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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: 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.
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 […]
We have one request for the Saras documentary
Euroleague has released the trailer for its upcoming documentary One Day with a Legend: Sarunas Jasikevicius. It looks promising. Promising, for sure. You know what would make it a slam dunk hit with BiE? Get Saras to eat The Saras.
This how Saras likes his burger and other highlights from #AskSaras
One night before being enshrined as a Euroleague legend, Sarunas Jasikevicius took command of Euroleague’s Twitter account to answer questions from fans about anything and everything. Given we expected the Lithuanian great to be asked all the standard basketball related questions, we opted for a slightly different approach in addressing the legend. . @bie_basketball It […]
El Clasico to feature cameras mounted on jerseys
As if tonight’s clasico didn’t have enough to make it worth watching already, Euroleague is sticking cameras on the jerseys of players to be used during the broadcast. Emmet Ryan spoke with Euroleague’s Alex Ferrer about this latest effort to bring the fans closer to the action. Real Madrid vs Barcelona in a car park […]
Euroleague introduces jersey cameras
Having pioneered Google Glass last season in the Top 16 and at the Final Four, Euroleague is taking another step towards integrating fans more into the on-court action with new jersey cameras. The trial, which saw FC Barcelona’s Maciej Lampe and Edwin Jackson wear the cameras during practice, showed the physical nature of the sport […]
Epic tribute from Crvena Zvezda fans to Marko Ivkovic
The death od Crvena Zvezda fan Marko Ivkovic before the Serbian club’s road game against Galatasaray in the regular season affected fans across Europe. On Friday night, Zvezda fans paid an emotional tribute to the young man ahead of Galatasaray’s visit for their Top 16 game. Here are the scenes from an extraordinary display before […]
Euroleague Hatmakers for Round 3 of the Top 16
The hatmakers series couldn’t have more of a corporate tie-in if it tried but we still like it. These are the best blocks from an exciting third round of Top 16 action in Euroleague.
It’s a perfect day for Euroleague
This dude reminds me way too much of me. Just add 50kg and ditch the beard.
A quick look at Euroleague’s new look
Euroleague has switched to a responsive design for its website, BiE’s editor’s day job is as a tech journalist. It would be flat out weird for us not to talk about this. First up, it’s best to explain what responsive design means. It doesn’t hurt that you are viewing a site that actually uses it. […]
Emmet talks Europe on the Phil Naessens show
BiE’s Emmet Ryan joined Phil Naessens to talk European hoops on Tuesday. Emmet and Phil discussed what BiE, the complicated and broad structure of basketball in Europe, how to watch online, and Emmet makes his pick on the best player in Europe and who he thinks will win Euroleague. You can listen to the full […]