Spain ACB: Real Madrid winning streak at 13

Real Madrid continued to roll in the Spain ACB with an 87:84 win over Valencia Basket to improve their league mark to 13-0 and hang on to their three-game margin on the second club, Caja Laboral at 10-3. Both Assignia Manresa and Lagun Aro GBC came into Week 13 with 1-11 records and both knocked…

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Nick Okorie named NBL Player of the Week

(TORONTO, ON) – The National Basketball League of Canada is pleased to announce that Nick Okorie of the Oshawa Power has been named the Recharge with Milk Player of the Week for the week ending December 16, 2012.  This is the first time this season that a player from Oshawa has received this honour. Okorie, a…

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Baltic Basketball: Top 16 Set to Tip off Jan. 7

The field is set for the next stage of action in the Baltic Basketball League, as four strongest teams from each of the regular season groups will face off in the Top 16 round. The teams will be divided into four groups of four clubs each, with the two best-placed teams from each of the…

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British Basketball Player of the Year Nominations 2012

The Standard Life GB men’s and women’s senior teams have enjoyed a fantastic and historic year as they competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games while the under 20 teams have also been recognized in the award nominations for efforts made at the respective European Championships. As in previous year’s, the nominations feature an award…

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British Basketball Olympic Funding Eliminated

LONDON – The Great Britain teams played in front of packed arenas at the London Olympics and didn’t back down from some of the best sides in the world. A combined nine defeats in 10 games, though, did British Basketball no favors in the eyes of UK Sport. Despite a record level of UK Sport funding of £347 million for the…

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Courtney Fortson Named D-League Performer of the Week

Fortson led the D-Fenders to a 2-0 record for the week, averaging 27.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 46.5 minutes. He scored a team-high 36 points in a 134-124 triple-overtime win over the Reno Bighorns, 134-124, on Dec. 15 to go with a team-high eight assists.

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Jim Boeheim picks up win 900

On Monday, the Syracuse Orangemen improved their 2012-13 record to 10-0 and strengthened their position as the #3 ranked NCAA team in the country. The win also brought coach Jim Boeheim to a milestone very few have duplicated, 900 wins. Three men have coached Division 1 programs long enough to earn 900 wins – Mike…

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NCAA: Duke #1, Indiana falls, Butler in Top 25

What a difference one game makes… Indiana has been the steady #1 team in the NCAA from pre-season through their first nine games and as the result of a breakdown in defense and floater by a former baseball player who walked on to a Division 1 program that had been National runners-up two years in…

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Team Italy routs BEKO All-Stars 107:92

The best talent in the Italian SerieA took to the court at the Laurentana Forum in Biella on Sunday for the 2012-13 BEKO All-Star Game. The Italians suited up 14, the foreign squad consisted of 12 team members, nine Americans, one Nigerian, one Guinean, and one Slovanian. Prior to the All-Star Game the Bonprix 3…

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Video: Dominic James Dunks, then Proposes

[embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/co1tY86xVww?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=co1tY86xVww&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep7570″ /] Dominic James took some time to put together his ‘shot chart’ for the dunk contest at the Italian BEKO All-Star Game Sunday very carefully. Any baller that competes in a dunk contest knows that they have to plan their moves thoroughly as the competition gets tougher and tougher every…

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