MANILA, Philippines–Creamline bolstered its PVL All-Filipino Conference semifinal bid with a 25-22, 25-12, 25-20 bounce-back win against eliminated Nxled on Saturday at PhilSports Arena. Tots Carlos produced 18 points from 14 attacks and four of the Cool Smashers’ five aces to lift her crew to a 7-2 card for a much better position in the
MANILA, Philippines—Choco Mucho continued its stranglehold of the top spot in the PVL All-Filipino Conference after trouncing eliminated Strong Group, 25-17, 25-15, 25-15, on Saturday at PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. Veteran Royse Tubino scattered 17 points from 15 attacks and two blocks to help the Flying Titans roll to a fourth straight win and
MANILA, Philippines—Adamson coach JP Yude calmly huddled his players and blurted out a motivational speech in the face of another disastrous outing. Down two sets and trailing by six points, the Lady Falcons obligingly responded and turned back University of the Philippines, 25-17, 23-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13, on Saturday night at the UAAP Season 86
MANILA, Philippines— Rain or Shine tightened its play in the third period and then kept it together the rest of the way to roll past Terrafirma, 116-104, in the PBA Philippine Cup on Saturday. A balanced attack had the Painters controlling the contest at Caloocan Sports Complex early. The blue-collar squad then surged into double-digit
France Ronquillo powered Galeries Tower to its best franchise record in the PVL All-Filipino Conference after sweeping Farm Fresh, 25-18, 25-23, 25-16, on Saturday at PhilSports Arena. Ronquillo dished out a career-high 20 points built around 16 attacks, three aces and a block to help the Highrisers despite being no longer in contention for a
MANILA, Philippines — Far Eastern University took down the University of Santo Tomas, 25-23, 25-27, 25-22, 25-15 to boost its twice-to-beat bid with a sixth consecutive win in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament on Saturday at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The Tamaraws hosted a block party with 16 kill blocks, led by Martin Bugaoan’s
DALLAS — Rookie Marcus Sasser scored 24 points in his hometown return, including 13 straight Detroit points during a stretch of the third quarter, and the Pistons beat the Dallas Mavericks — playing without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving — 107-89 in the NBA on Friday night. The Pistons (14-67) led for most of the
MANILA, Philippines — Maverick and VNS-Nasty have finally entered the win column in the 2024 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference after beating separate foes on Friday at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. The Maverick Hard Hitters leaned on Razzle Palisoc’s 19-point effort to sweep the skidding Philippine Air Force, 25-19, 25-20, 25-9, and capture their
BOSTON — Payton Prichard scored a career-high 31 points and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 131-98 win over the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA on Friday night. Pritchard added 11 assists for his second double-double this season and helped the Celtics avoid losing three consecutive games in a season for the first time since
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks will be at Madison Square Garden to begin the first round of the NBA playoffs. They could even be on their home court again to start the second round. Jalen Brunson had 30 points and 11 assists after a slow start, OG Anunoby scored all of his 15
PHILADELPHIA— Joel Embiid had 32 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists after an apparent injury scare in the first half and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 125-113 on Friday night in a critical game for NBA Eastern Conference playoff seedings. Tyrese Maxey scored 28 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 21 as Philadelphia
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors realize they will have a hard road to reach the NBA playoffs. CJ McCollum and the New Orleans Pelicans know they control their own path if they can win the regular-season finale at home against the Jazz. “One job,” McCollum said. McCollum hit a 3-pointer
MEMPHIS — LeBron James had 37 points — including six in the final minute — and 10 rebounds, and Anthony Davis had 36 points and 14 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA 123-120 on Friday night. Davis, returning from a left eye injury that kept him out
Victor Wembanyama figured he might be getting into trouble. It was a rare moment of celebration for the San Antonio Spurs in this long season, a win over the New York Knicks last month that had another sold-out crowd stirred into a frenzy. He had just intercepted the game’s final pass as time expired. He
CAMDEN, N.J. — Yes, there is something quite wry about the fact Allen Iverson was immortalized in his crossover pose at — of all sites — the Philadelphia 76ers’ practice facility. Practice. Not where the Sixers play their games. Practice. Almost 22 years after AI ranted about “practice” 22 times in an often-spoofed news conference
University of Santo Tomas and Far Eastern University renew their rivalry on Saturday, with both sides wanting to prove something to themselves as far as their clash in the first round went. The Golden Tigresses swept the first round of the eliminations after coming back from two sets down to pull out a 22-25, 21-25,
Clyde Mondilla closed out with a two-under-par 70 on Friday and won on the Philippine Golf Tour for the first time this year, his three-shot victory over Angelo Que in the ICTSI Caliraya Springs Championship just the perfect confidence boost he needs as he preps for a stint in the Japan Developmental Tour. Mondilla, the
Phoenix has no reasons to sugarcoat its Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup struggles, a complete difference from the previous conference when a do-it-all import carried the Fuel Masters to a fairytale semifinal appearance. But Jason Perkins, who boosted the Fuel Masters to a 113-107 victory over the hapless Converge FiberXers Friday at Philsports Arena
The atmosphere within the Terrafirma locker room has been different in this Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, and much of it has been made possible by a change in outlook. It wasn’t different on Wednesday, even after the Dyip faltered late against the mighty San Miguel Beermen in a 113-110 loss at Ninoy Aquino
MANILA, Philippines–Ginebra coach Tim Cone admitted that Ginebra’s current position in the PBA Philippine Cup is not something he wants to see out for his Gin Kings. Ginebra snapped its two-game losing streak at the expense of Blackwater, 105-86, at Philsports Arena on Friday but Cone said that they’re still in the “middle of the
MANILA, Philippines—Scottie and wife Jinky Thompson gave birth to their second child last week. Welcoming new baby Schyler Austin, Thompson said, is what motivated him to get back on the court for Ginebra in the PBA Philippine Cup. “That’s one of the reasons why I wanted to come back so bad. When my [second] baby
MANILA, Philippines–NLEX’s Robert Bolick’s string of big performances has allowed him to set the pace in the Best Player of the Conference derby halfway into the eliminations of the PBA Philippine Cup. Bolick racked up 49.2 Statistical Points for a huge lead over NorthPort’s Arvin Tolentino, Terrafirma rookie Stephen Holt, San Miguel Beer’s June Mar
MANILA, Philippines–Barangay Ginebra tore Blackwater to shreds on Friday night, 105-86, for an empathic return to the win column of the PBA Philippine Cup. The Gin Kings drew 33 points from Christian Standhardinger, who was conspicuously absent in the final period of the embarrassing 91-85 loss to Terrafirma last Sunday. “Tonight was a good jumping-off
MANILA, Philippines—Ricci Rivero was highly praised after Phoenix’s runaway win over Converge in the PBA Philippine Cup at Philsports Arena on Friday. But it wasn’t just because of his stellar performance in the 113-107 victory. Most of the compliments that came Rivero’s way was due to his elegance in executing the widely famous basketball move: