After bruising series, tougher games ahead for Kings, Giants

After surviving their respective quarterfinal series, the going gets tougher for both Purefoods and Barangay Ginebra.

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After bruising series, tougher games ahead for Kings, Giants

After surviving their respective quarterfinal series, the going gets tougher for both Purefoods and Barangay Ginebra.

Ginebra played better than our team – MVP

Like the noble captain of a doomed ship, Talk ’N Text team owner Manny V. Pangilinan waited until everyone aboard had been saved before quietly stepping off deck Sunday night.

Walk out weakened Texters

It was a hair-trigger decision that would have far-reaching consequences, ignite a war of words between two upper echelon PBA coaches, and spark a fiasco bordering in PR nightmare.

Billiards team falls to UK, 4-1

The Filipinos absorbed a crushing 4-1 defeat against Great Britain in the finals of the 1st World Team Pool Championship last Sunday.

Saints win Super Bowl

Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints became Super Bowl champions in their first attempt after rallying to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 on Sunday in one of the NFL's most thrilling title games.

Patriots face Indons in finals

Satria Muda BritAma downed the Singapore Slingers, 86-76, Sunday to book a finals date with the Philippine Patriots for the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) crown.

Mamiit to lead RP vs Japan

The Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) on Monday named Fil-American Cecil Mamiit to lead the RP Davis Cup team against Japan in its campaign in the Asia-Oceania Zone Group I next month.

Stricker wins Riviera crown

Steve Stricker held on to win the 6.4 million-dollar Northern Trust Open on Sunday, firing a final-round 70 to beat England's Luke Donald by two strokes.

WWWEx-DHL tilt gets going at Cangolf

The country’s leading players in the amateur ranks slug it out as the WWWExpress-DHL National Golf Championships fires off this Tuesday.

Hope Christian in semifinals

Hope Christian High School downed Uno High School, 74-63, to claim the fourth and last semis berth in the Freego Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA) tournament.

Carter shines as Magic tops Celtics

Vince Carter poured 20 points as the Orlando Magic beat Boston, 96-89, to move ahead of the Celtics and into second place in the Eastern Conference.

Bosh's double-double pushes Raptors past Kings

Chris Bosh had 36 points and 11 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors extended Saramento's losing streak to six games with a 115-104 victory on Sunday.

Durant helps Thunder beat the Warriors

Kevin Durant scored 29 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder won their fifth straight, beating the Golden State Warriors, 104-95, Saturday night.

Bryant out but Lakers beat the Blazers

Lamar Odom replaced an injured Kobe Bryant and matched his career high with 22 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers triumphed over the Portland Trail Blazers, 99-82.

Spurs rout Clippers in Hughes' coaching debut

George Hill scored all of his 22 points in the first three quarters as the San Antonio Spurs breezed to a 98-81 victory against the LA Clippers on Saturday night.

France no match for Williams sisters stand-ins

Emerging teen star Melanie Oudin sealed the United States' passage to the semi-finals of the Fed Cup on Sunday with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 win over Julie Coin, as the Americans eased through 4-1.

Kings, Giants make it to semis

Barangay Ginebra and Purefoods TJ Hotdogs won sudden-death matches against separate opponents Sunday night to complete the Final Four cast in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup.

Skier survives 17 hours under Swiss avalanche

A skier was buried beneath an avalanche for 17 hours in the Swiss Alps before being pulled from the snow with only mild hypothermia, police said Sunday.

PBA tickets sold out

Fans came out in droves to watch a pair of sudden-death matches Sunday in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals at the Araneta Coliseum.

Size doesn’t make Clottey unbreakable

Being big, strong and durable do not make Joshua Clottey unbreakable.