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Darius Hargrove on Romania, NBA, and his career
Darius Hargrove has been around. Having played NCAA ball for Virginia Union University, Hargrove has seen a great chunk of Europe and is now plying his trade in Romania with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca. Andrei Britz caught up with Hargrove for a sit down interview about his career, his hopes for Cluj-Napoca, and his biggest influences. […]
LIVE: Bakken Bears vs Hibernia Basketball
History will be made in Denmark today as an Irish basketball team plays in a European club competition for the first time in over 20 years. Hibernia Basketball open their journey in the FIBA Europe Cup on the road against Bakken Bears. The Irish outfit are big outsiders at 40/1 to win but they could […]
The Ballin After – Finally Mario
The Ballin After is back with a slightly shorter than usual edition this week because wow it’s been a horrible week for me in my day job. This week’s show looks at the NBA getting ready for the arrival of Mario Hezonja, the FIBA Europe Cup adventure for Hibernia Basketball. and the HOT TAKE is […]
European Impact on Picks and Predictions for 2015-16 NBA Season
2015-16 will be a huge season for European players in the National Basketball Association. Across the map there are new players ready to make an impact and primed stars awaiting their chance in the spot light. For some, it’s a ways off. However, for a few there’s a real opportunity this year to help take […]
The Ballin After – FIBA Europe Cup special
It’s been over 20 years since Ireland had a team in European club competitions. That changes on Wednesday 28 October when Hibernia Basketball, a combined team from Ireland’s top two divisions, plays in the FIBA Europe Cup. In this special edition of The Ballin After, Emmet Ryan speaks to the players about the road ahead […]
Bernard O’Byrne on Ireland’s resurrection
It’s been a long road back to relevance for Irish basketball, ahead of the FIBA Europe Cup next week Emmet Ryan speaks with Basketball Ireland chief executive Bernard O’Byrne about the sport’s resurrection in Ireland When Bernard O’Byrne took over as chief executive of Basketball Ireland in 2011, the sport was in brutal shape on […]
The Ballin After – But what about that guy?
BiE is back with a round up and look ahead to what’s big in European basketball this week. On this week’s show We look back on the dominance of Turkish and Russian sides in Round 1 of Euroleague along with looking ahead to Pinar Karsiyaka’s trip to face Panathinaikos. We also here from Cian Nihill […]
Site news – A whole lot of work
You may have noticed BiE hasn’t been updating as regularly as usual since EuroBasket. Fear not, there is a heap going on behind the scenes The last few weeks have been testing, the next few will be just as much, and when it’s all done it should be worth it. Last night I posted some […]
The Ballin After – Have ball, will travel
Euroleague returns and we are hyped up but there are other matters to attend to first with some big results in the ACB in Spain and Bundesliga in Germany. This week’s HOT TAKE is Joey Dorsey, love machine
Latest NBA Trade Rumours
Kevin Durant in the Lakers? Bryant in New York? Pau Gasol in Memphis alongside his brother? These are the latest NBA rumours that just might prove to be true.“> Kevin Durant’s contract with Oklahoma runs out next summer, and there have been rumours that he just might leave the Thunder in order to go elsewhere […]
Top 5 Biggest Basketball Bets Ever Made
Making huge amounts of dollars in TV revenues, sponsorship deals and promoting household names like LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant, Basketball is mutli-billion dollar mega sport. Like any mega sport, there are no shortage of Journalists, agents, pundits, bloggers and twits circulating the game at any one time. […]
The Ballin After – Basketball is back
With the European basketball season finally, kind of, sort of, back, Emmet Ryan is back to give you BallinEurope’s regular breakdown of the big stories across Europe. This week the focus is on the giants falling across the continent, exciting news for Belgian hoops, and the return of Europe’s top leagues. A new addition for […]