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PHOENIX, November 15 ------ Devin Booker scored 33 points, Dillon Brooks added 32 and the Phoenix Suns won their fifth straight game by beating the Indiana Pacers, 133-98. The Suns led by 20 early in the third quarter, but the Pacers cut it to 83-73 a few minutes later. Phoenix responded with a 16-0 run — highlighted by 10 straight points from Booker — to take a 106-84 lead into the fourth. Booker shot 12 of 22 from the field and added seven assists and five rebounds. Brooks

MANILA, November 14 ------ Creamline has formalized its quarterfinals entry in the 2025 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference. This, as the Cool Smashers reasserted their mastery over sister team Choco Mucho, 25-17, 25-17, 25-23 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Heading into the match, the defending champions are already mathematically assured of a playoff spot, having a superior points total over the rest of the bottom four teams in the standings, regar

November 14 ------ Stephen Curry scored 46 points, nearly half of them in a pivotal run in the third quarter, to help the visiting Golden State Warriors earn a 125-120 win over the San Antonio Spurs in the first of two games between the teams in three days in the Alamo City. The Spurs led by as many as 16 points in the first half and by seven at the break before Golden State leapfrogged to the lead with a dominating third quarter in which Curry scored 22 of the Warriors’ 43 p

November 14 ------ Two-way Japanese star Shohei Ohtani was the unanimous winner of the National League Most Valuable Player award, his third straight year receiving the honor and fourth overall. Ohtani became just the second player in MLB history to win at least four MVP awards, trailing only seven by Barry Bonds. The 31-year-old Ohtani won American League MVP with the Los Angeles Angels in 2021 and 2023. He signed with the crosstown Dodgers the following offseason and won NL

November 14 ------ DWIGHT Ramos presided over Levanga Hokkaido's 95-93 squeaker against Saga Ballooners to extend their win streak to five in the 2025-26 Japan B.League season at Hokkai Kitayell. The Gilas Pilipinas star uncorked 20 points, five rebounds, two assists, and one steal, as their side protected home court and improved to a 12-4 record. AJ Edu also did his share to see Gunma Crane Thunders blast the Ibaraki Robots, 94-70, at Openhouse Arena Ota. He was a menace dow

November 13 ------ San Miguel simply had its way offensively and dealt the hapless Titan Ultra a 41-point beating, 158-117, to extend its winning streak to five in the PBA Season 50 Philippine Cup at the Ynares Center Montalban. The Beermen tore the game apart in the first half with CJ Perez opening the floodgates after firing 24 of 26 his points through the first 24 minutes on their way to the masterful win that hiked their record to 5-2. Perez actually started the scintilla

TURIN, Italy, November 13 ------ Jannik Sinner reached the last four of the ATP Finals after beating Alexander Zverev, 6-4, 6-3, to qualify from the Bjorn Borg group with a match to spare. World No. 1 Sinner is bidding to retain his title at the prestigious end-of-season tournament, and he cruised into the semifinals in front of a delighted crowd in Turin. The 24-year-old was not at his best and struggled with a hand problem at the start of the match but still had more than e

NEW YORK, November 13 ------ Tyrese Maxey and hometown hero Justin Edwards sparked the Philadelphia 76ers over Boston 102-100 on Tuesday while reigning champion Oklahoma City improved their NBA-best record to 11-1. Maxey, the NBA's number two scorer this season, netted 21 points and Edwards came off the bench to score 22. But it was Kelly Oubre's putback shot with 8.7 seconds remaining off the only miss of the night by Edwards that produced the winning points. "Extremely toug

MANILA, November 13 ------ Figure skaters Maxine Bautista and Paolo Borromeo once again showed their mastery on the ice at the Philippine National Figure Skating Championships 2025 at Mall of Asia in Pasay City. Bautista ruled the Senior Women's category with a score of 139.21, enough to clinch back-to-back gold medals in the tournament. "Honestly, it feels amazing. I just wanted to go here and skate the best program that I could. And a win is just a cherry on top of that," s

November 12 ------ YUNI Batista became the PVL’s sixth-ever 40-point scorer as Chery Tiggo EV held off Capital1’s five-set comeback, 27-25, 23-25, 25-12, 22-25, 15-13, in the 2025 PVL Reinforced Conference at the Playtime Filoil Centre. The Cuban winger dropped a conference-high 41 points on 41 percent success rate, 10 in the fifth set alone. "Going point by point, slowly with patience, step by step, this was the result and I'm so happy for that," Batista said. But it was a t

November 12 ------ Luka Doncic poured in 38 points and the visiting Los Angeles Lakers pulled away from the Charlotte Hornets in a 121-111 victory. Doncic made 14 of 28 shots from the field, making five 3-pointers. He has played seven games this season, with his fourth-highest point in total. Austin Reaves added 24 points, and Rui Hachimura had 21 points for the Lakers, who’ve won five of their six road outings. Deandre Ayton added 14 points and Marcus Smart had 13 points. Th

TURIN, Italy, November 12 ------ Jannik Sinner got his title defense at the ATP Finals off to a solid start before his home fans with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime. To also claim the year-end No. 1 ranking. Sinner needs to win the season-ending event for the top eight players and hope Carlos Alcaraz doesn’t reach the final. No. 8-ranked Auger-Aliassime appeared slowed by a left calf issue that arose near the end of the first set. He was twice treated by a trainer

November 12 ------ MAKE it four straight wins for Dwight Ramos and the Levanga Hokkaido as they swept their weekend series against the Shiga Lakes in the 2025-26 Japan B.League season at Hokkai Kitayell. Hokkaido took the 95-83 win on Saturday with Ramos contributing nine points, three assists, two blocks, a rebound, and a steal, before following it up with a 108-99 victory on Sunday, this time with the Gilas star firing 11 points, seven assists, three boards, two steals, and

November 11 ------ JUST like the men’s and women’s teams, Alas Pilipinas Girls will also be bound for the world stage soon.   The Philippines’ Under-16 girls’ volleyball national team routed Thailand, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, to finish fifth in the 2025 AVC Asian Women’s U16 Volleyball Championship on Saturday.   That top five run in the continental meet landed Alas Girls the last Asian seat in the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U17 World Championship in Santiago, Chile from

November 11 ------ Kevin Durant paired 31 points with 7 assists and took over down the stretch as the Houston Rockets rallied from a 14-point deficit and defeated the host Milwaukee Bucks, 122-115, on Sunday, November 9 (Monday, November 10, Manila time).   Durant assisted on an Alperen Sengun dunk with 3:59 left that pulled the Rockets to within 108-107 before completing a three-point play and later assisting on a Jabari Smith Jr. three-pointer that gave Houston a 113-11 lea

November 11 ------ Farm Fresh coach Alessandro Lodi was somewhere explaining the decision to transform spiker Alyssa Bertolano into a libero when he gave a shoutout to the people who make up his staff.   “They don’t have watches anymore; they don’t know what time it is anymore—they are in a symbiotic relationship with their laptops [so] they don’t have girlfriends anymore,” Lodi said.   “They work day and night on video, on stats, on collecting data, on preparing videos for t

PARIS, France, November 11 ------ Novak Djokovic won the 101st title of his career when he came from behind to beat Lorenzo Musetti 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the ATP event in Athens on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time).   The Serb is one of just three men to have racked up a century of titles - he still needs two to equal Roger Federer's 103 while Jimmy Connors heads the list with 109.   At 38 years and five months old, the 24-time Grand Slam winner is the oldest tournament

November 10 ------ MERALCO found a gem in Sina Vahedi as the Asian import from Iran led the Bolts past the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots, 85-76, for their first win in the EASL Home and Away Season 3 in Ilagan, Isabela. The 24-year-old star point guard of the Iran national team finished with a team-high 22 points, seven assists, and two rebounds as the Bolts finally broke through the win column after losing their first two games on the road. Import Ismael Romero also had 22 points an

November 10 ------ JUST like the men’s and women’s teams, Alas Pilipinas Girls will also be bound for the world stage soon. The Philippines’ Under-16 girls’ volleyball national team routed Thailand, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, to finish fifth in the 2025 AVC Asian Women’s U16 Volleyball Championship. That top five run in the continental meet landed Alas Girls the last Asian seat in the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U17 World Championship in Santiago, Chile from August 5 to 16.

November 10 ------ ZUS Coffee stormed into the knockout quarterfinals of the 2025 PVL Reinforced Conference with a 25-20, 25-22, 24-26, 25-19 victory over Choco Mucho in Candon City. The unbeaten league leaders extended their franchise-best start to 6-0, marking their third playoff appearance in seven conferences. And they did so with a 6-0 match-clinching run from a 19-all deadlock in a nip-and-tuck fourth set. The Thunderbelles nearly melted down in the second set as a Madd