WITH March 2019 one of the busiest stretches in the group’s history, Team Lakay members said it is presenting a challenge but they are nonetheless holding up.

The St. Louis Champions Showdown took place from 20^th to 24^th this February. There were five matches, each one pitting a Team USA player against a foreign GM, especially chosen to ensure a clash of styles.

When the Clippers dealt leading scorer Tobias Harris to the Sixers for, among others, a trove of draft picks and future salary cap flexibility on the eve of the trade deadline, not a few quarters believed them to be on rebuild mode for the remainder of the season. It wasn’t an unreasonable conclusion to draw given the way they hitherto competed; for all their supposed lack of talent in the absence of a marquee name, they led the West standings at one point. There was likewise the matter of their first-round pick in this year’s draft, which they wouldn’t need to convey to the Celtics if they miss the playoffs.

THE TNT KaTropa made a triumphant return to PBA Philippine Cup action on Sunday as they cut down the erstwhile streaking Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 100-92, at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City.

THE Ateneo Lady Eagles soared to their third straight win in Season 81 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines with a shutout victory over the University of the East Lady Warriors, 25-15, 25-21 and 25-16, on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

THE rebranded local club football league -- Philippine Premier League -- is scheduled to fire off later this month with seven teams set to participate.

AFTER a stretch in his mixed martial arts career that had him fighting a few times and far in between, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Jon “Bones” Jones said it feels great to have some “consistency” now and looking forward to such a setup moving forward.

THE highly popular Mobile Legends: Bang Bang pro league in the country is to unfurl its third season this month with organizers touting it to be another exciting one as it is out to build on the significant gains it had achieved in the previous two stagings.

DUBAI -- Roger Federer claimed the 100^th ATP title of his career by beating 20-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday.

FLORIDA -- Wyndham Clark birdied five of his first seven holes and hung on for a one-stroke lead as Fiji veteran Vijay Singh stormed into contention in the third round of the Honda Classic on Saturday.

Great players had great games left in them.

LeBron James didn’t even bother to wait for the game to finish. With around 15 ticks left in the contest, he left the court and headed straight to the locker room. Clearly, he was in no mood to exchange pleasantries with the visiting victors, and he made sure to tell all and sundry why in his post-mortem. “We blew it,” he said. And he was right. For the better part of 46 minutes, the Lakers proved the equal of the league-leading Bucks. For the better part of 46 minutes, he proved superior to Giannis Antetokounmpo, the preemptive Most Valuable Player. Unfortunately, they imploded in the last two, and in such a way as to make the worst of the worst blush in embarrassment.