Archive for 2013
Saso Filipovski fired by Union Olimpija
Union Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia’s Telemach League has fired Head Coach Saso Filipovski. He is being temporarily replaced by assistant coach Mirsad Alilovic. Filipovski has been with the team since 2011. He guided Union Olimpija to back-to-back Slovenian Cup titles in 2012 and in 2013. Unfortunately, team management has been unhappy with the team’s losing…
Read MoreNBA: Heat & Spurs sweep, Celtics stay alive
With Sunday’s NBA Playoff games, the first two teams that will move on to the second round have been determined as the Miami Heat took care of the Milwaukee Bucks and the San Antonio Spurs swept the Lakers. In the other two games played, the Boston Celtics took the New York Knicks into overtime and…
Read MoreMineros de Cananea sign Damond Williams
The Mineros de Cananea from Mexico’s CIBACOPA have signed Damond Williams (197 cm, McNeese State’03). He has already logged two games for his new team and has kicked off his return to the club with averages of 22.5 ppg and 5.0 rpg. The 32-year-old Williams played in Lebanon’s Division A for the Hoops Club in…
Read MoreNBA: Chicago needs 3 OTs to take Nets to 3-1
They were playing some ball in the NBA on Saturday… It started off with the basketball marathon in Chicago, with the Bulls and Brooklyn Nets having so much fun they decided to play a bit more, three overtime periods more. The official time for the game was three hours and 57 minutes. In the more…
Read MoreVipers Win D-League Championship
There was just no stopping the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. In the end the Santa Cruz Warriors just didn’t have enough firepower to keep up with the Vipers, who won their final 16 games to run off with their second NBA Development League championship in four years. The finale of that impressive run came on…
Read MoreMichael Jordan marries longtime girlfriend
NBA legend and Bobcats owner Michael Jordan married longtime girlfriend Yvette Prieto, a former model, at a wedding in Florida on Saturday. Jordan, who turned 50 in February, and Prieto, 35, were wed in a ceremony at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach. The church also played host to Donald Trump’s wedding in 2005. Jordan,…
Read MoreAdriatic League: Partizan picks up sixth title
It’s just some text on a t-shirt, but what a powerful statement that text makes… As the celebration began after the final horn in the Adriatic League final Saturday, the Partizan mt:s players were given shirts that said, “Keep Calm We Are the Kings of the Rings”. True statement, the club has won the title…
Read MoreNBA: Lakers crushed, Knicks roll, GS goes up 2-1
The NBA Playoffs continued with more Game 3 matches on Friday with two of the series going to 3-0 and the third now at 2-1. The San Antonio Spurs beat up on the injury-laden Los Angeles Lakers, 89:120 in LA, the New York Knicks took their series with Boston to 3-0 with a 76:90 Game…
Read MoreEuroleague: Nate Jawai named SF Game 5 MVP
Doing maximum damage in limited amount of time on the floor has been Barcelona Regal center Nate Jawai’s calling
Read MoreEuroleague: Olympiacos completes Final Four
The 2011-12 Euroleague Champions will be joining FC Barcelona Regal, Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow in the
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