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Podcast: Will Euroleague’s “Financial Fair Play” really work?
BallinEurope’s weekly podcast with hard-working sports journalist David Hein on all matters European and international basketball is now up and running at heinnews.com. Episode 1 of “Taking the Charge” – we’re calling last week’s inaugural effort “Episode 0” – focuses on (and includes) a one-on-one interview Hein undertook with Beko BBL CEO Jan Pommer. While […]
Podcast: Kicking around the results of Eurobasket 2013 qualifiers
BallinEurope’s compadre in hoops reportage, heinnews, recently decided to give the whole podcast thing a try. On this maiden attempt, yours truly and one-man show David Hein, take a look at the just-completed EuroBasket 2013 qualifying round games – the good, bad and ugly. Apologies in advance to Serbia and Portugal fans; BiE may have […]
Fearless Predictions™ by BallinEurope readers, contributors: USA, Russia, Argentina will medal
Right, things will be tipping off shortly in London with eight teams remaining in bids for a podium spot. And with the votes in and brackets fashioned, let’s see what BallinEurope contributors (including David Hein, Enrico Cellini and Sam Chadwick) and readers find in their own crystal balls… Gold medal: USA (with 86% of votes) […]
Getting back to business: After completing threepeat, Bamberg says “Auf Wiedersehen” to Pleiss, Slaughter, Suput
Now that Brose Baskets Bamberg has completed the 2011-12 season with its third straight German Bundesliga title, management there can get down to business – and some serious business they’ll have to take care of, indeed. First, the frivolity. From the Beko BBL official website, BiE contributor and he in-the-know about all things German sports, […]
List of European champions, 2011-12: Final edition
Last week saw the final game in a handful of major European domestic basketball leagues – including Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Serbia – and so BallinEurope offers the final and complete roundup of this year’s champions. And it seems like the season just began … ah, well, onto the 2012 Olympics! (Incidentally, conclusion of […]
German Bundesliga playoffs: Bamberg, Ulm grab Games One at home; Pleiss injures knee
The semifinals are underway in Germany and, as always, David Hein has one eye on the action there. Read on to find out about the Brose Baskets Bamberg-Artland Dragons and Ratiopharm Ulm-s.Oliver Baskets matchups in game one … plus, a bit of distressing news for forward-thinking Oklahoma City Thunder fans. The top two seeds in […]
Chester Frazier and the buzzer-beater that didn’t count
A patented writeup on recent events is forthcoming from BallinEurope contributor David Hein soon, but in the meantime, the heinnews sports news bloodhound turned BiE onto this seemingly effortless, three-quarter court buzzer-beater popped by Chester Frazier for Würzburg’s s.Oliver Baskets against Ratiopharm Ulm in yesterday’s semifinal game one … too bad it was, you know, […]
Austrian championship: Oppland follows double-double with triple-double, Swans even series
With just a few games left in Austria’s championship series, the ever reliable and enthusiastic David Hein contributes another report on progress in the Österreich finals. The focus: (Literally) red-hot Dan Oppland, who notched his second straight game of 22/20 for Allianz Swans Gmunden – and added a crazy 10 steals. Dan Oppland registered a […]
Austrian championship: Monster double-double, 21-point lead not enough as Dukes steal Game One
While BallinEurope continues slacking after the squall of 17 games in four days that was the 2012 Euroleague Final Four and Nike International Junior Tournament – Istanbul is awesome, by the way – Germany-based David Hein jumped right back into the grind as domestic leagues throughout Europe march on into their own championship tournaments. Below […]
NIJT wrap: Lietuvos Rytas takes title; plus, BiE’s nine European (and one Chinese) prospects to watch
Congratulations this afternoon go out to the Lietuvos Rytas junior team, which handled home team Fenerbahçe Ülker in the championship game of the 2012 Nike International Junior Tournament. Before something of a sedate crowd (perhaps folks here are a bit sedate and/or hungover after last night’s city-rocking goalless match – hey, it’s football – in […]
Welcome back: Dukes return to Austrian finals after 22 years, face Swans Gmuden
The heartily-named Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg will be playing to end its 22-year title drought in the Austrian domestic league championship series. David Hein reports on the team’s success against Bulls Kapfenburg in the semis as well as the Dukes’ upcoming opponents Allianz Swans Gmuden. Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg reached the finals of the Austrian Admiral Basketball […]
Down goes Goliath: Bonn plays David, slays Bamberg in playoffs opener
Biggest shocker of European domestic-league basketball playoffs thus far? David Hein posts this brief report on German Bundesliga no. 8 seed snapping top dog Brose Baskets Bamberg’s 48-game winning streak in the first match of their quarterfinals meeting – there’s even a quality Luol Deng-like buzzer-beater to boot… Telekom Baskets Bonn squeaked into the German […]