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Lakers to honor Abdul-Jabbar with statue
Karem Abdul-Jabbar will soon be seen every night at Laker games again, when the Lakers organization unveils a statue honoring the long-time Laker center. Over his 20-year career he helped earn six championships and won six MVPs. His relationship has been strained over the last few years, to the point of making his feelings known…
Read MoreVitaly Fridzon’s Olympic Bronze Medal is Stolen
According to Russian media, the bronze medal won by Vitaly Fridzon, as part of the Russian basketball team, in the 2012 Olympics in London, was stolen on Saturday. According to the Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police were called to a Moscow suburb to check on a report that the apartment of a 27-year-old…
Read MoreParaguay’s Cerro Porteño become champions
Cerro Porteño (from Paraguay) out gunned Libertad 75 to 70 and became Champion of Paraguay after the fifth exhausting game of the play off series. This is not just any championship. Libertad has held the title for some 50 years but has finally been dethroned by Cerro, the new kings of Paraguayan basketball. It was…
Read MoreUS Repeats as U17 World Champions for Women
Spain played to the closest margin anyone has in the U17 World Championships for Women in Amsterdam, but 13-points is a substantial win in the finals of a World Championship tournament. Four players for the US scored in double figures as last years champs repeated the task, going undefeated throughout the tournament, culminating in a…
Read MoreChina comes from behind to take U18 Asian Championship
China entered the fourth quarter of the U18 Asian Championship for Men down by 10, but once again China’s 215m center, Wang Zhelin, took control and put China on the top step of the medal stand with a 93-91 victory over Korea. Gold Medal Game China – Korea 93-91 Korea managed to build an nine…
Read MoreSerbia, USA and France win Gold in FIBA 3×3 Worlds
The Serbian Mens team, US women’s team and the French mixed team all took home Gold medals from the first FIBA 3×3 World Championships, held in Athens, Greece.
Coming into the final day of competition, both the Ukraine and France had teams still in contention. France came out of Sunday’s final matches with an impressive haul of hardware winning Gold in the Mixed event, and Silver in both the Mens and Womens events.
Read MoreSpain defends U20 crown, Turkey wins first youth women’s medal
Spain successfully defended their U20 European Championship for Women crown today with a decisive 59-46 win over Russia. In the bronze medal match the women from Turkey earned their country’s first ever medal in women’s youth competition by holding off a fast charging Dutch squad, to earn a spot on the podium. Tiknonenko was named…
Read MoreIRA and ABA team up for literacy
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com announced today that it has teamed up with the International Reading Association (IRA) www.reading.org and its 60,000 members for Fast Break for Reading, a national literacy campaign, which will promote student literacy, establish lifelong reading habits, celebrate teachers, and donate books to local reading programs. Beginning with…
Read MoreSpain – USA to meet up in U17 Worlds Final
The finals are set for the U17 World Championships for Women. Spain, with a 91-62 win over Japan, will match-up with the US, by virtue of an 84-59 decision over Canada. USA – Canada 84-59 The US used a balanced scoring attack nine players scored six or more points in their semi-final win over Canada,…
Read MoreLNB Fines Martinez and Matrille for punch
Marlon Martinez, a player in the Dominican Republic, was involved in a fight that broke out during the Indios – Huracanes game last week. During the fight, Martinez hit journalist Junior Matrille in the face with a punch. The LNB has fined Martinez 50 thousand pesos and Matrille has been fined 15 thousand pesos for…
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