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Now the Novena means a whole lot more
Emmet Ryan went drinking on a bad night for Real Madrid, here’s what happened. A Por La Novena. That was on the shirts of so many Real Madrid fans in Milano a year ago. They failed in one of the most exciting games I have ever had the privelege to witness. Tonight was not about […]
Crossing the stream is too smart to ignore
It has never been easier to follow basketball in Europe but there’s still a long road to go. Emmet Ryan explains why this is about more than just the uber geeks. College football in the United States used to be immensely regional. Rivalries remain so but the national picture is relevant throughout the full year, […]
It’s soccer town until Thursday
The heat hit Emmet Ryan but not enough to prevent the cause of drunk journalism. Here’s his first piece of commentary from Madrid. Destination Basketball. Upon landing the heat was a shock. The weather back home has been pretty awful of late but wow it is hot here. Basketball is irrelevant. With Real playing Juventus […]
The Ballin After: Question Time
In our last video before boarding the plane for Madrid, Emmet Ryan breaks down one key question for each of the teams in the Euroleague Final Four.
The Ballin After – Dear Patrick
The Ballin After continues its build-up to the Final Four by offering some advice for Jordi Bertomeu and Patrick Baumann, looking back at the announcements of the All-Euroleague 1st and 2nd teams, and a Twitter fight between a player and a league. Press play to watch now:
The Ballin After: The Road to Madrid starts here
With the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four just over a week away, BallinEurope’s The Ballin After series returns with Emmet Ryan looking at the paths the four teams face between now and Madrid as well as the off-court issues that will be hot topics at the Final Four. Press play to watch now.
Taylor Rochestie wins the Alphonso Ford award as Euroleague top scorer
As expected, Taylor Rochestie of Nizhny Novgorod has formally been announced as this year’s winner of the Alphonso Ford award as top scorer in Euroleague. Here’s the full release from Euroleague…read to the bottom for extra news about BiE’s coverage of the Final Four in Madrid. The first of the 2014-15 EFES Euroleague Awards, the […]
Brinkmanship the order in Europe
The weeks continue to be tense behind the scenes, with only smidgen and guesses have been truly learned, the powers that be in European basketball are playing a most dangerous game. Nobody knows the hand Patrick Baumann is willing to play. Would FIBA’s secretary general really gamble that crushing sanctions on national federations would be […]
Fearless Predictions: BallinEurope’s Euroleague Playoff Picks
It’s playoff time with two fantastic match-ups, one we are a little shaky on, and a fourth we are worried will be a blow-out. The Euroleague playoffs tip-off tomorrow, following a thrilling end to the Top 16 despite not one team changing positions in the playoff rankings in the final round of games. There was […]
Euroleague signs deal with Turkish ministry of culture
Euroleague Basketball has announced a partnership of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Here’s the statement from Euroleague with all the details: With the one-of-a-kind launch pad at the Final Four basketball party set for May 14 to 17 in the Spanish capital of Madrid, the family of Turkish tourism brands will have as […]
It was the game we needed
Thursday night was always meant to be about Alba vs Maccabi but actions elsewhere made the game even more important for a wild final round. Given Fenerbahce had second place locked up, it was a little surprising to see Efes fall so meekly to their Istanbul rivals. Even more surprising was how Baskonia wholly failed […]
All eyes on Alba…yet also in other places
Alba Berlin did what Alba Berlin do, the unexpected. Now what? Emmet Ryan looks ahead to a wild finish to Euroleague’s Top 16. It is, in the most basic of terms, the biggest game in German basketball since the EuroBasket final of 2005. At club level, you’ve got to go all the way back to […]