Disgruntled teams leaving national leagues?
Last weeks cup finals in various leagues were full of incidents. At the focus of everything was the refereeing. As a result, some of the top European teams threaten to leave their national leagues. The “mistakes” the referees made in the Cup Finals created chaos in Spain, Greece, Turkey and Serbia. Let’s start with Spain…
Read MoreCan Giannis Antetokounmpo Take Greece over the top in FIBA World Cup?
Basketball fans in who will be watching the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China on August 31, are in for a special treat. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has said on Sunday that he will be playing for the Greek National Team in the tournament. The only thing that would keep him from playing…
Read MoreAEK Athens Wins 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Greece’s AEK Athens prevailed over Brazil’s Flamengo 86-70 to capture the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup on Sunday. Argentina’s San Lorenzo defeated the Austin Spurs convincingly, 77-59, to capture third place in the tournament. It has been six years since a Greek club won the gold trophy. Olympiacos Piraeus bagged the championship in 2013, defeating another…
Read MoreTeam LeBron wins 2019 NBA All-Star Game
The 2019 NBA All-Star weekend culminated on Sunday with the main event, the NBA All-Star Game. As expected, the fans were treated to some entertaining basketball as some of the league’s most popular and talented stars took to the court. At the end of it all, Team LeBron wound up taking home the trophy with…
Read MoreNBA and FIBA to launch Basketball Africa League
The NBA and the FIBA announced on Saturday their plan to launch the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa. The BAL will be built on the foundation of current club competitions FIBA is organizing in Africa. Scheduled to begin play in January 2020. The Basketball Africa…
Read MoreOlympiacos Walks Out in Greek Club Semis
Trouble is afoot in Greek basketball right now. Two Titans of the sport, Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens faced off in the semi-finals of the ongoing Greek Cup on Thursday. However, much to the chagrin of fans in attendance at the Olympic stadium in Athens, the game ended abruptly with Olympiacos leaving the court and…
Read MoreALBA Berlin Beats Braunschweig at BBL
ALBA Berlin recorded a key win in front of almost 8,000 fans at the German BBL on Tuesday as they downed Braunschweig 82-74 at home. The win takes them to a 14-4 record and remain in fourth place in the league standings. Braunschweig falls to 10th place with their 10-11 record. The win was of…
Read MoreNCAA: Tennessee Stays at No.1 in Latest AP Poll
The Tennessee Volunteers remain the No. 1 team in NCAA Men’s Basketball according to the latest AP Poll. They received 40 of 64 first-place votes and Duke University taking the remaining 24. Tennessee is 22-1 and 10-0 in the SEC. They unseated Duke, (21-2), who lost to Syracuse on January 14 and are now 9-1…
Read MoreMichael Dixon moves to Reggio Emilia
Michael Dixon (186 cm, University of Memphis’14) will be bolstering the roster of the Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (Italy-Serie A) for the remainder of the 2018-19 season. He is a 28-year-old American international player who also holds a Georgian passport. Dixon has been a member of the Georgian National Team since 2016. Dixon heads to…
Read MoreReal Madrid Tops Baskonia at Liga ACB
It was an interesting Sunday at the Spanish Liga ACB with seven games lined up for the fans’ entertainment in Round 20. Out of all of those games one of the most important matches that took place was between two top-4 teams. Tied at 14-5, Real Madrid and Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria took to the court…
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