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(Slightly biased) highlight clip: Alba Berlin vs. Aris BSA
Just in case you missed it, following the text break is a (biased) highlight clip from last night’s Aris’ 65-61 away win at Alba Berlin in Eurocup competition. The win moved Aris BSA up to 1-2 in Eurocup Last 16 play; Alba Berlin dropped to 2-1, resulting in a wide-open Group I with groupmates DKV […]
European Basketball Calendar: February 2010 (first half)
And now for the public-service portion of Ball in Europe … at no cost to you runs a somewhat comprehensive of the basketball action going down for the first two weeks of February; schedule information is provided for top leagues in Spain, France, Germany, and Italy, together with international leagues and FIBA competitions. This calendar […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Salinger, supplements, Shirley and Sixers girls edition
Quite the busy week in basketball land this week, eh? Even if you did follow the slew of happenings over this seven days – the opening weeks of Euroleague and Eurocup Final 16 play, the naming of NBA All-Star teams, FC Barcelona’s streak ending in the ACB, the Greg Oden and Paul Shirley scandals, as […]
Are you ready for some basketball? Eurosport 2 devotes Tuesday nights to Eurocup Last 16
To those living in international club basketball broadcast-unfriendly countries such as, ahem, Hungary, take heart: Eurosport 2 will be showing the entire slate of Eurocup Last 16 games, featuring back-to-back games on Tuesday evenings. So call it “Tuesday Night Basketball.” As an added bonus, “The Euroleague Basketball Show” airs at 11a.m. CET twice a week, […]
The Euroleague Boss on fantasy: Final 16, week one
Due to an unfortunate series of tragic events, the deadline for this week’s fantasy tips column was missed. However, in the interests of satisfying The Euroleague Boss’ fans, were running this column with half the Final 16 week one games in the books; it’s valuable to see what Meet The Boss did, even if you […]
Live blog: Brose Baskets Bamberg vs. KK Buducnost
Just in case there’s not enough pro basketball action going on for you tonight, here’s another distraction to demand your attention. BallinEurope.com contributor David Hein will be attending the Brose Baskets-Buducnost game tonight in Bamberg and will be live blogging right here. You can join the action by sending messages in the textbox below the […]
Late Monday’s cigarettes
Here we go for the next round of the traditional Monday morning evening cigarette break.
Letter to Santa Claus
Dear Santa Claus, First of all, thank you for existing. Because during such a crisis as this, I’ve been worrying that Christmas might also be reserved for the Chapter 11 treatment. But you’re not still dead, maybe you’re searching for money like General Motors and Chrysler are (oops…maybe you’re healthier, up there in Lapland). I’m […]
Bostijan Nachbar joins Dinamo Moscow
Well, things are changing very quickly these days. Just a few hours after reporting that Olympiakos might be interested in Bostijan Nachbar if the Josh Childress deal didn’t come through, Nachbar signed with Dinamo Moscow. Just to get it right: Dinamo is not part of the Euroleague, participating instead in the Eurocup.
Euroleague now a semi-closed league
As a French newspaper reported two weeks ago and as we related here on BallinEurope.com, the Euroleague will see a dramatic change in their qualification process.
European Club competitions will change in 2008/2009
ULEB and FIBA Europe today announced the new format for European club competitions: Nothing really new here, though, as FIBA Europe had already published the main parts of this reform in March.