The Country Club grabs 5-point lead

By Adriano Flores
DAVAO City—They wanted an auspicious start. Wish granted.
The Country Club passed its Philippine Airlines Interclub debut on Wednesday with flying colors, playing steady amid the continuous afternoon rains to score 138 points and jumped into the lead in the premier championship division over defending champion Canlubang.

Sam loses his wallet, not his ball

By Roger B. Flores
DAVAO CITY—You’ll never expect Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James to complain of losing that ball after a last-second mid-court attempt, unlike Mario Panoringan, the golfing journalist from Crystal Springs in San Francisco, California.

Hatton?s body shots don?t worry Roach

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
TRAINER Freddie Roach said he is not concerned over the supposed powerful body shots of Ricky Hatton, who his prized possession Manny Pacquiao faces in a May 3 showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

National coach luring Kerby back

By Rey Joble
FROM quitter to skipper.
A few days after contemplating on leaving the Philippine men’s basketball team, Purefoods superstar Kerby Raymundo may end up as the team captain of coach Yeng Guiao’s squad in the coming Southeast Asia Basketball Association tournament.

Daniels is yardstick for imports

BRIAN Hamilton of Purefoods owns possibly the most impressive credentials among new imports playing in the Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Cup.

Zarate shoots a 65 to lead by 2

LIPA CITY, Batangas—Danny Zarate put on an amazing show of shotmaking and putting skills as he fired a bogey-free, eagle-aided seven-under 65 to steal the thunder from Marvin Dumandan at the start of the ICTSI Classic at the Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country Club here.