NATIONAL University made an auspicious start to its University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 82 volleyball campaign with its women’s and men’s teams hacking out victories in their season debuts on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

BOSTON -- Caris LeVert scored a career-high 51 points, 37 from the fourth quarter on, as the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 21 points down to stun the host Boston Celtics 129-120 in overtime Tuesday.

VIGAN -- George Oconer crowned himself LBC Ronda Pilipinas king while his squad Standard-Insurance the team champion as the 10^th anniversary race drew to a close in front of the provincial capitol here yesterday.

THE GOLD medal winners of the 30^th Southeast Asian Games banner the long list of citations to be handed out during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards Night on March 6 at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel.

WHAT is hailed as the “new home of the Blazers” is now open with the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde formally unveiling its Benilde Sports and Dorm Building early this week.

The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the among the strongest open tournaments in the world. First prize for the “A” tournament is €18,000 (about P1 million). The winner is usually invited to the Dortmund superGM chess tournament to be held in Germany later in the year, but for the current edition the organizers announced that this tradition (begun in 2003) has been discontinued.

The Knicks can’t seem to catch a break. Every time they appear to get ahead, they wind up being waylaid. The problem isn’t that they face more hurdles after clearing some. That’s life. The problem is that the hurdles are being set up by their greatest enemies: themselves. And that’s death. For some reason, they flub opportunities to consolidate the strides they’ve made by then taking turns they should know well enough to avoid. After every step forward, they somehow feel compelled to take two steps back -- putting them in an even worse situation.

IT will be an early “Battle of Katipunan” in UAAP Season 82 volleyball for the Ateneo Lady Eagles and University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons as they clash in a packed game date today at the Mall of Asia Arena.

VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR -- Kenneth Solis of Team Tarlac claimed his very first lap victory even as George Oconer of Standard Insurance-Navy stayed firm and unflappable at the helm in the ninth and penultimate stage of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas 10th anniversary race on Tuesday.

MIAMI -- The host Miami Heat held reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to 13 points and became the first team to beat the Milwaukee Bucks twice this season, prevailing 105-89 on Monday night.

YOUNG and breakthrough athletes will get their share of the spotlight at the Annual Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night on March 6 at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel.

UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas leaned on both a rookie and a seasoned senior to turn it around and edge out University of the Philippines, claiming its fourth straight UAAP men’s judo title on Sunday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.