower notched its first ever back to back wins after a 25-17, 25-14, 25-12 triumph over Strong Group in the PVL All-Filipino Conference on Saturday at Ynares Center here. Grace Bombita led the Highrisers with 16 points from 15 attacks and an ace to carve out their most convincing win since joining the
TORONTO — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points in his only regular-season trip to his homeland, Chet Holmgren had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away late to beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 123-103 on Friday night. “We did enough to win,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We weren’t the best version of ourselves
DETROIT — Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics won their eighth straight game, beating the short-handed Detroit Pistons 129-102 on Friday night. “It’s an honor to coach Jaylen when is playing like this,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “He’s processing every possession on both ends of the floor and he’s getting
BACOLOD CITY—NorthPort’s JM Calma became the new champion of the Obstacle Challenge that kicked off the PBA All-Star Weekend Saturday here. Calma completed the course in 26 seconds to beat out Rain or Shine’s Santi Santillan and Magnolia’s James Laput in the finals of the event held at University of St. La Salle Coliseum. Santillan
2024 PBA All-Star Weekend schedule (Saturday) University of St. La Salle Coliseum 3pm – PBA Skills Events (Obstacle Challenge/ 3pt Shootout – Big Man/ 3pt Shootout – Guard) 6:15pm – Rookie Sophomore Junior Game Team Greats celebrates its 142-133 victory in the Rookies Sophomores Juniors Game Team Greats celebrates its 142-133 victory over Team Stalwarts
MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Conley scored 21 points and fan favorite Naz Reid added 18 points on his beach towel giveaway night, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-91 on Friday in the NBA. Anthony Edwards had 16 points and 13 rebounds, Rudy Gobert grabbed 15 rebounds and Jaden McDaniels added 15 points, three
MANILA, Philippines — Far Eastern University leaned on the trio of Dryx Saavedra, Jayjay Javelona, and Martin Bugaoan to withstand the gritty La Salle in five sets, 16-25, 25-21, 34-32, 20-25, 15-8, and keep the share of the lead in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament on Saturday at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Javelona delivered
MANILA, Philippines—Even after blowing Game 2 of the NCAA Season 99 boys’ basketball Finals, Letran retained its composure in the clincher to win the crown of the high school division, 93-76, at San Juan Arena on Saturday. The Squires denied Perpetual Help its first NCAA juniors’ crown while bagging their second straight title under coach
MANILA, Philippines — Criss Cross asserted its dominance over young VNS-Nasty, taking a 25-18, 25-17, 25-17 sweep, in the 2024 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City on Friday night. After requiring some time to distance themselves from the Griffins, the King Crunchers swiftly established a significant lead in the
MIAMI — The New Orleans Pelicans had quite a rebuttal. CJ McCollum scored 30 points, Jose Alvarado added 17 and the Pelicans had no trouble in a 111-88 win over Miami on Friday night in the NBA — the first meeting between the teams since four players got ejected when the teams played in New
SAN ANTONIO — Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points, including the winning basket with 1.2 seconds left, and the undermanned Memphis Grizzlies overcame 31 points and 16 rebounds from Victor Wembanyama to snap a four-game skid with a 99-97 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night. “Absolute composure,” Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said.
MANILA, Philippines—Last year, Fil-Am Nation Select-USA was unable to make history despite coming oh-so-near to the NBTC National Finals championship–a trophy that’s long been elusive for the basketball club. Now that history may finally be reached with its stars Andy Gemao and Jacob Bayla leading the way. After Fil-Am Nation’s close win against Batang Tiaong,
LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis had 23 points and 19 rebounds, and D’Angelo Russell set the Lakers record for 3-pointers in a single season during Los Angeles’ 101-94 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA on Friday night. LeBron James had 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists as the Lakers snapped a seven-game
UAAP volleyball schedule of games (March 23) Araneta Coliseum 10 a.m. – Adamson Falcons vs UE Red Warriors (men’s) 12 noon – La Salle Green Spikers vs FEU Tamaraws (men’s) 2 p.m. – Adamson Lady Falcons vs UE Lady Warriors (women’s) 4 p.m. – La Salle Lady Spikers vs FEU Tamaraws (women’s) FULL SCHEDULE HERE.
Major League Baseball on Friday announced a formal investigation into the scandal swirling around Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter amid charges the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar was the victim of “massive theft.” The Dodgers fired Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani’s long-time interpreter and close friend, on Thursday after Ohtani’s representatives alleged the Japanese two-way star had
SAN FRANCISCO — Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and had 11 assists, Pascal Siakam added 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds and the Indiana Pacers beat the Golden State Warriors 123-111 on Friday night. Indiana pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring Golden State 36-21 after trailing by double-digits in the first half. Haliburton, coming
BACOLOD CITY — Marcio Lassiter is easily one of the Philippine Basketball Association’s finest shooters right now, but a PBA All-Star 3-Point Shootout crown remains elusive for the San Miguel marksman. “I mean, you always want to get one as a shooter, right?” Lassiter told a couple of reporters on Friday after lunch, just before
MELBOURNE –Williams Formula One driver Logan Sargeant will miss the Australian Grand Prix after his car was given to teammate Alex Albon, who crashed heavily in Friday practice with no spare available. The team said Albon’s wrecked car had been withdrawn and would be sent back to the factory at Grove in England for repairs.
Defending champion La Salle opens the second half of its elimination round campaign in Season 86 of the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament with one thing in mind: To get better. Coming off a four-game winning streak that came after its only loss of the season to an unlikely conqueror and tournament leader, the Lady Spikers