MANILA, Philippines—La Salle will be keeping its core intact for another run at the title, following its triumphant UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball tournament championship campaign. During a courtesy call with University president Br. Bernie Oca, FSC, on Tuesday, Stars Angel Canino, Shevana Laput, Amie Provido and Lyka De Leon formally committed to exhaust their […]
Read MorePHILADELPHIA — Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, tying the NBA postseason record with 25 3-pointers in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team and rolling past the Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 on Sunday to sweep the second-round series. Deuce McBride started in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Magnolia locked up the fifth seed after a 93-76 win over Meralco, in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup on Friday at Mall of Asia Arena. “We just played how we should have in our system,” veteran guard Paul Lee said, after finishing with 13 points, three rebounds and three assists in the win. “All we […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Shevana Laput and the La Salle Lady Spikers entered UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball tournament with a singular focus: reclaiming La Salle’s lost glory. Laput and the Lady Spikers fulfilled that goal by completing a perfect 16-game sweep, capped by a 25-22, 25-16, 25-16 rout of defending champion National University Lady Bulldogs […]
Read MoreCLEVELAND — James Harden isn’t worried that the Cleveland Cavaliers have dropped the first two games of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Detroit Pistons. The results suggest Harden and his teammates should be alarmed going into Game 3 on Saturday in Cleveland. “It’s 2-0. They do what they did at home, so […]
Read MoreAryna Sabalenka breezed into the third round of the Italian Open on Thursday with a straight-sets win over Barbora Krejcikova, 6-2, 6-3. World number one and favorite for the women’s title in the Italian capital, Sabalenka took one hour and 25 minutes to see off Czech Krejcikova in the final match of the day on […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Amie Provido and the La Salle Lady Spikers are not letting their guards down as they try to complete a perfect campaign to rule the UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball tournament. Provido stood tall in Finals Game 1 on Wednesday with 12 points, highlighted by four kill blocks, as La Salle swept […]
Read MoreThe La Salle Lady Spikers moved one step closer to a title redemption and a perfect campaign in the UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball tournament. The unbeaten Lady Spikers needed to shrug off some struggles early, but still proved too much for the National University Lady Bulldogs, sweeping Finals Game 1, 25-23, 25-18, 25-18 n […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Having the brightest stars of Alas Pilipinas didn’t mean instant success for National University in its bid to extend its dynasty to a sixth straight championship in the UAAP Season 88 men’s volleyball tournament. Their international experience from the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship and bronze-medal run in the Southeast Asian Games […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Magnolia relied on a red-hot start to defeat TNT, 106-94, in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup at Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Tuesday. The win tightened the standings, lifting the Hotshots from a logjam around the eighth seed into a joint tie for sixth place at 6-5, alongside the Tropang 5G. “I need to give credit […]
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