LOS ANGELES: Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant each scored 23 points to lead
the Los Angeles Lakers to their fifth straight victory a 122-93 win
against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.
Lamar Odom chipped in 17 points
and 15 rebounds for the Lakers, who have won eight of their last 10
National Basketball Association games.
THE return of two-time MVP Jason Castro and Jonathan
Fernandez in the Harbour Centre roster makes the team’s backcourt
rotation the most feared in the coming Philippine Basketball League
(PBL) Unity Cup.
BACOLOD CITY: The 61st Philippine Airlines Interclub
golf tournament comes off the wraps Thursday with Canlubang Golf and
Country Club focused on one goal: A rare “three-peat” sweep of
the two major team championships.
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey: Dallas finally completed
an eight-player trade which will see star point guard Jason Kidd
join the highly-ranked Western Con-ference National Basketball
Association team.
CUBAN coaches Juan Enrique Steyners Tissert and
Dagoberto Rojas Scott arrived in the country Wednesday and will
proceed to Baguio City to start their comprehensive training program
for the national team.
REIGNING World Masters bowling champion Biboy Rivera
said he will be ready to compete in the coming World Tenpin Masters
Championship in Bentley, England.