Posts by CJ Clarkson
Shrinking Baltic League merges two divisions
The Basketball League (BBL) is changing the format for the upcoming season by merging the two divisions (Elite and Challenge Cup). It means that the total number of teams competing for the title in 2012/2013 will be 21. This decision was most probably a result of last week’s announcement of several top-teams that they would…
Read MoreNew Faces in new places-NBA Head coaches
If you don’t know who is coaching in the NBA these days, don’t feel embarrassed, more than two-thirds of the teams in the league have
Read MoreBench clearing brawl MZT Skopje and Cherkassy
What was supposed to be a friendly pre-season game in Skopje, Macedonia, between local favorites MZT and visiting Cherkassy Monkeys from Ukraine got completely out of hand. It all started when Vincent Hunter from Cherkassy (208 cm, Arkansas’08) made a hard foul on Gjorji Cekovski (203 cm) who retaliated a couple of minutes later. That…
Read MoreVrsac further without Hemofarm after government support
After two decades the company Hemofarm will stop sponsoring the basketball club from Vrsac. Until just a few days ago, that was seen as the end of the club. However, the municipal government of the city of Vrsac has now intervened and will financial support the club for the time being and will also actively…
Read MoreUSA Basketball chairman stays through Rio 2016
Jerry Colangelo stays the chairman of USA Basketball through the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. “I’ve decided I’m going to continue,” Colangelo told USATODAY Sports. “I’m committed to our organization during this transition period. I want to make sure, as good as things are, that once the baton is handed over to someone…
Read MoreNCAA sued. Players want to get paid.
Lawyers representing former and current college football and men’s basketball players in an anti-trust lawsuit on Friday indicated for the first time that they seek not only to collect billions of dollars in damages from the NCAA and its Division I schools for using the athletes’ images, names and likenesses, but also to fundamentally change…
Read MorePoland wins crucial road game vs Belgium
Poland won a crucial away game in, and against, Belgium with 87-73 in group E of the Eurobasket 2013 Qualifying round. Poland improved to a 3-2 record and he 2nd place in the group after undefeated Finland. Belgium dropped to 3rd place with a 2-3 record. Another key game took place in group C where…
Read MoreEuroleague Qualifying Rounds presented
The 2012 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were presented Thursday afternoon at a media conference in Desio, Italy, attended by local dignitaries, Pallacanestro Cantu officials and Euroleague basketball representatives. The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds are scheduled to take place from September 25 through 28 at PalaDesio, with eight teams playing single-elimination games until one…
Read MoreStephon Marbury sued
According to RichmondBizSense.com, former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury was sued in a Virginia Court last week for defaulting on loans relating to investment properties. U.S.Banks, servicing an abundance of loans on behalf of Wachovia, is suing Marbury and several of his business entities for approximately $3 million: “The suit contends that, through the entities, Marbury…
Read MoreRed Star Belgrade negotiates with Theodoros Papaloukas!
The season has not started yet, but Red Star Belgrade creates headlines around the clock. The team already had some spectacular signings, paid off all the debts from the past, got into a verbal war with Partizan, and now claims to be negotiating with legendary Greek guard Theodoros Papaloukas. In his prime surely one of…
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