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Choco Mucho turns back Capital1 for 2nd straight win

Choco Mucho Flying Titans’ Sisi Rondina during a PVL All-Filipino Conference game. –PVL PHOTO Choco Mucho outlasted rising Capital1, 25-20, 26-24, 28-26, 25-9, for its second consecutive win in the PVL All-Filipino Conference on Thursday at FilOil EcoOil Centre. Sisi Rondina was all-around with a game-high 23 points, built around 17 attacks, four blocks and…

Gilas gets ‘equalizer’ Scottie Thompson back for Fiba 2nd window

Gilas Pilipinas guard Scottie Thompson.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas will have its chief playmaker Scottie Thompson back for the second window of the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers. Gilas missed the services of the crafty guard in the 2024 Fiba Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga, Latvia four months ago due to recurring back problems. Article…

‘Dominant’ June Mar Fajardo expected for Gilas in 2nd Fiba window

Gilas Pilipinas’ June Mar Fajardo against two Brazil defenders during the Fiba OQT semifinals game in Riga, Latvia. –FIBA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone expects eight-time PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo to pick up where he left off in the upcoming second window of the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers. “He was a…

Troy Rosario gets going in 2nd half in latest Blackwater win

Blackwater forward Troy Rosario.–PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines—It was a tale of two halves for Troy Rosario, who came alive in the second half for the suddenly streaking Blackwater in the PBA Governors’ Cup. Rosario fired all of his 15 points in the last two quarters after a scoreless first half to help the Bossing cruise…

Alas Pilipinas men swept by Indonesia in SEA VLeague 2nd leg

FILE–Alas Pilipinas coach Angiolino Frigoni during the SEA VLeague first leg.–SAVA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas started off on the wrong foot in the SEA VLeague second leg after getting dominated by home team Indonesia, 24-26, 11-25, 15-25, on Friday at in Yogyakarta. Without star Bryan Bagunas, who suffered a knee injury in their…

Bianca Pagdanganan with solid shot at medal after 2nd round effort

Bianca Pagdanganan, of the Philippines, hits her shot from the 3rd tee during the second round of the women’s golf event at the Paris Olympics 2024, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, at Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/Matt York) Bianca Pagdanganan is having a tournament to remember in Paris. And after things went the…

Bronny James out of Lakers’ 2nd game due to knee swelling

Sacramento Kings guard Dane Goodwin (33) attempts to block a shot by Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James (9) during the second half of an NBA summer league basketball game in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) SAN FRANISCO — Bronny James was scratched from the Los Angeles Lakers’ second California Classic…

Hawks send AJ Griffin to Rockets for 2nd round pick

FILE– AJ Griffin #14 of the Atlanta Hawks poses for portraits during media day at PC&E Atlanta on October 02, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFP ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks moved back into the NBA draft on Thursday by trading forward AJ Griffin to the Houston Rockets for the No. 44 pick…

Yulo adds two more golds and, with sibling’s help, pushes PH to 2nd

Gymnastics – 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium – October 7, 2023 Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo in action on the floor during the men’s apparatus finals REUTERS/Yves Herman Carlos Yulo was a cut above the rest after cornering the vault and parallel bars titles for a mighty four-gold collection at the conclusion…

NBA MVP finalists Gilgeous-Alexander, Doncic meet in 2nd round

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) steps back to take a shot in front of Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden, center, as guard Norman Powell (24) looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Friday, May 3, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter) OKLAHOMA CITY — Two young MVP…