The Sixers won yesterday for the 10^th straight time since the season began, and in convincing fashion against the vaunted Jazz to boot. The victory enables them to keep pace with the Raptors, Heat, and Celtics as the only remaining National Basketball Association contenders with blemish-free slates at home. And, if nothing else, it consolidates the progress they’ve made since their unexpected stumble early last month. Five losses in seven outings, even over a long season, set alarm bells ringing, and to the point where head coach Brett Brown’s job status, hitherto solid, was called to question. To his credit, he promptly righted the ship, and they’re back to competing with conviction.

WHILE it remains to be seen if the Philippines will end up on top of the medal standings in the 30^th Southeast Asian Games, one thing is certain, it is going to surpass its showing in the last edition of the biennial regional sporting meet.

THE Philippine hoops squads that competed in 3x3 basketball in the 30^th Southeast Asian Games topped their respective divisions in the finals on Monday, adding to the steadily mounting gold medal of the country.

LOS ANGELES -- Luka Doncic had 27 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks snapped the Los Angeles Lakers’ 10-game winning streak with a 114-100 victory on Sunday.

MIAMI -- Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 365 yards and three touchdowns and the Miami Dolphins scored 23 unanswered points to defeat the visiting Philadelphia Eagles 37-31 on Sunday.

APART from making history as one of the first to win medals in skateboarding in the Southeast Asian Games, Filipino skateboarder Margielyn Didal looks as well at the inclusion of the sport in the biennial regional sporting meet as a good chance to further cultivate the skateboard scene in the region, particularly here in the Philippines.

The Tata Steel Rapid and Chess Tournament (Kolkata, India) was the penultimate event of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. The reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen dominated this event from start to finish, scoring 2.5/3 a day in the first three days (the Rapid portion) and then 6.5/9 followed by 5.5/9 in the final two days (Blitz portion). His 27 out of 36 pts is also the best performance ever in these Rapid/Blitz events.

The conditions at M&T Bank Stadium were far from ideal. From the vantage point of quarterback Lamar Jackson, the “horrible” weather “messed with me a lot ... A lot of passes [were] getting away from me.” He wasn’t kidding; by the end of the Ravens’ grueling meeting with the Niners, he managed to complete only 14 of 23 tries for 105 yards, paltry by his standards. He even lost the admittedly wet ball in his first series after the half, a mistake deep in enemy territory that could have proven costly given the three points that separated the protagonists at the time.

TRIATHLON got the Philippines’ medal quest in the 30^th Southeast Asian Games to a solid start with Filipino triathletes topping both the men’s and women’s events at Subic Bay Bordwalk, Zambales.

POMP and pageantry championing Filipino pride marked the official start of the 30^th Southeast Asian Games on Saturday night with the indoor opening ceremony held at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.

THE PHILIPPINE 3x3 basketball teams in the ongoing 30^th Southeast Asian Games stayed perfect on opening day of the tournament on Sunday at FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.

NEW CLARK CITY -- The Philippine softball teams set off to battle Monday in their quest to deliver the gold medals expected of them here in the 30th Southeast Asian Games.