Spain ACB: Real Madrid remains undefeated

Round seven of the Spain ACB saw some key games played with Real Madrid defeating Bilbao to remain undefeated and Caja Laboral traveling to Valencia Basket Club in a showdown of two top ranked teams. The middle of the pack got very crowded with five teams tied with 5-2 records and six knotted up with…

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FIBA Moves World Cup to 32, every 4 years

KUALA LUMPUR (Central Board) – FIBA announced at its Central Board meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that it will go ahead and implement a new format and calendar of competition beginning in 2017. After being presented with the conclusions from the latest consultations with stakeholders – including a study of the economic parameters carried out…

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Kevin McHale takes leave of absence

Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale took a leave of absence on Saturday to deal with a family matter. The team announced the move and said assistant coach Kelvin Sampson will be in charge while McHale is out. Sampson said McHale called him Saturday afternoon and asked him to coach the team. “Hopefully whatever the family…

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NCAA: Collegiate Top 25 look solid in openers

The first weekend of the NCAA men’s basketball season got off to rocky start as two top 25 teams were upset in their opener, three games scheduled to be played on United States Naval Aircraft Carriers docked in three different cities in the US were canceled due to condensation on the courts and a highly…

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Dangerous conditions on flight deck caused cancellations

The next time No. 4 Ohio State, No. 10 Florida, Georgetown and Marquette try to play aboard a ship, they might need more than their jump shots and fast breaks. They may want to bring mops and buckets, too. A pair of big men’s college basketball openers were called off Friday night when the makeshift…

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Bobby Brown named bwin MVP of week 5

With the top performance on a winning Turkish Airlines Euroleague team for the second consecutive week, Bobby Brown of Montepaschi Siena has become the first player in almost three years to win the bwin MVP honor back-to-back. This time, playing in Poland against his former team, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, Brown paced Siena to a 66-101…

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Joey Dorsey released by Olympiacos

Turkish Airlines Euroleague champions Olympiacos Piraeus has officially released center Joey Dorsey prior to Thursday’s road game against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, ending their relationship two weeks after he criticized the organization and stopped playing with the team. Dorsey arrived to Olympiacos before last season’s Top 16 and helped the Reds to win the Euroleague…

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Euroleague: Zalgiris remains undefeated

Day two of Euroleague 2012-13 Round five was much more of the same as five more teams picked up road wins (10 of 12 contests this week ended in wins for the road warriors) and most of the games were won by significant margins. Of note, Zalgiris picked up their fifth win of the season…

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Mike Brown fired as Lakers coach after 1-4 start

After a winless pre-season and a 1-4 start to the regular season, the LA Lakers have dumped head coach Mike Brown. Word has been going around that the Lakers were looking to evaluate Brown over the next six games as the Lakers returned home for a home stand, but after a series of meetings over…

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Euroleague: Barcelona thrashes CSKA in Moscow

Week five of the Euroleague 2012-13 season has started out leaving one wondering what’s in store on Friday as five of six games went to the road teams, the battle in Group D between two of the four remaining undefeated teams in the league was over in the first quarter and the one home squad…

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