THE Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) capped its successful hosting of events on the “UFC Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, with former middleweight champion Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker among the winners.

It didn’t take ESPN scribe Adrian Wojnarowski long to make his presence felt anew. In fact, one day was all he needed to reclaim sports headlines; his two-week suspension by the media giant ended Friday, and he was already breaking news that the Knicks had hired Tom Thibodeau to be their next head coach when weekend struck. Which was just fine by him, as well as by all and sundry in hoops circles; he immediately regretted sending a sitting senator an F-bomb via his office email address, leading to his ban and all the #FreeWoj hashtags. Everybody knew the byline and not the body was his rightful place in an article.

HOUSTON Rockets point guard Russell Westbrook participated in his first practice Wednesday since clearing the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) coronavirus quarantine protocol.

LOCAL National Basketball Association (NBA) fans looking for authentic league merchandise will once again have their fill beginning next month after the NBA and Titanomachy International, Inc. (Titan) inked a multiyear merchandising partnership to relaunch the official online NBA Store in the Philippines. 

Top local football club Ceres-Negros FC is set to be renamed as United City Football Club following the completion of the transfer of  ownership of the team to a group of private investors which is managed by MMC Sportz Asia.

ONE of the top esports players in the world right now, Johan “N0tail” Sundstein of OG said he is grateful for how his career has shaped up so far and how the sacrifices he has put in to improve his game is steadily bearing fruit.

RECENTLY signed a deal as a professional boxer, Tokyo Olympics-bound fighter Eumir Felix Marcial said work is cut out for him as he juggles duties both as a pro and a national athlete but expressed readiness for it.

WHILE the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has effectively limited the conduct of sporting activities in the country, the people behind the annual Philippine Sports Tourism Awards (PSTA) still opened the nominations for this year’s edition of the event with the end view of pushing for the sector’s recovery.

The first set of scrimmages in the National Basketball Association’s bubble environment got under way yesterday. To be sure, the four matches on tap weren’t representative of the quality expected from the restart to the 2019-20 season. That said, teeming fans deprived of pro hoops competition since it was halted by the novel coronavirus pandemic last March were willing to overlook the fact that they bore witness to more misses than makes, and more miscues than moments of marvel. They understood that all and sundry still needed to adjust to the demands of full-bore action, not to mention the unique court setup at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.

RECENTLY rocked by a payroll scam, the Philippine Sports Commission announced on Wednesday that it would employ an organizational revamp.

THE Minnesota Timberwolves are for sale, and franchise icon Kevin Garnett is part of a group of investors that is “seriously interested” in buying the team, according to multiple reports Tuesday.

THE Philippines Football League (PFL) is set to meet officials of Global FC on Thursday to discuss recent issues being lodged against the football club.