Bellator Paris Showdown Between Patchy Mix vs. Leandro Higo for Bantamweight Championship
From The Wires Paris (July 23) – The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced that Bellator Champions Series Paris will see the return of Bellator Bantamweight World Champion Patchy “No Love” Mix (20-1) as he looks to defend his title against Brazilian challenger Leandro “Pitbull” Higo (23-6) in the headline event at the Adidas […]
United States Favored to Top Medal Table at Paris Games, China May Challenge for Most Gold
As the Paris Olympics are set to open this week, the United States goes in as the favorite to win the most medals. China is unlikely to overtake the U.S. in the overall medal haul, but has a chance to win more gold medals than the Americans. Though the Games highlight great individual athletes, they […]
Heat Clinch First Summer League Title with Pelle Larsson’s OT Heroics Against Grizzlies
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pelle Larsson broke a tie by scoring from the lane in overtime to give Miami a 120-118 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday and hand the Heat their first NBA Summer League championship. “Coach (Dan Bisaccio) drew up a great play we’ve run in practice a bunch of times,” Larsson said. “They […]
LeBron James Clutches Victory for Team USA in Pre-Olympic Finale Against Germany
On Friday, LeBron James will carry the U.S. flag. But first, he carried the U.S. men’s basketball team. Again. James scored the final 11 points for the Americans down the stretch, and the four-time reigning Olympic gold medalists held off World Cup champion Germany 92-88 in London on Monday night in their final tune-up before the Paris […]
Warner Bros. Discovery to Match Amazon Prime Video’s NBA Broadcast Offer
Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it will match the $1.8 billion per year offer by Amazon Prime Video. Turner has had an NBA package since 1984 and games have been on TNT since the network launched in 1988. “We have reviewed […]
LeBron James to Lead Team USA as Flagbearer in Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
LeBron James wasn’t totally sure what the opening ceremony was all about when he was picked for his first Olympics in 2004. This time, he’ll be one of the stars of the show. James has been picked by his fellow U.S. Olympians to serve as the male flagbearer for the Americans in Friday night’s opening ceremony for […]
President Marcos Rallies Support for Filipino Olympians in 3rd SONA
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday gave Filipino athletes participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics a much-needed morale booster ahead of the Summer Games in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA). Speaking at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City, Marcos addressed the 28 Filipino athletes who qualified for the Olympics and […]
PBA to Introduce 4-Point Shot in 49th Season
MANILA – The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is set to add a four-point shot to its scoring options starting the new season that will kick off Aug. 18. The league’s Board of Governors approved the motion during their annual league planning session over the weekend in Osaka, Japan, in which an arc 27 feet away from […]
NGBL Launches under Alfrancis Chua, Highlighting Filipino High School Basketball Talent
From The Wires TOP sports executive Alfrancis Chua has been a long-time supporter of Filipino student-athletes and their journey to the professional ranks. Chua, who is the Next Generation Basketball League (NGBL) Executive Committee Chairman, previously helped Colegio de San Juan de Letran in winning a three-peat in the NCAA, and is now aiding his […]
The US Men’s Basketball Team Receives Wake-Up Call Ahead of Paris Olympics
South Sudan is the 33rd-ranked team in the FIBA world rankings, by far the lowest of any of the 12 nations that will be vying for men’s basketball gold in the Paris Olympics that start this week. The U.S. is ranked No. 1. South Sudan nearly beat the Americans anyway. The every-four-years wake-up call for […]
