Alaska leaned on a late surge to pull away from Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 104-80, and seized its first championship in three years after pulling off a three-game sweep in their best-of-five PBA Commissioner’s Cup championship series before a record crowd at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Sunday night.
National University regrouped after an opening set collapse to beat Adamson, 24-26, 25-20, 25-15, 25-22, for its first trip in the finals of the Shakey’s V-League Season 10 First Conference at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City Sunday.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel point guard LA Tenorio was named Best Player of the Conference while Alaska import Rob Dozier bagged the Bobby Parks award Sunday before the opening tip of Game 3 of the Kings-Aces best-of-five title series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Lance Stephenson scored a career playoff-high 25 points on Saturday to lead the Indianapolis Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the New York Knicks and into the NBA Eastern Conference finals.
David Beckham has been named Paris Saint-Germain’s captain for Saturday’s game against Brest in the French League, his final home match before retiring at the end of the season.
David Beckham hugged his teammates with tears in his eyes, then walked off the pitch to a standing ovation — for the last time in front of a home crowd at a football game.
Fresh off its training in the US, reigning NCAA champion San Beda edged Far Eastern University, 80-76, Saturday at the FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup at the Arena in San Juan.
University of the East banked on a key run late to hold off University of Santo Tomas, 85-68, Saturday in the FilOil Flying V Hands Premier Cup at the Arena in San Juan.
Jericho Cruz scored 25 points to lead Adamson over College of St. Benilde, 80-63, Saturday at the FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup at the Arena in San Juan.
The son of the U.S. national swim team director is reporting that Michael Phelps is planning a comeback for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The lawyer who defended O.J. Simpson on armed robbery charges delivered a potentially heavy blow to the former football star’s bid for a new trial Friday, testifying that Simpson knew his buddies had guns on them when he went to a hotel room to reclaim some sports memorabilia.
Alaska continued to be the bane of Ginebra’s existence this conference on Friday. The Aces reprised their game one win over the Kings, but in a slightly different manner as last Wednesday, 104-90, on Friday in the 2013 PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Pre-season king National University added University of the Philippines to its list of victims in an unprecedented 19-game win streak dating back to last year.
