James Quizon

Off a big win over their Texas rivals, the Houston Rockets want to make their holiday games special going for back-to-back wins when they host the Memphis Grizzlies Thursday.

In the biggest game of the season, the Dallas Cowboys may be missing a key piece when they host bitter rivals Philadelphia Eagles in the final week of the regular season. It’s a winner-takes-all match-up too as the victor will move on to win the NFC East and the loser will be eliminated from contention.

Jacques Kallis, one of South Africa’s greatest cricket players have announced his retirement from the Test Cricket—or the five-day format of the sport. The 38-year-old’s last Test will be against India and the series starts Thursday marking his final match from first-class cricket.

Northern Illinois Huskies star quarterback Jordan Lynch wants to end his stellar career with a bang. The senior gets the chance to do just that in the Poinsettia Bowl where they face the overachieving Utah State Aggies who played in the final half of the regular season without their own start quarterback in Chuckie Keeton.

Australian Will Tomlinson has signed with a five-fight deal with popular and top-boxing marketing arm, Golden Boy Promotions. He has high hopes he can land bigger fights in 2014 and crash the scene as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.

This was supposed to be one of the marquee match-ups on December 25th— LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat visiting Los Angeles Lakers to take on Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Pau Gasol. Rather, two of those six stars are out with various injuries and the visitors are favored by nine points to win— just a recipe for a Christmas Day massacre in Hollywood.

10 teams play in the NBA on Christmas Day and all would rather play naughty than nice as they take on their respective rivals. The Christmas spirit is about giving— but all teams don’t want to be on the receiving end of a loss in these match-ups.

The week 16 match-up between the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers pegged as pre-season was one of the crucial battles in the tail end of the regular season. Unfortunately, this Monday Night Football game was only important to one team as the Falcons were mired in a very disappointing year.

Star quarterbacks led their respective teams to NFL postseason slots or division titles in the penultimate week of the NFL regular season.

A Swiss company has found the key to living forever - turn dead loved-ones into a diamond. A 55-year-old Italian father has decided not to let go of his son and availed the company’s “Remembrance Diamonds” product. This is a process where the carbon found in the cremated ashes are filtered and refined, secured in a chamber to create a synthetic diamond.

Alonza Bryant, 16, was sleeping when a drive-by shooting occured in the neighborhood. Little did she know that the glasses she was wearing saved her life.

The bad news keeps on piling up for the Brooklyn Nets. After the team experienced a slew of injuries causing most of their key players to miss games in the early part of the regular season, Brooklyn has suffered another blow after its Star Center Brook Lopez broke his foot Friday and will be out of commission for the rest of the year.

Dwyane Wade has already won NBA championships in 2006, 2012 and 2013. He’s set to add yet another ring to his collection after being engaged with actress Gabrielle Union Saturday night.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs meet Saturday night in a match-up between two of the best teams from the Western Conference.

The league’s best defensive team hosts the one of NBA’s top scoring squads Friday night when the Houston Rockets visit the Indiana Pacers.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has struggled in his return from an Achilles heel injury. The 35-year-old has suffered another setback after a fracture in of the lateral tibial plateau in his left knee and is expected to miss at least another six weeks.

A Frenchman is going to New Orleans. Center Alexis Ajinca is set to sign with the Pelicans in the NBA with reports that the center is finalizing a buyout with his current Euro squad Strasbourg.

A professional team from a Czech Republic volleyball league knows how to sell their games—and themselves.

Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ) is set to get major support from the High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) for 2014—a welcome development considering BBNZ did not receive funding from the government agency in 2013.

Novak Djokovic is leaving no stone unturned in preparation for the new tennis season. Ranked second in the ATP rankings in the year-end rankings, the Serb has hired German Boris Becker as one of his coaches to help him reclaim the top spot in the sport.

Lionel Messi is considered the best footballer in the world for four straight years now. But this year, he’s not even the best sportsman in his home country.

When two of the league’s best teams meet on Wednesday night, one team could be missing its best player. The Indiana Pacers will visit the Miami Heat, which could be without LeBron James after rolling his ankle in his previous game.

Without ample rest and no sleep, Damon Shulenberger from the United States played poker for over two straight days. In the end, it was all worth it. The American not only won the poker tournament, but he’ll also go down in history as the champion of the Guinness World Records “Longest Continuous Poker Tournament.”

Rafael Nadal, the best tennis player today, came out on top of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Charity Challenge on Thursday, beating other sports celebrities, including poker’s world number one Daniel Negreanu.

The San Diego Chargers are still in playoff contention but needs a big upset win over the Denver Broncos, who are aiming for perfection at home this season.

The world came crashing down on Alabama kicker Cade Foster after he failed on a crucial field goal attempt that caused Auburn to steal the 34-28 victory and caused the Tide to lose out on making the national championship game.

Before the season started, the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls were full of hope and promise that they are going to be top contenders in the Eastern Conference foe 2013. A little over a month and a half have gone in the regular season, and both has varied team issues that is causing them to underperform so far.

Tristan Bain, a poker pro from Melbourne, Australia won the ultimate bragging rights in Sydney when he won the main event title in the first-ever Asian Poker Tour (APT) Sydney. For coming out as the champion, Bain went home with $281,685 for his first-place finish.

Houston Texans’ Andre Johnson is known for his receiving prowess in the NFL. He’s also known for gift giving around this time of year by celebrating with underprivileged children in his annual toy giveaway during the holidays.