Pro hoops fans who weren’t able to see the Sixers make short work of the Pacers yesterday may well consider Joel Embiid’s 24-13-5 output underwhelming at best. After all, he had been putting up stout numbers prior to the homestand — so stout, in fact, as to install him a frontrunner for the Most Valuable Player award. Never mind that he managed to burn rubber for only 27 minutes, six less than his season average. As far as statheads are concerned, the bottom line is what counts — outside, that is, of his efficient 10-of-17 clip from the field and his second-best plus-22 line.

FOLLOWING weeks of much discussion involving one of their key players who has since been traded, the Alaska Aces are now moving on and focusing on preparing to compete in the next season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

THE first local volleyball tournament to be held amid the coronavirus pandemic is in the books after the Philippine Superliga (PSL) Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup successfully concluded at the weekend.

CALOY Garcia’s tenure as coach of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) came to an end on Monday after the team announced that it will be replacing him with assistant Chris Gavina.

IN a duel between NBA championship contenders, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks got the best of Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers, 105-100 on Sunday in Milwaukee.

COLLIN Morikawa continued to solidify his place among the next generation of golf, winning for the third time in eight months with a victory Sunday at the World Golf Championships (WGC) — Workday Championship at The Concession in Bradenton, Florida.

THE Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) is set to get down to work in preparation for the surprise inclusion of the country’s men’s basketball team in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in the middle of this year.

FILIPINO-American fighter Jackie Buntan was impressive in her ONE Championship debut, topping Wondergirl Fairtex of Thailand in their Super Series muay thai match on Friday at “ONE: Fists of Fury” at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

MEDIA covering the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will once again give awards to outstanding performers in the local professional league.

DONOVAN Mitchell led seven Utah players in double figures with 31 points as the visiting Jazz bounced back after a rare loss to beat the Orlando Magic (124-109) on Saturday night.

THE National Basketball Association (NBA) and Hennessy recently announced a landmark deal, making the cognac maker a global partner of the league.

SEVILLE, Spain — Barcelona forwards Ousmane Dembélé and Lionel Messi fired the Catalans to a confidence-boosting 2-0 win at in-form Sevilla on Saturday to keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.