LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George will miss the start of the NBA season while recovering from off-season surgery on both shoulders, he told ESPN on Sunday.

In the 4^th and 5^th rounds all the Russian and American players were knocked out and the four players left standing

Fighting Maroons head coach Bo Perasol was not immediately available for comment in the aftermath of his charges’ loss to the Blue Eagles the other day. No doubt, he needed more time to gather his thoughts; not quite halfway through the third quarter, he went through a wave of emotions that belied his usually calm self and led him to confront referee Jaime Rivano in the middle of the court. Two technical fouls and an ejection later, he became even more upset and had to be restrained and escorted to the locker room.

THE defending champions Ateneo Blue Eagles swept the opening round of University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 82 with an 89-63 win over the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

THE NLEX Road Warriors stayed unscathed in the season-ending Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup after they booked their third straight triumph with a 115-109 victory over the Blackwater Elite on Sunday at the Sta. Rosa Multipurpose Complex in Laguna.

STALLION Laguna FC continued to be a puzzle for defending champion and league-leading Ceres-Negros FC after the former forced the latter into a 1-1 draw in a Philippines Football League match on Saturday at the Biñan Football Stadium.

PETRON and Generika-Ayala dispute early leadership in Group B to set pace in this quick Philippine Superliga Invitational Conference today at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.

As expected, LeBron James was the subject of headlines over the weekend. Even with a roster also featuring six-time All-Star Anthony Davis and made more colorful by such notables as Rajon Rondo and Dwight Howard, he remained the subject of scrutiny throughout and after Media Day. From pundits to punters to scribes to spectators came variations of the same question: How much should be expected of him coming off his worst season since his first in the league 16 years ago?

THE defending National Collegiate Athletic Association champions San Beda Red Lions raced to their 14^th straight win in Season 95, defeating the Perpetual Help Altas, 75-62, in league action on Thursday afternoon at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

IT WAS a fruitful midweek outing for Stallion Laguna FC and Kaya FC-Iloilo at the Philippines Football League after the two hacked out huge victories against separate foes on Wednesday.

INSTEAD of a mix of amateur and professional players, the Philippine national men’s basketball team seeing action at the 30th Southeast Asian Games here in the country will be composed of players coming from the Philippine Basketball Association.

THE FIRST round of the eliminations of Season 82 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines comes to an end this weekend with defending champions Ateneo Blue Eagles looking to complete a sweep of their assignments.