WHILE pundits and observers have given him the advantage in his latest title defense fight in ONE Championship, still world strawweight champion Joshua “The Passion” Pacio said he is not taking things lightly, especially against a veteran fighter like Rene “The Challenger” Catalan.

LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James produced his second straight triple-double, and Anthony Davis scored 25 points and took 11 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 103-96 on Sunday to win their fifth straight game.

LOS ANGELES -- US college athletes can profit from brand sponsorships and endorsement deals under a new rule approved on Tuesday by the governing board of the NCAA, the organization that regulates US collegiate sports.

Have you ever heard of the Barry Attack? White plays 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0–0 6.Be2 and then attempts to assault the Black king with Ne5 followed by h2-h4-h5.

Forget about the final score, which wrongly indicates a one-possession outing. Yesterday’s setback was one of the worst in the Jets’ history, period. For all their travails, there can be no excusing their 18-26 loss to the considerably overmatched Dolphins. It didn’t matter that they were on the road, and that they trekked to Hard Rock Stadium mired in a three-game rut while facing injuries to key players. Once the contest was under way, they should have been in position to assert their superiority.

THE Alaska Aces kept their Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors’ Cup playoff hopes alive after carving a 106-99 victory over the Northport Batang Pier in Sunday league action at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

LOS ANGELES -- The Philadelphia 76ers overcame both the absence of suspended center Joel Embiid and the hot-shooting Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night and remained the only unbeaten team in the NBA.

WHILE admitted to have been greatly disappointed over the last-minute cancellation of his title defense in California at the weekend, International Boxing Federation (IBF) world super flyweight champion Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas said he is now moving on from it, believing that greater things could well be in store for him in lieu of the botched fight.

ALREADY holding the distinction as the Filipino with the most fights in Brave Combat Federation, Team Lakay’s Jeremy “The Juggernaut” Pacatiw looks to create further footing in the promotion when he returns to action on Nov. 15 in Bahrain.

CHOOKS-to-Go will pull out all the stops in the country’s preparation for the 2020 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament next March in Delhi, India.

DUBLIN -- Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor was convicted on Friday of assault for punching a man who refused a shot of whiskey from him in a Dublin pub in April and was fined €1,000 ($1,117).

Gerrit Cole was not happy with the obligation. He had just witnessed the Astros -- favored to claim the World Series from the very first game of the regular season to the last, winner-take-all outing of their campaign -- bow to the supposedly overmatched Nationals, and the disappointment he felt trumped the need for him to face the media for a post-mortem. It certainly didn’t help that he knew he would be asked about his status as a free agent, the formality of his declaration available to him as early as the next day. He wanted to hightail it out of Minute Maid Park, not stay in a clubhouse wallowing in, well, emptiness.