A NEW BATCH of sports heroes is set to be included in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame (PSHOF) in enshrinement ceremonies set for April.

WHEN the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) unfurls its Season 46 expect its offering to go beyond five-a-side competition as also on tap is the league’s inaugural 3x3 tournament.

NATIONAL Basketball Association (NBA) superstar LeBron James and his Los Angeles (LA) Lakers paced league merchandise sales through the first half of the 2020-21 season.

MARVELOUS Marvin Hagler, who dominated boxing’s middleweight division in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his wife Kay Hagler said on Saturday. Hagler, who legally changed his name to Marvelous in 1982, posted a record of 62-3-2 and ruled supreme until his reign as undisputed middleweight champion came to a controversial end in 1987 with a loss to Sugar Ray Leonard.

BRYSON DeChambeau figured there would be more duels with England’s Lee Westwood ahead and just as he predicted, the two will butt heads in the final group Sunday at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Denizens in the City of Brotherly Love were, no doubt, sending lots of it to Joel Embiid following his sidelining last Friday. The initial prognosis wasn’t good; he crumpled to the floor in pain after landing awkwardly off a ferocious dunk midway through the third quarter of the Sixers’ match against the Wizards. Replays were cringe-inducing, to say the least; the evident hyper-extension of his left knee conjured thoughts of a serious injury, never mind that he was able to walk to the locker room of his own volition. And, based on magnetic resonance imaging scans that show no damage apart from a bone bruise, the fans’ prayers were heard and answered.

THREE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) teams made trade moves ahead of the league rookie draft this weekend.

A REVAMPED The Nationals begins its new season next week, promising exciting action and new offering for the local esports community.

WHILE they were given virtually a free pass to the national finals of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), defending champions San Juan-Go for Gold Knights are still happy and proud to be back in the Big Dance regardless of how they were able to achieve it.

THE national team landscape under the newly recognized Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) took further form on Thursday after the National Sports Association (NSA) named the coaches who will handle the country’s squads.

LAMARCUS Aldridge and the San Antonio Spurs have agreed to part ways, with the announcement coming from Spurs’ coach Gregg Popovich in his pregame media availability prior to Wednesday’s game against the Mavericks in Dallas.

WITH the common vision of growing sports development at the tertiary level in the country, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) recently forged a partnership to collaborate on various programs.