SMU does indeed care about building a winning program in women’s college basketball. That’s what the Mustangs have shown by hiring Adia Barnes away from Arizona. Less than a week after new athletic director Damon Evans fired former coach Toyelle Wilson after four unremarkable seasons, he got the folks in power at SMU to open up their checkbook to go poach a sitting Power 4 head coach — and one that was in the national title game just five years ago — to lead the program in the ACC. Sources confirmed to SB Nation early Saturday morning that Barnes will…

UST Tigresses in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament game against Ateneo Blue Eagles. –UAAP PHOTO University of Santo Tomas (UST) earned a second straight victory to not only stay on track for a Final Four spot in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament but also distance itself from its three-game slide. Groove back? In a way. But chief playmaker Cassie Carballo is taking the team’s slow rise with guarded optimism. “We still have plenty of lapses,” she said on Saturday after UST’s 25-15, 26-24, 26-24 sweep of Ateneo fashioned at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The…

Qualifying is in the books, and now the teams are setting their strategies for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix. What are the options available to them? As is often the case, the Japanese Grand Prix will be a voyage of discovery for the drivers and the teams. Between an uncertain weather forecast, a newly-resurfaced first sector, and the different strategy options available, teams might try and keep their options open as the race unfolds. Let’s dive into the strategy options for the Japanese Grand Prix. What was the preferred tire strategy for the 2024 race? Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images…

Nadine Lustre, Andrea Brillantes, Maymay Entrata, and Maris Racal are some of the celebrities on INQUIRER.net Entertainment’s Best Dressed list. Images: It was a special night for A-list celebrities, up-and-coming stars, and fan favorites who gathered at the spring awakening-themed flair of the ABS-CBN Ball 2025 in florals, pastel colors, eye-catching silhouettes, unique fabrics, and other interpretations of the season. The star-studded gala—held at the Solaire North in Quezon City on Friday, April 5—is arguably one of the most successful editions to date as celebrities, media executives, and other guests had fun incorporating their own twist to this year’s “Spring…

Driving a Formula 1 car around one of the world’s toughest circuits is hard enough. Doing that while dealing with a seat belt issue that is causing you pain? That sounds even tougher. Add in the fact the pain is in an area where you would absolutely not want to feel pain when driving at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour? That sounds downright impossible. But that is the task Visa Cash App Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar was given on Saturday at the Japanese Grand Prix as he dealt with a seat belt issue that was causing him pain…