Jonar Sabilano

FIBA world rankings are computed according to an eight-year cycle, taking into account the following tournaments:- Continental championships (FIBA Asia, FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, Eurobasket, FIBA Oceania) - FIBA World Cup (FIBA World Championship until 2010) - Olympic basketball tournamentWhenever a new tournament is played, the one that took place eight years before is dropped from the computation. Teams' placings in the tournaments determine the points they have gained or lost, ...

If Andray Blatche is to be believed, none of the previous NBA season's conference finalists are the best in the league. That distinction belongs solely to Blatche's Brooklyn Nets.

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry arrived at his team's media day wearing something radically different. Instead of wearing Nike shoes, as he had been doing for the past four years, he was wearing Under Armour.

Brandon Bass, a third-year player for the Boston Celtics, can score, rebound, and defend well.He just doesn't know how to swim. In fact, his six-year-old son Brandon Jr. can swim better than him.

In the Braves' 4-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night, Chris Johnson slid headfirst to first base after hitting a 1-2 grounder, but was out quickly after shortstop Jimmy Rollins made a dive and throw. Johnson lay facedown on the ground, then picked himself up and walked back to the dugout.Clearly losing his temper, Johnson flipped his helmet towards the bench to consolation pats from teammates. Suddenly, Terry Pendleton grabbed and shoved him.

Coming into Monday's game, the Tampa Bay Rays were riding the wave of a seven-game winning streak to get one of the two last slots for a wild card play-in game. Even though they lost their last two games to the bottom-feeding Toronto Blue Jays, it was some distance from their 4-13 slide prior to September 11, when they were just about fighting for their lives.The Texas Rangers were similarly struggling just to stay afloat -- they had a good start to September, when a sudden 2-12 stretch t...

Despite a contract that runs through 2014, the Chicago Cubs have decided to let go of two-year manager Dale Sveum, the club announced on Monday.

What do cool-headed, rational Texans fans do after a loss that hurt big time, aside from hanging a large "Cut Schaub" sign on a bridge at I-45? Burn the quarterback's jersey, of course.

In true Georgia style, the student section, called the "Spike Squad", came out in full force for Saturday's home game. The Spike Squad is usually seated at the front row of section 109 whenever Georgia plays at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. For the game against LSU, though, they had a more-than-welcome guest: men's basketball coach Mark Fox.

In the wake of his firing from the USC football head coaching position, Lane Kiffin was not only thrown out of -- and under -- the bus; he's been getting flak from almost everyone associated with the program. Including, yes, the kids he had been trying to recruit to get to attend USC.

Wembley, which is the England national football team's home pitch, was transformed into the Vikings' home stadium for at least one weekend. The Vikings took full advantage of the purported home atmosphere as they waylaid the still-winless Steelers 34-27.

Steven Gieseler Jr. of East Islip, Long Island, and his father Steven Sr. were seated at the right outfield of Yankee Stadium, watching the seventh inning of the Yankees' game against the San Francisco Giants. Alex Rodriguez then hit a decisive home run to start a 4-run final two innings to give his team a lift in their already-sagging playoff chances.

Wilson Kipsang, a 31-year-old runner out of Kenya, broke the world record previously set at the 2011 Berlin Marathon, clocking in at 2:03:23. The record time was 15 seconds faster than the previous record of 2:03:38, set by his fellow Kenyan Patrick Makau, also set in Berlin. Makau was unable to take part in the race due to injury, and pulled out two weeks prior to the competition.

Major League Baseball stated on Thursday that commissioner Bud Selig, who brought the sport into the 21st century, will retire from his position once his term ends in Jan. 2015.

Russia's government, it appears, has been given tacit approval for its anti-gay environment by, of all entities, the International Olympic Committee.

An exclusive report published by The Guardian on Thursday has scrutinised the organisers for failing to provide safe working conditions for those employed in the construction of venues. Qatar won the bid in 2010 in what was a contentious vote, despite having just one world-class stadium. The country has been building ten more new stadia and expanding two more, in the run-up to the premiere football event in the world.

From being a big-time star in college, former NBA lottery pick Adam Morrison has gone back to school -- this time as a member of the coaching staff.

Another high-profile athlete has fallen victim to a person working under false identities.A late-night operation conducted by the Colorado police in 2012 on the residence of Miami Heat forward Chris Andersen was able to seize property from the NBA player, leading to speculation about his involvement in child pornography.

It seems that even in retirement, former Oklahoma State University president David Schmidly just can't escape controversy.The former Texas Tech and New Mexico president, who currently teaches biology at New Mexico after his retirement in 2012, has spoken out against a series of Sports Illustrated articles detailing irregularities in the Oklahoma State Cowboys football program during the Les Miles era. Schmidly was OK State president from 2002 to 2007, running smack into Miles' tenure o...

Tim Lincecum, the 2008 and 2009 winner of the National League Cy Young Award and the 2010 Babe Ruth Award, is rumoured to be in the sights of the Seattle Mariners once the 2013 season ends.

In what could be a tacit admission that the NCAA had gone too far in the Penn State child abuse scandal, the governing body has announced that it will start restoring scholarships to Penn State as a result of ""continued progress toward ensuring athletics integrity."

The 2013-14 NBL season will be tipping off in less than a month, but fans of the Australian basketball league are still unsure as to how officials will interpret the league's rules.

The 2013 edition of FIBA Eurobasket generated a lot of buzz, not the least of which was France winning the gold for the first time. However, scouts flocked to Slovenia to check out those who could make an impact in the NBA in the near and not-so-near future. Here are the top NBA prospects that were spotted in Eurobasket 2013.

With the FIBA continental championships over and done with, all of the zone and automatic qualifiers are accounted for. However, with only 20 slots in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain being given away as prizes for the teams that top their zonal qualifiers, there are four more set aside for the so-called "wild card" entries.

There is talk going around the NBA that the league is planning to let the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets wear "nickname jerseys" in their head-to-head matchups in the 2013-14 season. While the league has not yet made an official announcement about the rule change, but it seems that teams are already aware of the possibility.

Infielder Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles suffered a severe injury on Monday, during their road game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

LA Lakers business operations chief, Jeanie Buss, wrote in her memoir that she felt betrayed by the Lakers' hiring of Mike D'Antoni.

Cincinnati Bearcats freshman offensive lineman Ben Flick has died in a car accident on Saturday night.

Ice hockey is a high-speed, high-contact sport, and, as one would expect, fights break out all the time.During Sunday's pre-season game between the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs, the rink looked like something out of a Bible scene as a pint-sized David faced off with a gargantuan Goliath, both swinging their sticks instead of slingshots.