BARANGAY Ginebra San Miguel Kings big man Greg Slaughter surprised the Philippine Basketball Association with his decision at the weekend to “take a break” from playing after six years of parading his wares in the league.

THE ROAD is not stopping in Miami for the Filipina tennis queen after being “Czech-ed” mate anew. For the 13th time in as many matches,...

AFTER making his presence felt for the Colegio de San Lorenzo Griffins in the UCBL, NAASCU and MBL tournaments, promising African reinforcement Soulmane Chabi...

Last Thursday we studied the Knight-and-Pawn Endgame in Alekseenko vs. Giri. Nowadays we have the benefit of the endgame tablebases to assist us in the analysis of these endgames. As BW readers know an endgame tablebase is a computerized database that contains precalculated exhaustive analysis of chess endgame positions. They are generated by working backwards from a checkmated position. Thus, the tablebase acts as an oracle, always providing the optimal moves.

JONAS Sultan may not have the rep so far of some of the top boxers in the country, but he is a capable fighter and he showed it in his fight against Puerto Rican up-and-comer Carlos Caraballo, Sunday (Manila time), in New York.

NOVAK Djokovic will hope to shake off a freak head injury and get his bumpy season back on track at the French Open, where...

If an air of inevitability has wafted through the National Basketball Association Finals, it’s because the Lakers’ boast of the two best players still in the bubble. More importantly, it’s because these players — LeBron James and especially Anthony Davis  — have seen fit to shift to a higher gear no one else can reach. Meanwhile, the Heat, already vast underdogs heading into the series, found themselves handicapped even more following injuries to vital cogs Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic early in a Game One battle that quickly turned into a massacre. They did better in Game Two despite the absence of the aforesaid starters, but not by much; they were more competitive, though it simply meant sniffing single-digit deficits midway through the fourth quarter.

TOKYO -- Up against formidable opponents in their respective title fights in ONE Championship’s landmark “Century” event here on Sunday, Team Lakay stalwarts Kevin “The Silencer” Belingon and Danny “The King” Kingad must bring their A-game if they want to pull through and emerge on top.

LOS ANGELES -- The Boston Celtics notched a satisfying win in Detroit on Sunday, handing the slumping Pistons their sixth straight NBA defeat just...

CANADA’S Taylor Pendrith moved closer to his first career Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Tour victory, opening a three-shot lead on Saturday after three rounds of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Southampton, Bermuda.

HANGZHOU, China — After the male gymnasts bowed out one after the other, the Philippine gymnastics team is counting on the two remaining female...

TEAM Europe’s Mel Reid birdied the 18th hole to draw even with the Americans in the final four-ball match on Sunday to give the visitors a 9-7 lead heading into the final day of the Solheim Cup in Toledo, Ohio.