DESMOND Bane and Dillon Brooks each scored 21 points as the Memphis Grizzlies won their fifth straight game — all of them without ever trailing — beating the host Miami Heat (105-90) on Monday night.

LIVERPOOL, England — Everton eased some of the pressure on manager Rafa Benitez as they ground out a comeback 2-1 home win over Arsenal in the Premier League on Monday, with Demarai Gray netting a stunning stoppage-time winner after setting up the equalizer.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING — US government officials will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because of China’s human rights “atrocities,” the White House said on Monday, just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the two superpowers.

Pro basketball head coaches get hired and fired all the time. And as habitués of the sport know, the reasons aren’t always clear. Ideally, they should be; after all, the best basis for tenure is performance borne off measurable objectives. Yet, hoops annals are littered with examples of bench tacticians let go due to seeming whim and fancy.

FILIPINO stalwarts bannered by Kiefer Ravena of the Shiga Lakestars and Ray Parks, Jr. of the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins will join forces in one team in the Japan B.League All-Star on Jan. 14-15 in Okinawa.

TOM Brady threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns on Sunday, two of them to tight end Rob Gronkowski, as the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers posted a 30-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

ONE of the dreams of FIDE Master Alekhine Nouri was to become a national juniors champion someday.

VIOLENCE has no place in sports.

LINARD Sultan copped a pair of silver in table tennis as the Philippines continued to haul in the medals in the 2021 Asian Youth Para Games in Bahrain yesterday.

THE Philippine Olympians Association (POA) has feted Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (BAVI), the company that owns Chooks-to-Go, for the help and support the latter extended to present and past Olympians.

LEWIS HAMILTON won a crazy, twice-halted Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (GP) for Mercedes on Sunday to go level on points with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen and set up a winner-takes-all title showdown.

LONDON — Chelsea thrashed Arsenal (3-0) to win the 2020-21 Women’s FA Cup at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, completing the English treble for the first time after winning the League Cup and Women’s Super League title earlier this year.