HE may not be with LeBron James anymore, but Dwight Howard feels he has a new teammate who plays like the Los Angeles Lakers superstar.Howard, the Philadelphia 76ers recruit, compared Ben Simmons to a "young LeBron" with his playmaking."I've ...
It's less than a week before the opening ceremony of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, and things aren't looking good for the hosts.Photos and reports of football teams from Timor Leste, Myanmar and Cambodia receiving the opposite ...
DUBAI - Jason Brickman granted a short interview to SPIN.ph as the Mighty Sports delegation returned to its hotel for dinner on the fifth floor after a short bus ride from Shabab Al Ahli Club where it hacked out a 96-89 ...
BOSTON - There were few times in Steve Nash's basketball career when he wasn't an underdog.Before there were players like Stephen Curry and James Harden captivating NBA audiences with a free-wheeling, open-court style, Nash, a 6- ...
ADAMSON'S prized recruit from Laguna, Trisha Genesis impressed head coach Air Padda in her debut as a Lady Falcon in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Season 2 Collegiate Conference.After missing their first game last week due to Shingles, Genesis ...
By Lance AgcaoiliFAR Eastern University rookie Lycha Ebon turned heads in her first game in Manila, making an impressive debut for the Lady Tamaraws in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Season 2 Collegiate Conference.Despite playing for the first time in a ...
DEANDRE Ayton has yet to play an NBA game, but has already gained a critic in a fellow big man.Joel Embiid refused to be compared to the No. 1 overall pick in this year's rookie draft, saying he plays defense. ...
CYRUS Baguio was once one of the PBA's highest leapers and most athletic players, earning him the moniker "Skyrus."Turning 38 this August, the veteran wingman's game has transitioned smoothly, now being an elder statesman for NLEX where he enjoys ...
GINEBRA flashed its potential with a full-strength lineup in a blowout of Star in their tune-up game on Tuesday, but coach Tim Cone insisted his team remains a work in progress as they continue to ease Greg Slaughter back into ...
NEWLY crowned NBA champ and Finals MVP Kevin Durant heaped praise on Kyrie Irving, to the point of putting the Cleveland Cavaliers guard ahead of Hall of Famer Allen Iverson.Coming off the Golden State Warriors' five-game conquest of the Cavs ...
LEBRON James booked a seventh straight NBA Finals trip and became the all-time Playoffs scoring leader after the Cleveland Cavaliers disposed the Boston Celtics in their Eastern Conference Finals series, 4-1, on Thursday (Friday, Manila time).Such incredible feats have ...
TERRENCE Romeo took the PBA by storm in 2013, dazzling the crowd with his flamboyant and unflappable play as a rookie for GlobalPort.Three years later, another freshman from Far Eastern University is making the same impact in the league.Mac Belo ...
MIKE Tolomia is tempering the tremendous expectations on him, saying he still has a long way to go before becoming the player he is being groomed to be for Rain or Shine.E-Painters coach Caloy Garcia, moments after RoS took Tolomia ...
IT may be too early to make comparisons, but it didn't take long for Tim Cone to see who Jammer Jamito plays like.The Ginebra coach compared the Gin Kings rookie to a fellow southpaw slotman in Gabby Espinas of San ...
MATTHEW Wright insisted he won't be a PBA draft bust.The Phoenix rookie wingman played down the inevitable comparison to fellow Fil-Canadian James Forrester, who had an outstanding collegiate career at Arellano before being relegated to a journeyman in his ...
GINEBRA coach Tim Cone had acknowledged his team as the underdog against San Miguel Beer in their PBA Governors' Cup semifinal series that he still had doubts that they could win it even after taking the series opener last week."I told ...
GLOBALPORT may have lost to Barangay Ginebra, 93-81, in its PBA Governors' Cup debut, but Terrence Romeo and Stanley Pringle's early outside shooting spree still left a lasting impression on Gin Kings coach Tim Cone.The explosive backcourt duo shot ...
BY now, the lineup for Gilas Pilipinas 3.0 is set and the national team under Tab Baldwin is in the final days of its preparation for the 2015 Fiba Asia Championship set from September 23 to October 3.Their mission: win ...
LEBRON James is spread on a sofa with a television set infront of him inside one of the dugouts of the Nike House of Rise facility in Mandaluyong, killing time while waiting for a couple of Filipino sportswriters to assemble for an ...
THERE'S no question the 16 players in the roster as well as the coaching staff of the National University men's basketball team have done most of the work to get to where they are right now in the UAAP.But ...
AS an import, Norman Black was at the losing end of two epic Crispa winning streaks in the eighties that stand out to this day.Now that Black has a shot at breaking those records, the last thing he wants is to ...
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