Alex Eala Reaches the Third Round at Wimbledon, a First for the Philippines
Alex Eala is through to the third round at Wimbledon. No Filipina has done that before. The comeback Eala lost the first set to Australia’s Maya Joint, 3-6, on Thursday, July 2. She turned the match around from there, taking the second set 6-2 and…
Alex Eala Wimbledon Second Round Win
Alex Eala became the first Filipina to win a match at Wimbledon in the Open era, beating Renata Zarazua 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round. It is her second Open-era first in less than a year. She already became the first Filipina to win a Grand Slam…
Memphis Just Closed the Chapter
Ja Morant is no longer a Memphis Grizzly. The two-time All-Star guard is headed to Portland in a trade for forwards Jerami Grant and Kris Murray, ESPN reported Monday. It is the kind of move that reads small in a headline and large in context. Memphis…
LeBron Is Leaving the Lakers
LeBron James is coming back for a 24th NBA season. It just won’t be in purple and gold. Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN’s Shams Charania that James has informed the Los Angeles Lakers the team should plan to move forward without him,…
Ron Harper Jr. Is Staying in Boston
Ron Harper Jr. is 26, Filipino-American, and the son of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper Sr. He went undrafted in 2022, bounced through three teams, and spent stretches in the G League before landing in Boston last season. The Celtics are keeping him.…
The Greek Freak Leaves Milwaukee
Giannis Antetokounmpo has been traded to the Miami Heat. The deal sends Bobby Portis along with him. In return, the Bucks receive Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaimie Jacquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, three first-round picks, one pick swap, and one…
He Rewrote the Record That Was Never Supposed to Fall
Lionel Messi had already won the World Cup. He had the Ballon d’Or eight times over. He had done things on a football pitch that had no clean explanation. And then on June 22, 2026, in Dallas, Texas, he did something nobody had done before. He…
He was already representing. Then the Knicks won it all.
Jordan Clarkson did not forget where he came from on the day the New York Knicks celebrated their championship. Clarkson’s connection to the Philippines goes back to his grandmother, Marcelina Tullao Kingsolver of Pampanga. He first wore the…
She Came, She Won Two Matches That Mattered, Then She Left
Alex Eala’s run at the Berlin Tennis Open was not the headline. It was the proof. The match that ended it Alex Eala lost to world No. 13 Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic, 2-6, 4-6, at the Steffi Graf Stadium in Berlin on Sunday, Manila time. The…
Two Brothers on the Podium
Carlos Yulo already has two Olympic gold medals. On Saturday in Zunyi, China, he added an Asian Gymnastics Championships title in floor exercise, scoring 14.700 points to take gold. Standing on the same podium was his younger brother Eldrew, who scored…