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Euroleague LIVE: Maccabi Tel Aviv – ALBA Berlin
David Hein will blog live tonight through the opening game of the Top16 between Maccabi Tel Aviv and ALBA Berlin. The game will start at 20h00CET. LIVE Blog – Euroleague Basketball Top 16: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Alba Berlin
Tips from the Boss: Top 16 Week 1
A little bit too late to adjust your teams, but here we go for Javi’s article about the Euroleague Fantasy Challenge. Hello everybody, this is Javier Gancedo, as always from Euroleague Basketball. Well, the Top 16 is about to start with big games all over the continent. The NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge took a break, too, […]
Another way to avoid bankruptcy in crisis days?
You may remember the story about the German team Cologne 99ers when during one crazy day, the team went from being bankrupt to being saved within several hours. Now, with a new management and less money, the team is still playing in the German Bundesliga but their manager Jens Brämer found a new way to […]
Late Monday cigarettes
The Top 16 starts this week, so let’s first check out the nicest stories of last week and also take a little look forward.
Has YouTube changed Europeans' view of dunks?
I attended the German Bundesliga All-Star Day last weekend and also followed the dunk contest of that event. This type of contest is always considered one of the highlights by most basketball fans, even if the “traditional” Euroleague fan does not care about such “NBA-like show elements.” The level of the contest was fair in […]
Childress out – Marbury in?
Yes, exactly! I was kind of overwhelmed to read that Olympiacos is thinking about Stephon Marbury of the New York Knicks to fill the gap that Josh Childress literally ‘tore’ into the team from Athens. As reported on Eurobasket.com, Childress had surgery yesterday morning in Philadelphia to repair a tear in his abdominal muscle. This […]
Marcus Sloan is back!
Marcus Sloan is not only back on the basketball court, he’s also back on BallinEurope. This time he’s talking about — what else? — Barack Obama. The 44th president, who is the greatest presidential basketball fan so far, was introduced as the American president yesterday and Mister Sloan had this to say: Today is a […]
Slingbox – how to stay in touch with US Sports and more
US sports coverage in Europe, especially with basketball, football and baseball, isn’t that great at all. Especially on group probably misses ESPN and all the shows: US professional athletes. I was fortunate enough to live in countries such as France, Spain, Germany and Poland while following the life of professional athletes and in terms of […]
Shot of the year?
The year is still young, but Antoine Eito of ASVEL in France has hit a shot that makes it look like Christmas again. We don’t know if the young French guard plays beach volleyball during his summer vacations but adding to his look, he shows that he’s also got the touch. (Found via basketsession.com.)
A SICK Euroleague Top16 draw: LIVE
The so called season of the Euroleague is over – Yes my dear Americans, when the NBA is not even at the All Star break, we are almost done here! Just kidding. Next is the Euroleague Top 16 where we again will have groups but with only … 16 Teams. At 1pm CET, the Euroleague […]
Monday's cigarettes
The Euroleague regular season is over. However, this does not mean that we’re out of cigarettes to smoke. Let’s check out what’s going on…
Yarone's Weekend Joints – Part II
1 amazing streak; 1.5-1.5 record Take your time and try to think of a team that had three games in a row that went into overtime. The Christmas break kinda seperated this streak, but Lottomatica Roma played their third over-time game in a row this week in the Euroleague. Pretty amazing… The first was a […]