MEMPHIS, Tennessee—Zach Randolph had 31 points and 11 rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies advanced to their first Western Conference semifinals and made NBA history by eliminating the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs 99-91 on Friday. Memphis had been the franchise best known for empty seats and the unenviable NBA mark for playoff futility at 0-12 after [...]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota—Hours after NFL players reported to work for the first time in nearly two months, the league announced late Friday that the lockout would resume immediately, thanks to an appeals court ruling in the league’s favor. “Looks like we’re unemployed again,” tweeted Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards, scheduled to become a free agent. [...]
CLEVELAND—Carlos Santana hit a grand slam with one out in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a 9-5 win over the Detroit Tigers as the surging Indians extended their home winning streak to 11 games Friday. It was the latest dramatic win for the Indians, who mobbed Santana at home plate after the switch-hitter drove [...]
Declaring Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao tip-top shape, trainer Freddie Roach said on Wednesday his prized Filipino fighter could be the first to knockout former five-time world champ “Sugar” Shane Mosley in the big-money fight on May 7 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. “We’re 100 percent ready for the fight. If Mosley brings his [...]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The Fiji Rugby Union has elected a new governing board, ending a constitutional crisis which briefly threatened its exclusion from international rugby. However, the composition of the new nine-member board, elected at Saturday’s annual general meeting, points to an increased influence in Fijian rugby of the military regime which seized power in a [...]
PYONGYANG, North Korea—Adventurous amateur golfers from seven countries have converged on North Korea, looking to add an exotic new location to their destination lists. Participants from Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, South Africa and the United Kingdom teed off Friday at an 18-hole course near the capital, Pyongyang, which usually caters to diplomats from foreign [...]
MIAMI—Dwyane Wade scored 12 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter in leading Miami to a 97-91 victory over Philadelphia that advanced the Heat into a second-round NBA playoff matchup with Boston. Chris Bosh scored 22 points and matched Wade with a game-high 11 rebounds while LeBron James added 16 points, 10 rebounds and [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines could end its long wait for a men’s football medal in the Southeast Asian Games late this year in Indonesia. Dan Palami, the Azkals manager who also serves as chair of the national teams’ committee of the Philippine Football Federation, is confident that the Under-23 squad in the SEA Games will put [...]
HOLLYWOOD — Shane Mosley knows that at 39, he’s only as good as his last fight goes. That’s why the former three-division champion vows to pour everything he’s got in his May 7 showdown with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. He said he had erased the words “what if” from his vocabulary. “There’s not too many [...]
LAS VEGAS—Shane Mosley takes inspiration from those who think he is too old or too slow to handle Manny Pacquiao, vowing Tuesday that neither the Filipino star’s age or speed edge will deny him a win. “It gives me a lot of motivation to overcome what people are saying,” Mosley said. “I don’t care that [...]
MANILA, Philippines – University of St. La Salle moved to within a win away from a semifinals berth after a grind-it-out 25-15, 25-14, 22-25, 12-25, 15-9 triumph over Southwestern University in the Shakey’s V-League Season 8 First Conference Tuesday at the Arena in San Juan. Patty Orendain shone anew with a stellar 27-point outburst for [...]
MANILA, Philippines–The 2011 K-Swiss Subic Bay International Triathlon (SUBIT) promises to be the most well attended edition as entries has breached the 600-mark with still two weeks to go before the race unfolds at the Subic Bay Freeport. Now on its 18th year, the longest running international triathlon event in the country will be held [...]
MANILA, Philippines – PC Gilmore lit up from the downtown just in the nick of time to waylay slumping RnW, 75-59, Tuesday in the PBA D-League Foundation cup at the Letran Gym in Intramuros. The Wizards uncorked five straight triples in the last four minutes to pull away away from the Pacific pipes, which managed [...]
