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Paul George to win Most Improved Player award
The Indiana Pacers are set to announce on Monday that Paul George (206 cm, Fresno State’10) has won the Most Improved Player award. It is an honor that the 22-year-old is most deserving to receive after an amazing breakout season. The world already caught glimpses of what the young Fresno State grad was capable of…
Read MoreWorld Team beats USA in Nike Hoop Summit
For the first time since the Nike Hoop Summit started in 1995, the World Team has recorded two consecutive victories over Team USA. World Team beat Team USA 112-98 this year and also managed a 84-75 win in 2012. The Nike Hoop Summit is an annual basketball game between a USA Basketball Men’s Junior Select…
Read MoreNaismith Hall of Fame Class of 2013 announced
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the 12 members of the Class of 2013 to be
Read MoreNCAA: Louisville rallies to win National title
The Louisville Cardinals rallied late in their NCAA National Championship game with the Michigan Wolverines to earn Louisville it’s third title, the last coming in 1986 under former coach Denny Crum. It was a basketball game that will be talked about for a long, long time as one of the most intense, well-played games ever.…
Read MoreMiloš Todosić and Nenad Krstić in heroic act
Serbian players Miloš Todosić and Nenad Krstić were involved in a heroic act this week as they raised $ 100.000 to pay for a heart transplant of a young Serbian girl called Tijana Ognjanović. She urgently needs a heart transplantation that would be performed in Houston and the clock is ticking. The two players from…
Read MoreCoach interferes in game and causes loss!
Laurent Sciarra, the coach of Rouen in the second-tier of France’s Ligue Nationale de Basket was at the centre of a bizarre incident on the court as his team played fellow France Pro B team Boulogne Sur Mer on the weekend. With the game tied at 84-84 and Rouen defending, Sciarra decided to take matters…
Read MoreDeAndre Jordan’s electrifying slam
DeAndre Jordan (211 cm, Texas A&M’08) has been quiet lately. He was even relatively quiet in the Los Angeles Clippers’ 129-97 blowout victory over the Detroit Pistons. Jordan 13 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots. The silence was broken in the second quarter of the game when Jordan was the recipient of a…
Read MoreReal Madrid to wear sleeved jersey
Spanish giants Real Madrid will wear Basketball jerseys with sleeves from next season the club has revealed. The new style of apparel will be made by sports brand Adidas; the company has already made a sleeved jersey for NBA franchise the Golden State Warriors. The idea of sleeved jerseys was first explored by Rick Welts…
Read MoreVideo: Heads up play by Khalil Edney wins ‘ship
Over the last 3:50 in the New York State Section 1 Class AA high school championship game New Rochelle had outscored their opponents from Mount Vernon 9:1 to get within two points, 58:60, with just 2.9 seconds left on the clock. New Rochelle had one last chance at winning the game as they had the…
Read MoreAnadolu Efes players get surprised
[embedplusvideo height=”387″ width=”480″ alt=”Anadolu Efes” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/8X3OL1UzP3U?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=8X3OL1UzP3U&width=480&height=387&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep5902″ /] Last year, a group of guys from the Anadolu Efes basketball club were asked to be in an advertising video that included a rendition of a popular song from a Turkish pop star that essentially thanked the fans for their support. So, Kerem Tunçeri (vocal), Sasha Vujačić…
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