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Adande on the Euro Lakers
Now i don’t like to give free advertising to that all too well-known Worldwide Leader in [American] Sports, a.k.a. ESPN, but Euroball fans must check out J.A. Adande’s piece entitled Euro Lakers two wins from NBA Finals. At the beginning of this season (in those already now seemingly long-ago days of the just pre-Gasol Era), […]
Russia wins it all
After winning the European Championship in 2007, the Euroleague in 2008 with CSKA, Russia has now also won the Eurovision Song Contest, the greatest music competition in the world as the organizers say. Is this all luck or is there a relation?
The BallinEurope playoff roundup
The playoff action in Europe is so intense these days the we could write even a daily roundup with all the games and stories from the Old Continent. So here are the stories I want to share with you today.
What happened to the Euroleague cheerleaders' contest?
Remember that story, when bra-maker UNNO, the Euroleague and the Dreamcheers teamed up to send somebody to the Euroleague final four and not only watch the games but also dance with them? Unfortunately I did not see that during half time, but Eva from Dreamcheers sent me the video: Don’t you think the Euroleague should […]
Dirk Nowitzki sightings in Germany
I am sure every German, even every Mavericks fan would rather not see Dirk Nowitzki in Germany right now: They all wish Dirk were playing the Lakers right now in the Western Conference Finals. If you look at this picture of Dirk,visiting a home game of German first division and Euroleague team Brose Baskets Bamberg, […]
The BallinEurope playoff roundup
We continue with our roundup of playoff action in various countries of the European continent. We come back to a short intermediate job of an ex-NBA player in Austria this time and give you of course the newest stories from the top leagues.
Real Madrid turns it up a notch: Massey and Gasol to Madrid?
Of course, we’re talking about Pau Gasol’s younger brother who played for Akasvayu Girona this past season in the ULEB Cup. Eurobasket reports today that Real Madrid will make Marc Gasol an offer he cannot refuse this summer and will break the bank to get him to Madrid although this might be more complicated than […]
Michael "Air" Jordan gets his own documentary
.. and of course it will be directed by Spike Lee. Why are we writing about this? Because Spike Lee hopes to show the documentary about the best basketball player ever in Cannes, France next year at the annual movie festivals. Spike Lee announced at Cannes on Monday (May 20) that he is directing a […]
The NBA Draft Euro Lottery
Alea jacta est in the NBA Draft lottery and the first pick of the 2008 NBA Draft will be made by the Chicago Bulls. The second choice goes to the Miami Heat and third one is the Minnesota Timberwolves. We won’t go too deep into the order right now, but here are a few thoughts.
Duke graduate Trajan Langdon stays in Moscow
As the official CSKA Basketball web site tells us, CSKA guard Trajan Langdon has signed a new ‘2+1’ contract with CSKA, meaning that Langdon will stay in the club until at least the 2009/10 season. I guess I’ll get another chance to show Trajan my “DUKE SUCKS” shirt … Besides Langdon, Matjaz Smodis also signed […]
Pre-Olympic Tournament: Germany already practicing
With all the main players still in Playoff action, the German National Team has already started its preparation phase for the upcoming Pre-Olympic Tournament. In order to qualify for the Beijing games, head coach Dirk Bauermann who has go for the impossible mission of coming back from a 0-2 playoff deficit has asked his former […]
Bargnani says "NO!" to Italian national team
FIBA Europe reported, that Italian star Andrea Bargnani will not play for his country this season when the Azzurri attempt to qualify for [tag]EuroBasket 2009[/tag] in Poland.