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LAS VEGAS — At a time when social media is rampant and people now have their own platforms to push themselves or their products, we at Sports On Air don’t like to honk our own horns. Today, however, we pat ourselves on the back, sort of, but only to remind our readers that we are […]
2024 NBA Playoffs: Indiana Pacers Spark Milwaukee Bucks, Level Series 1-1
MILWAUKEE — Pascal Siakam showed the mettle that made him an champion in 2019. The former Toronto Raptors forward scored 37 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a convincing 125-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night at the Fiserv Forum. “We’ve got to be the team that’s coming in and wanting to […]
Tarlac United Force Owner Nino Reyes Regrets Exclusion From The MPBL But Vows To Support The League
CHICAGO — Citing “unforeseen circumstances,” newcomer Tarlac United Force will no longer take part in the 2024 MPBL Season, the league announced in an official statement on Tuesday night. Although saddened by unexpected development, United Force team owner Nicanor “Nino” Reyes IV sees this only as a bend in the road and not the end […]
Moment Of Truth For Jade Bornea; Jerwin Ancajas Seeks Redemption
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s been a long nine years since Jade Borneo turned pro, a steep climb many in the fight business go through as a rite of passage. But the moment to win a world championship belt and help define his legacy arrives on Saturday night (Sunday AM in Manila) at The Armory in Minneapolis where […]
Sports On Air In The NBA Finals
DENVER — Over 800 media members from around the world have assembled here in Denver to cover Games 1 and 2 of the 2023 NBA Finals. Among the outlets that received accreditation to the biggest pro basketball event in the globe is Sports on Air which is represented by the author and Los Angeles-based correspondent […]
Kai Sotto Set To Play In NBA Summer League
CHICAGO — International free agent Kai Sotto will be taking his talents to the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas this July, sources told Sports On Air. The 7-foot-4, 232-pound center went undrafted in 2022. But his quest to become the first full-blooded Filipino to reach the NBA took a major step at the NBA Draft Combine […]
USP Foundation chief attends JC camp
CHICAGO — Brian Jereza, the manager of the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) traveled 7,200 miles from Cebu City to Corona, California for some higher learning in basketball. His destination? The Jordan Clarkson Elite Camp that was held last July 7 and 8 at the Draft Sports Complex where over 200 kids, whose age […]
The Jordan Clarkson Elite Camp
CHICAGO — Sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordan Clarkson’s Elite Basketball Camp returned with a flurry this past July 7 and 8 at the Draft Sports Complex in sunny Corona, California. Some 60 kids — no younger than 5th graders and none older than 8th graders — took part in the two-game hoops bonanza where […]
Jonas Sultan is “ready to rumble”
NEW YORK. Making weight is often a boxer’s nightmare as he tries to balance the meals he eats with the work he puts out in training. So many fights have been lost at the dreaded weighing scale. Jonas Sultan did not have such worries when he climbed the scales for his bantamweight showdown against undefeated […]
Jonas Sultan ready for acid test in New York
NEW YORK – Growing up in humble beginnings in Tampilisan, Zamboanga Del Norte, Jonas Sultan is used to life’s trials and tribulations. In line with that narrative, his boxing career is about to take perhaps it toughest, fiercest test when he climbs the ring this Sunday at the Hulu theater inside the famed Madison Square […]
