NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, a former longtime executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, is set to be sentenced Wednesday for lying under oath in the ex-president’s New York civil fraud case. He is expected to be sentenced to five months in jail after pleading guilty last month to two counts of perjury. … Read more
Petro Gazz Angels’ Brooke Van Sickle is the PNVF Champions League MVP. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Brooke Van Sickle capped her first stint in the Philippines with a Most Valuable Player award on top of Petro Gazz’s championship. The Filipino-American spiker was crowned as the MVP after Petro Gazz swept Cignal, 25-19, 27-25, 25-22, … Read more
Lorene Toring (#18) bids goodbye to the Adamson Lady Falcons with an ACL injury. –UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Lorene Toring bid farewell to Adamson after suffering from an ACL injury ahead of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament, which opens on February 17 at Mall of Asia Arena. Toring on Wednesday took to … Read more
FILE–La Salle’s Kevin Quiambao. –UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Strong Group Athletics (SGA) coach Charles Tiu coach confirmed that Kevin Quiambao received a naturalization offer from the United Arab Emirates national team amid his stellar showing in the Dubai International Basketball Championship. Tiu bared to the CNN Sports Desk on Tuesday that Quiambao met with … Read more
La Salle forward Kevin Quiambao.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Kevin Quiambao has a lot of reasons to smile before the Dubai International Basketball Tournament. For one, he’s coming off a UAAP championship run. Then, he’s set to play for the Philippines alongside former NBA veterans Dwight Howard, Andray Blatche and Andre Roberson. But what makes Quiambao giddier … Read more
Tony Bishop Jr. (center) and Maverick Ahanmisi (with ball) have jelled well with the Gin Kings. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ If not for a narrow loss to a fierce rival a couple of weekends ago, Barangay Ginebra—missing several standouts and foremost weapon Justin Brownlee—would’ve been sitting atop Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup with a perfect … Read more
FILE–Terrence Romeo during Gilas Pilipinas practice. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines–San Miguel Beer playmaker Terrence Romeo has decided to stop wondering how a stint with Gilas Pilipinas in the Hangzhou Asian Games would have panned out. “There’s a bit of regret, especially since we prepared—the four of us. That will always be the case. But for … Read more