Games & Gaming

Tom Withers / AP Sports Writer As a teenage basketball sensation, LeBron James went through the craziness of being recruited by universities. Now, he’s living it as a dad.

Tim Dahlberg / AP Sports Columnist LAS VEGAS—Manny Pacquiao slept through the big announcement, secure in knowing that the fight was already made and the questions would finally stop.

Now that the protagonists have finally signed on the dotted lines, the projected fight of the century between undefeated Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, is, this early, already ringing cash registers everywhere.

Brian Mahoney / AP/Basketball Writer Point guards Goran Dragic, Michael Carter-Williams, Reggie Jackson and Brandon Knight all were dealt Thursday in the final hours that NBA trades were allowed.

Noel A. Albano / The Spectator And so the fight to end all fights in the welterweight category in this decade is a go. One man will claim the title as the greatest.

Doug Ferguson PEBBLE BEACH, California— Tiger Woods said Wednesday his game is “not acceptable” to compete in tournaments and he will return when he thinks it is.

Tom Withers / AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND— As LeBron James dressed following a dominating win over the Miami Heat, the team he fled to return home, he pushed play on the stereo in his corner cubicle and cranked up the volume.

BACOLOD CITY—Boots Ryan Cayubit finished fifth in the third and final stage Friday to crown himself champion of the Visayas qualifying leg of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas that started and ended in the Provincial capitol here.

Despite the scrapping of four sports and reduced number of events in wushu’s sanda, Philippine Chief of Mission to this year’s Southeast Asian Games in Singapore Julian Camacho remains positive the country could better its 29-34-38 gold-silver-bronze medal haul two years ago in Myanmar.

Manny B. Angeles / Out of bounds In 1975, at the height of his career, the great Bobby Fischer walked away from chess and became a recluse. In 1993, Michael Jordan, considered the greatest basketball player of all time, left the NBA and tinkered with baseball for a while. He came back to lead the Chicago Bulls to their second …