James Quizon

NBA NEWS - Basketball fans in the Philippines went home disappointed after NBA players refused to play in a scheduled exhibition game against the Philippine national team on Tuesday. Apparently, the organizers of the event failed to get clearance from the NBA itself leading to the cancellation of the event.

NBA NEWS - With a LeBron James-backed recruitment pitch, the Cleveland Cavaliers are the clear frontrunners in the chase for Kevin Love. One team has joined the fray lately, with the Chicago Bulls showing intention that they want the Minnesota Timberwolves forward to their fold as well.

NBA News - Kevin Love trade to the Cleveland Cavaliers should happen according to Mike Krzyzewski .

Australia’s Olympic and Commonwealth champion cyclist Anna Meares will lead her country in the 20th Commonwealth Games as Australia’s flag-bearer in the opening ceremony held at the Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland

Chuck Palahniuk actually broke Durden’s rules already when he allowed director David Fincher to adapt his book “Fight Club” (1996) into a movie with the same title in 1999 starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Palahniuk is set to break Durden’s rules again after giving the comic book rights to Dark Horse Comics, which plans to make a 10-issue comic book series based on the bestseller. The first issue of the “Fight Club 2” in comics will be released on April 8, 2015.

A move could cost Jeremy Lin his starting job with the Los Angeles Lakers-- LA interested in free agent Eric Bledsoe

Tennis News 2014 - In sports, it’s not how many times you fall, but how many times you rise. The same thing can be said in love and relationships as shown by recent performances by former partners Rory McIlroy and Caroline Wozniacki, who won the 2014 British Open and 2014 Istanbul Cup, respectively on Sunday. For McIlroy and Wozniacki, who have both shown the potential to be the top athletes in their respective sports, winning championships will cure all, even heartbreaks.

The traditional four-contestant line-up for “The Voice Australia” Season 3 Grand Finals has been ditched thanks to the fresh twist that has allowed fans to vote for a singer to be included in Monday’s grand finale. The battle for the 2014 title is now down to five after the previous live episode when eight competitors were still crooning for the crown. Still alive and kicking and singing are Anja Nissen and ZK of Team Will; Jackson Thomas of Team Ricky; Frank Lakoudis of Team Joel; and Johnny R...

Rory McIlroy is known as one the best golfers in the world and is on the cusp of winning the 2014 British Open. His father, Gerry McIlroy believed his son could be the best ten years ago, putting a wager on Rory to win the The Open Championship before he turns 26 years old.

NBA TRADE NEWS - Already with the planet’s best player in LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now in overdrive in surrounding him with players that will seriously contend for the NBA title.

BOXING NEWS 2014 - Virtually everyone in the world knows who Manny Pacquiao is but little is known of his opponent, Chris Algieri in the blockbuster ho-hum fight to be held on November 22, 2014 at the Venetian Casino and Resort in Macau.

TENNIS NEWS - Bernard Tomic is losing a lot of significant matches in his career. Now, he’ll be losing a major sponsorship as well. The promising Australian player has been dropped by international company IMG from their roster of sponsored players and made the announcement on the company’s official Twitter account:

NBA NEWS - The Charlotte Hornets won’t be shut out in this free agency after signing free agent guard Lance Stephenson stealing him away from the East rivals Indiana Pacers.

NBA NEWS - Dirk Nowitzki has signed a relatively cheap $25 million three-year contract to stay with the Dallas Mavericks proving that even superstars can take a major pay cut to help their teams’ salary situation and help build a contending team. The 36-year-old German made the real sacrifice as opposed to the likes of 35-year-old Kobe Bryant and 30-year-old Carmelo Anthony, both of whom re-signed with their current teams for considerably larger deals.

World Cup of Basketball 2014 - For the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain in August, Team USA has identified a 19-player pool that will join the training camp leading up to the final selection for this year’s world championships.

Ray Allen can’t seem to make a decision yet and by looks of things he’s considering returning to the Miami Heat or following LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Another option for the veteran shooter is to call it quits and announce retirement from a colorful 18-year NBA career.

India defeats China, 65-58. One would think that’s a cricket match but look again, that’s in basketball, a sports where the Chinese have dominated the region for a number of years. The gigantic upset happened at the 5th FIBA Asia Cup, and adding insult to injury, right at the Chinese homecourt, in Wuhan, China.

World Cup Records - This wasn't the dominating performance like their 7-1 semi-final win over hosts Brazil; but it was still clinical and efficient as the European squad won the 2014 World Cup over Argentina, 1-0 at the Estadiodo Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

NBA Australia - The danger of drafting Dante Exum of Australia was that he was too much of an unknown and his game was too much unfamiliar to the NBA scouts who have never seen him play in an actual high-competitive game against real high-quality opponents.

NBA NEWS - Pau Gasol has apparently made his choice and he wants to play with in Chicago where he’ll join Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose and the rest of the Bulls.

NBA TRADE - Thanks to LeBron James finally making and announcing his decision, the free agency dominos are starting to fall. The first major move is Jeremy Lin being traded by the Houston Rockets to the Los Angeles Lakers.

NBA TRADE NEWS - After the burning of jerseys four years ago, after incessant booing for four years, Ohio-kid LeBron James is back with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But what is next for the new (or old) team of the greatest player in the world today?

LEBRON JAMES NEWS - Much like four years ago, LeBron James’ decision was much anticipated and filled with drama. Unlike four years ago, the announcement was swift and simple—no cameras, no TV crews and no fanfare, just a long letter explaining himself why he chose to return home and sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

LeBron James has made no decision yet.

NBA NEWS - Thanks to solid play—and some luck—Paul Pierce of the Brooklyn Nets is still alive in the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event with a chance to cash in, finally, after years of getting busted out early in the $10,000 buy-in tournament.

The weather experts are predicting a perfect condition for the 2014 Whalebone Classic in Australia and the top surfers are hoping to get their perfect scores to notch the titles in the event held at Cottesloe, West Australia from July 11 to July 13, 2014.

NBA NEWS - The Oklahoma City Thunder, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers are the frontrunners for the services of Pau Gasol but don’t count out the San Antonio Spurs just yet. The Texas franchise is emerging as a darkhorse candidate to acquire the Spanish center as they look to add more to the core of a squad that just won the NBA championship last June.

NBA News: The Dallas Mavericks are trying to pry away Chandler Parsons from Houston Rockets. The Mark Cuban-owned franchise signed the 25-year-old forward to a $46M three-year offer sheet and their Texas rivals have three days to decide if they want to match or not.

While the world is left in shock of Germany’s 7-1 shellacking of hosts Brazil, the other two semifinalists-- Argentina vs. Netherlands will be slugging it out for the last slot in the final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.