SPORTS

The cliché is to throw away all the numbers during a Game Seven of any series in sports. We’re hard-headed here in IBT, so we’re throwing that suggestion away and still take a good hard look at the stats the past six games in the best-of-seven series among the PBA’s best teams in the Governors’ Cup, the San Mig Coffee Mixers and the Petron Blaze Boosters.

Lebron James' new signature shoes "Lebron 11 Christmas" is expected to hit the stores soon. Lebron 11 is the eleventh signature shoes that Nike Basketball has created for James.

The World Series goes to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri for Games 3 and 4. Jake Peavy and Joe Kelly will be the starting pitchers for Boston and St. Louis, respectively.

Something’s got to give as week 1 losers CSKA Moscow and Budivelnik Kiev meet on Friday in Moscow for week 2 of the Euroleague.

This weekend's featured Pac-12 football game is between the #2 Oregon Ducks and the #12 UCLA Bruins, to be played at the Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

Lamar Odom seems to be ready to finally get the right help that he really needs.

Sunday's featured Big 12 match-up features the #2 and #3 ranked teams in the conference, #10 Texas Tech and #17 Oklahoma.

After the Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard fiasco— both number one picks in the NBA Draft and both left via free agency on not-so-good terms—the Magic is hell-bent in getting that top pick again. The NBA lottery will ultimately decide Orlando’s position in the 2014 NBA Draft but the franchise has done enough (or not enough) to get maximum ping pong balls at the end of the season.

Reports claimed the undefeated Boxing Champion Floyd Mayweather will host the after party of the Howard University Homecoming Event Saturday. He will be joined by Grammy Award Rapper Young Jeezy in hosting the biggest homecoming event in the university's history of the university to be held at the Love Nightclub.

Roger Federer is currently competing at the Swiss Indoors that is currently taking place in his hometown, Basel, Switzerland.

There has already been news about a fight between British boxer Amir Khan and Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2014.

After back-to-back wins, things are looking up for the Carolina Panthers while the same cannot be said of the same to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which are one of only two teams left in the NFL still in search of their first victory of the 2013 NFL regular season.

Galatasaray will not be giving Olympiacos a warm welcome as they go against each other on matchweek 2 of the Euroleague.

Brose Baskets Bamberg will be heading to the Palacio de Deportes to face Euroleague giants Real Madrid.

Game 2 of the 2013 World Series will be played at Fenway Park, Boston. The Red Sox hold a 1-0 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in their fourth World Series meeting.

Lietuvos Rytas will be visiting VTB United League rivals Lokomotiv Kuban for a Group D action on gameday 2 in the Euroleague.

The Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils face off in a crucial match that could bolster either team's chance at the NHL playoffs.

Fernando Torres marked a new milestone on Tuesday as he started his 100th start for Chelsea, but it could not have gotten any much better as the Spanish striker coupled this feat with a brace.

The name of Belarusian professional tennis player Victoria Azarenka continues to receive praise.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest player that Manchester United has ever had according to Sir Alex Ferguson.

The Boston Bruins - San Jose Sharks match-up on Friday morning (Australia time) features two of the top teams in the National Hockey League.

In the wake of their win against Schalke on Tuesday, Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard talks about his team's prolific performance as well as the great individual displays by his teammates.

The Marshall-Middle Tennessee game will be played at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, MTSU's home field.

World No 1 Serena Williams willingly took the stage and sing her own rendition of “Oh, Istanbul” during the World Tennis Association (WTA) championship draw ceremony on Sunday night held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Retired professional soccer superstar David Beckham is all set preparing for the world's toughest triathlon. He is expected to compete with his friend Gordon Ramsay.

David Beckham is one of Britain’s most iconic sports figures, and no doubt, he is one of the wealthiest athletes in the world.

The Kentucky Wildcats and Mississippi State Bulldogs have been bitter rivals since 1914, even before the SEC was founded.

All NBA owners have approved the return to the old NBA Finals format or the 2-2-1-1-1, replacing the current 2-3-2 format which has been used since 1985. The announcement was made on Wednesday by NBA Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver via nba.com. The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the change to the format of The Finals effective with the 2013-14 season.

The Charlotte Bobcats have a combined total of 28 wins the past two seasons. They recorded a laughable 7-59 win-loss card in the shortened lockout season of 2011-12 and had improved three-fold, though still not very good, to 21-61 the following 2012-13 NBA season. But if last season’s “slight” improvement was a sign, then the Bobcats are moving in the right direction. The moves they did in this offseason just about confirms that they are done “tanking” this season and beyond.