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Credit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:12:00 +0000

Raymund Almazan of Meralco is too happy facing crowd-favorite Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the best-of-seven finals of Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup. Almazan was a Rain or Shine player when the Bolts lost to the Gin Kings during the 2016 and 2017 Governors’ Cup Finals. “Bata pa lang ako, nagkakagulo na sa […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:11:14 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO: Steve Kerr, the outspoken coach of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, said Saturday (Sunday in Manila) he feared the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani could embroil the United States in an “unwinnable, unnecessary” war. Kerr, a longtime critic of US President Donald Trump, posted multiple times on Twitter Friday in the wake […]

Credit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:17:44 +0000

Both head coaches are expecting the best-of-seven championship series between Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Meralco in Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup to go the full distance. Ginebra coach Tim Cone said the Meralco Bolts they would meet in the championship round would be a different breed from the team they beat in […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:16:09 +0000

LOS ANGELES: James Harden scored 44 points with 11 assists and 11 rebounds on Friday (Saturday in Manila), notching his first triple-double of the NBA season to lift the Houston Rockets to a 118-108 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Clint Capela added a season-high 30 points with 14 rebounds and Russell Westbrook added 20 points […]

Credit to Author: Eddie G. Alinea| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:15:26 +0000

When Kid Kulafu was introduced by the ring announcer to fight a certain Enting Ignacio in a four-round curtain raiser on January 22, 1995 in Occidental Mindoro, no one from among the crowd had thought that someday, that skinny 16-year-old boy would become a world champion. And no one, too, would have thought that 25 […]

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:06:05 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Miami’s Goran Dragic drained the game-winning basket with 6.8 seconds remaining as the Heat edged the Indiana Pacers 113-112 in a wild NBA finish on Friday (Saturday in Manila). The Heat took their league-best home record to 14-1, but the injury-hit Pacers made them work every step of the way. Dragic’s jump shot […]

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:05:00 +0000

Alvin Pasaol and the Zamboanga Family’s Brand Sardines handed the also-ran Imus-Luxxe Slim a beating while Senator Manny Pacquiao dazzled the crowd in the 2019 Chooks-to-Go/MPBL Lakan Cup Canada Invasion, Saturday morning (Manila time) at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Zamboanga roughed up Gerald Anderson and the Bandera, 88-72, to keep sixth […]

Credit to Author: Rey Bancod| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:04:55 +0000

Many probably are not aware that the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is down to its last centavo after pouring P1.3 billion to prepare the athletes for the 30th Southeast Asian Games. That’s a lot of money for a government agency which gets not more than P200 million a year from Congress and about P120 million […]

Credit to Author: Eddie G. Alinea| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:03:01 +0000

Last Christmas Eve, while feasting on the Nochebuena with wife Annie, children Wendell, Ana Alfonsa, Monique, grandchildren Ziggy and Auds and guests, bayaw Resty and hipag Bella, this OUTSIDER received a text message from basketball great Alvin Patrimonio extending to the family the blessings of the holidays. Alvin, second of only three players to have […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:18:41 +0000

WASHINGTON: NBA Eastern Conference contenders Boston, Toronto, Miami and Indiana moved closer to pace-setting Milwaukee with triumphs Friday (Saturday in Manila) while injury-hit Dallas, powered by Kristaps Porzingis, routed the Philadelphia 76ers. Latvian forward Porzingis scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds while Tim Hardaway Jr. added 27 points, 19 in the first […]