The National Basketball Association cannot but be happy with how its bubble experiment has progressed so far. For the fourth consecutive week, its mass testing of players has resulted in zero positive results — proof, if nothing else, of the effectiveness of the stringent health and safety protocols it has put in place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. And while broadcast ratings haven’t exactly been the bonanza conventional wisdom envisioned in light of the seeming absence of entertainment options under the new normal, they nonetheless underscore the continued appeal of the league’s principal product.

THE local 3x3 basketball scene is set to be busy when conditions for on-court action permit to do so as two leagues have laid down their respective plans for the sport.

DAMIAN LILLARD scored a career-high 61 points and assisted Hassan Whiteside on what proved to be the game-winning dunk in the Portland Trail Blazers’ 134-131 defeat of the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday in the Orlando area.

THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has put the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) in Manila and the PhilSports Complex in Pasig City under total lockdown beginning Wednesday until further notice after a PSC employee tested positive for the coronavirus.

THE last time the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder met, way back in mid-January in Oklahoma City, it looked like both teams’ rosters were about to change significantly.

TO BETTER adapt to the growing business done online in the country, sports retail store Go Sport recently launched its official website Live Sport.

DUISBURG, Germany — Sevilla midfielder Lucas Ocampos headed a late goal to snatch a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers as they reached the Europa League semifinals on Tuesday after the English side paid the price for an early penalty miss.

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Shakhtar Donetsk booked a clash with Inter Milan in the Europa League semifinals after goals from Brazilians Junior Moraes, Taison, Alan Patrick and Dodo gave them a 4-1 win over FC Basel in a one-sided last-eight clash on Tuesday.

NO longer the perennial whipping boys at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the UP Fighting Maroons are aware of the need to have things sustained for now and the future so as not to let their efforts go to waste.

RECOGNIZING that continuous help goes a long way during this time of the coronavirus pandemic, Tuason Racing, long-time pro racing school in the country, and its partners came to the aid of health frontliners in different barangays.

KYLE KUZMA’S 3-pointer with 0.4 second left lifted the Los Angeles Lakers to a 124-121 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night near Orlando.

DANIELLE KANG profited from a late Lydia Ko collapse to win the Marathon Classic by one shot on Sunday and become the first player to win back-to-back events on the LPGA Tour since Shanshan Feng in 2017.