June 28, 2026
Sunday
HOW time flies! The multi-sports Quezon City Athletic Association (QCAA) league ushers in its 10th season on August 27, 1:00 p.m., with a pair of basketball games at the Trinity University of Asia gym. Saint Bridget’s School opens defense of its Girl High School Division title when it takes on Kings Montessori School in the […]
THE United States picked up its third straight Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball, repeating over Serbia with a 96-66 rout in the finals at the Rio Games for its 25th consecutive victory overall. Kevin Durant, who is now the American’s No. 2 all-time Olympic scorer (surpassing LeBron James) in just two appearances and 16 games, […]
THE crucial single-game quarterfinal round of the men’s basketball competitions in the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil got underway late last night (10 p.m., Manila time) with Group A topnotcher and two-time defending gold medalist United States (5-0) looking to extend its three-cycle Olympic winning streak to 23 games when it took […]
FOR the record, the Philippine national team last competed in Olympic men’s basketball during the terrorism-marred 1972 Games in Munich, Germany. That year, the homegrown Filipinos finished with a 3-6 record to rank 13th among 16 participating nations. (The Olympic men’s basketball cast has since been reduced to 12 teams.) Only Japan (14th), Senegal (15th) […]
HE is to international basketball what Pele is to world soccer. His name: Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt, the all-time scoring leader in Olympic men’s basketball history. Significantly, both legendary athletes Pele and Schmidt are from Brazil, the host country of 31st Rio Summer Olympiad. Schmidt racked up 1,094 points in 38 Olympic games. In a […]
TOP-TIER National Basketball Association (NBA) stars LeBron James, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Dwyane Wade, Damian Lillard, Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Anthony Davis, John Wall, Andre Drummond and Blake Griffin declined to represent the United States colors in the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for injury or health issues […]
MEN’S basketball hostilities in the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil unwrap on Saturday, August 6. Twelve countries are in the tournament and they have been divided into two groups of six teams each. Group A features back-to-back defending gold medalist United States, Serbia, France, China, Australia and Venezuela. Group B consists of […]
DURABLE combo guard Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo will suit up for back-to-back men’s basketball silver medalist Spain in the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5-21. It will be the 6-foot-4, 36-year-old Navarro’s record-tying fifth consecutive appearance in the prestigious quadrennial Games, having also been a member of the Spanish Olympic […]
UNKNOWN to many, men’s basketball was played in the Summer Olympics long before the sport became an official medal-winning event during the 1936 Games in Berlin, Germany. At the 1904 St. Louis (USA) Olympics, an exhibition tournament was staged with five American teams in action. The Buffalo German YMCA club topped the event following a […]
OUR beloved Philippines is sending a dozen athletes to the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5-21. A record number of countries are taking part in a record number of sports as more than 10,500 athletes from 207 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to show up for the prestigious quadrennial Games […]
WHO is the biggest winner in the free-agency sweepstakes in the NBA so far? It took only one day, or the start of the free-agency period on July 1 during which NBA teams committed to spend nearly $2 billion on player contracts, for Michael Alex (Mike) Conley Jr. to earn the distinction when the starting […]