Basketball stars as WWE Superstars
With Dwight Howard trying out for WWE and it being a holiday weekend in Ireland, there’s no better time for BiE to work out what ballers would work out well in the land of synthetic sports Dwight Howard spent a full five hours at the WWE Performance Center on Thursday as part of an open […]
Sponsorship opportunities: BallinEurope’s EuroBasket 2022 coverage
BallinEurope is delighted to offer its sponsorship packages for the upcoming EuroBasket 2022. Taking place across five cities in four European countries in September, the event will feature stars such as NBA MVPs Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece) and Nikola Jokic (Serbia) along with Luka Doncic (Slovenia) a former NBA rookie of the year and multiple time […]
The biggest events of the 2022 offseason – so far
NCAA college basketball finishes with an absolute bang with March Madness every year and the NBA finals close out the professional season only a few months later. This means that from March through June every year, basketball fans are treated to some of the best action of the season at both the college and professional […]
Top 5 Best Ever British NBA Players
While there are several reasons for basketball’s failings in Britain, one of them definitely is not a lack of popularity. More than a million British citizens play basketball on a regular basis, and 14% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 do so on a weekly basis. It is now tied with cricket, […]
Improve Your Basketball Betting Strategy with These Tips
Among the globally most popular sports disciplines is basketball. Each year, millions of individuals wager on basketball games in an effort to profit. While some people are fortunate and always appear to select the team that wins, for the majority of people, it takes a lot of effort and analysis to have any success in […]
Army complete London Basketball Classic line-up
The Black Knights join Manhattan, Northeastern, and Princeton, in the tournament which takes place from 24 to 26 November The Copper Box in London will host the Army Black Knights after they were confirmed as the fourth participant in the inaugural London Basketball Classic. The event, which takes place during the November FIBA women’s window, […]
Best and worst case scenarios for Ireland’s men next summer
With the draw for the second round of pre-qualifiers for EuroBasket 2025 being made, there’s a slightly clearer picture of who Ireland might face in their August 2023 qualifiers The draw for round two of EuroBasket’s drawn-out qualification process for the 2025 tournament was made on Thursday. Who Ireland’s men will face, indeed how many […]
This is what it takes
The tough results for the Irish women’s Under 20 team in Sopron, Hungary, are an inevitable and important part of the nation’s progression in the sport It’s easy to feel sorry for the 12 player roster Ireland sent to Sopron. Ireland won promotion to the A Division at the Under 20 level all the way […]
There may somehow only be winners in the Wembanyama move
At worst there’s one kind of loser but Victor Wembanyama opting to sign with Metropolitans 92 might be best for everyone interested in his future, not least himself Winners and losers columns are a tried and test format. This one, it’s a little different. It’s a winners and one, maybe, kinda, loser who probably is […]
Ireland’s men face a bigger question after Sunday’s game
With direct progress all but mathematically ruled out in EuroBasket 2025 qualification, there’s an existential issue that Basketball Ireland needs to address after Sunday’s game with Switzerland Formats can force decisions. They can make people get off the fence and give up humming and hawing. That’s what happened last summer after Ireland won the men’s […]
Calixte shows his class to send Warriors to title game
Aaron Calixte took charge in the second half as Tralee Warriors downed Éanna to progress to the Irish men’s Super League title game The difference between bad offence and great defence is naturally subjective but, if you watch basketball even casually, you quickly learn to spot the difference. The first half of Sunday’s semi-final in […]
Still life in Kaunas
Emmet Ryan tried to watch the game between Zalgiris Kaunas and FC Barcelona over a choppy internet connection but sometimes the effort in acknowledging the moment is enough It’s 8.20pm somewhere around Co. Tipperary. The train is bright but it’s too dark outside to have any idea where I actually am on my way to […]