Pacquiao touts Bradley fight, teases retirement

Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. both realize almost every boxing fan wishes Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been standing next to Pacquiao at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday.

Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. both realize almost every boxing fan wishes Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been standing next to Pacquiao at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday.

In bookish Taiwan, the outdoor complex of basketball courts near National Taiwan University is normally a pretty lonely place, more used to hosting raindrops and discarded food wrappers than pivoting feet and jump shots.

Vitali Klitschko retained his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title with a unanimous points decision over Britain’s Dereck Chisora in a stormy clash at the Olympiahalle on Saturday.

LeBron James made another triumphant return to Cleveland, scoring 28 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 111-87 victory over the Cavaliers, his former NBA club, in a Friday homecoming game.

Jeremy Lin sparked a fourth-quarter comeback but the New York Knicks could not extend their magical “Lin-sanity” seven-game NBA win streak, losing to the New Orleans Hornets 89-85 on Friday.

Phil Mickelson has beaten Tiger Woods the last five times they have played together in the final round — but never like this.

The Philippine national football team, Azkals, lost to the Uzbekistan Olympic Team, 0-3, according to television reports early Sunday.

The NBA champion Dallas Mavericks welcomed Jason Kidd back from a six-game injury absence on Friday with a 104-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Jeremy Lin passed his biggest test since bursting onto the NBA scene last weekend, scoring a career-high 38 points to lead the Knicks to a victory over Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers.

The Super Bowl between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots drew a record 111.3 million viewers in the United States, edging out last year’s game, The Nielsen Co. said Monday.

The dominant forces in tennis and football were honored Monday, with Novak Djokovic winning the top individual prize and Barcelona capturing the team trophy at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards.

Nonito Donaire took a spit decision against Wilfredo Vazquez of Puerto Rico to win the WBO junior featherweight title Saturday at the Alamodome.

Watch the live coverage of the two-day 9-Ball Pool Tournament from Southern California on INQUIRER.net. Efren “Bata” Reyes, Alex Pagulayan, and Francisco Bustamante are among the Philippines’ best participating in the sports event that started February 4 (US time)