June 17, 2026
Wednesday
HINDI ko alam kung inasahan ito ng mga karamihan sa mga miyembro ng Executive Board ng Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) na bumabatikos kay POC president Ricky Vargas pero kahapon sa kanilang board meeting ay pormal na nagbitiw sa puwesto si Vargas at iniwan ang liderato ng POC kay First Vice President Joey Romasanta. Ipinatawag ni […]
THERE are some complications to solve in the Anthony Davis-to-the Los Angeles Lakers agreement. If the Lakers immediately finalize the proposed trade during the first day of the free-agency race on July 6, their salary cap space will shrink to $23.7 million while assuming that Davis opts not to rescind his 15 percent trade kicker […]
JUST two days after the Toronto Raptors were crowned as the new NBA champions, here comes another development that could shake up the Western Conference landscape that has been the stranglehold of the Golden State Warriors for the last five seasons. Last June 15, the struggling Los Angeles Lakers finally reached an agreement to acquire […]
IT could well end today – We The North. In the first of three opportunities, the rampaging Toronto Raptors look to capture their first National Basketball Association diadem Tuesday, June 11 (PH time), when they host the floundering two-time reigning NBA titlist Golden State Warriors in Game Five of the 2019 NBA Finals at the […]
WITH the series count deadlocked at 1-1, the two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) defending titlist Golden State Warriors host the Toronto Raptors Thursday, June 6 (Manila time), in Game Three of the Finals at the soon-to-be-demolished Oracle Arena looking to score a second consecutive win and secure a 2-1 advantage. Notwithstanding the injuries to various […]
WIN some basketball games and lose some games. Fine, but they don’t really matter. No one team loses when it practices sportsmanship during the course of a game. That’s exactly what happened during the trip of the 19 kids (divided into Red and Green teams) from the Coach D Elite Camp ranging age nine to […]
THIS should be fun and a learning experience for the kids whose age range from nine to 12 in making this trip to Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia to pit skills against their Southeast Asian counterparts in a pair of basketball tournaments from May 23-30. “The kids will find the week-long trip enjoyable as […]
AS I mark my 64th year of earthly existence today, allow me to take you to memory lane with some of the most unforgettable moments in my life. The long and winding road traversed, no matter how difficult and rocky, is what has made me today – strong, determined, compassionate and at peace in the […]
OKLAHOMA City Thunder wunderkind Russell Westbrook has averaged a triple-double for the past three seasons in the U.S. National Basketball Association. A 6-foot-3 backcourter, Westbrook is only the second player in NBA annals to register a triple-double for an entire campaign, duplicating the feat of “The Big O” Oscar Robertson, a 6-foot-5 playmaker who turned […]
SOMETIMES you don’t need to be a talented player to win a title in team sports. That is if you have a star athlete or two for a teammate. You only need to be lucky and be in the right place at the right time. The late basketball journeyman Cris Bolado is one example, snaring […]
THE 2019 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are in progress with not much off-chart series results as every team that started its first-round best-of-seven duels with the homecourt advantage has either maintained or regained “home serve” — an incentive that rewards a team the right to play Game 7, if need be, on its home […]