Archive for 2018
NBA Agent Dan Fegan Dies in Car Crash
56-year-old NBA agent, Dan Fegan was killed in a two-vehicle collision near Aspen, Colorado. Fegan’s 5-year-old son was injured in the crash. According to the Colorado Police, Fegan was driving an SUV and was merging onto a highway and was hit by a commuter bus. “Today we lost a great man, father, son and brother…
Read MoreJermont Horton now with Inter Bratislava
Jermont Horton (198 cm, Rutgers-Newark’07) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for BK Inter Bratislava (Slovakia-SBL) this 2017-18 season. Horton is coming over to the Slovakian team after starting off the season with the Mitteldeustscher BC Weissenfels (Germany-BBL), then later moved to be on the roster of KTP Basket Kotka (Finland-Korisliiga). Horton…
Read MorePerry Ellis newcomer to Cantu
Perry Ellis (203 cm, Kansas’16) is making his way to Europe this 2018 by way of a contract to play for Pallacanestro Cantu (Italy-Serie A). He began the 2017-18 season playing in Australia for the Sydney Kings (Australia-NBL). He played 27 games for the Australian club and was able to put together averages of 14.8…
Read More2019 World Cup Qualifying Round: Europe Roundup
The latest round of 2019 World Cup Qualifying Round games took place in Europe on Sunday, with eight explosive international basketball clashes around the continent. There are two rounds of action remaining as groups E through H took to the floor on Sunday. On Monday, the remaining four groups (A-D) will complete the action this…
Read MoreCollege corruption scandal gets uglier by the day
Yahoo Sports published FBI documents yesterday on the ongoing college corruption scandal. In those documents players from more than 20 NCAA Division I programs have been identified as possibly breaking NCAA rules. These are the schools identified as having players who possibly violated NCAA rules: Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC, and Kansas.…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: revenge for Real Madrid in El Clasico
Real Madrid traveled to Barcelona in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Friday and took revenge for last Sunday’s cup final defeat in a demolition job. Elsewhere in round 23, Khimki took out Panathinaikos at home, while Zalgiris smashed Efes on the road. Finally, Brose Bamberg took out Crvena Zvezda in style. Like yesterday, the…
Read MoreBrandon Thomas agrees with Regatas Corrientes
Brandon Thomas (198 cm, Massachusetts’07) is a fresh addition to the roster of Regatas Corrientes (Argentina-Liga A) this 2018. This will be his first signing for the 2017-18 season. Thomas’ 2016-17 season was spent in Asia, lending his talents to Champville (Lebanon-LBL). In 24 games the forward recorded averages of 18.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg.
Read MoreTerran Petteway signs with PAOK
Terran Petteway (198 cm, Nebraska’15) will continue his professional basketball career this 2018 with PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). The 25-year-old University of Nebraska product began the 2017-18 season playing in France for JSF Nanterre (France-Pro A). He played 15 games for them in the Basketball Champions League where he averaged 8.8 ppg and 2.7 rpg. Petteway…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: CSKA Moscow qualifies
It was a night of comfortable home wins in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Thursday as Round 23 got underway. This was a significant night as CSKA Moscow became the first club to reach the play-offs, thanks to a win over Baskonia Vitoria. Champs Fenerbahce took apart Milan in Istanbul, and Olympiacos crushed Valencia. Finally,…
Read MoreMichael Efevberha to Beirut Club
Michael Efevberha (193 cm, CS Northridge’06) has landed with his third team for the 2017-18 season, signing with Beirut Club (Lebanon-LBL). He is a 33-year-old Nigerian-American international basketball player who played for the Nigerian National Team in 2009. He started the season playing in South Korea for Anyang KGC (South Korea-KBL). In nine games Efevberha averaged…
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