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Highlights from Union Olimpija-Efes Pilsen 2OT thriller
The Euroleague’s game of the night last night and probably ultimately in all of week one was seen in the Union Olimipija-Efes Pilsen battle – and BallinEurope does mean battle – in Ljubljana. By the time the buzzer sounded, some 8,700 had thrilled to only the third double-overtime regular-season game in EL history, with Olimpija […]
Frank answers to four burning Euroleague questions
He’s back! Emerging out of hiding (or perhaps digging himself out of work with youth squads plus Italian-language sports media) is BallinEurope’s man in Italy, Francesco Cappelletti. As the season progresses, Cappelletti will be opining as to what really went down in a week’s worth of Euroleague matches. Today, four key themes that will be […]
Jasikevicius turns down Lietuvos Rytas offer; club to sign another PG
Maybe Šarunas Jasikevičius has the same career counselor as Allen Iverson … With basketball leagues now begun throughout Europe, the four-time Euroleague champion and all-decade team member, has officially turned down a contract offer from Lietuvos Rytas. Still residing in Athens – his daughter was born there in late September – Jasikevičius adds his long-ago […]
Sixty-eight Fearless Predictions™ for 2010-11 Euroleague season
With the EL tipoff game tonight, BallinEurope is feeling devotion … not to mention a rush of Fearless Predictions™ coming on. How crazy can BiE get? You be the judge; here are 68 prognostications on all things Euroleague which you may [laugh uproariously about] ponder. Enjoy the season, everyone! (And sign up for the BallinEurope […]
Official BallinEurope Euroleague Power Rankings: Final preseason edition
The 2010-11 Euroleague season tips off tomorrow? Right, then. Presenting the last preseason – and thus last totally subjective, because we’ll be able to base these things on, you know, wins and losses beginning next week – BallinEurope Official Euroleague Power Rankings™. (Plus lots of video clips.) Enjoy! 1. (↔) FC Barcelona – Yeah, as […]
BallinEurope fantasy basketball league now open
All right, Euroleague fantasy basketball fans: The BallinEurope Invitational League is now accepting teams. Simply send an email to ballineurope@yahoo.com or reply in the comments section of this post. I’ll send out invites right through to Sunday, with the first deadline for roster changes coming on Monday. The rules are as follows: – No multiple […]
CSKA Moscow meets the Heat as Euroleague American Tour 2010 tips off
The Russians have landed in Florida and they’re ready: Five days after the defending NBA and Euroleague champions met in Barcelona, a pair of would-be dethroners will meet when the supercharged Miami Heat host CSKA Moscow in the first game of the Euroleague American Tour 2010. A few connections between players on both sides may […]
Official BallinEurope Euroleague Power Rankings: October update
Got the vitriol brewing? All right, then, with BallinEurope now caught up on some preseason basketball viewing, it’s time for another edition of BiE’s Official Euroleague Power Rankings. Just one quick note for irritated fans (we’re looking at you, Olympiacos, Žalgiris and Lietuvos Rytas backers): Remember that these rankings are first totally subjective and secondly […]
Lakers vs. Barca gets Rocky treatment in Spain
Best basketball-related TV campaign of the month? Well, we’ve got an early entry from Spanish network Barça TV, which brings this nice 60-second blurb on Thursday night’s Los Angeles Lakers-FC Barcelona NBA Europe Live game. You gotta love the use of the good ol’ “Rocky” theme – best in years, surely – and BallinEurope is […]
Euroleague fantasy basketball challenge opens
All right, folks, it’s on! Ol’ Javier over at Euroleague must have been cranking out the numbers all weekend and can now announce that the SportingBet Euroleague Fantasy Challenge game is open for business for the 2010-11 season! BallinEurope will be hosting a couple of leagues again this season; details will be forthcoming as soon […]
YouTubing with AJ Milano and the New York Knicks
From the Gotta Love A Recap Department, BallinEurope brings a handful of YouTubes from last night’s AJ Milano-New York Knicks NBA Europe Live Tour matchup in Italy. Despite taking a 43-41 lead in the second quarter, Milano eventually succumbed to the Knicks, 125-113. Knickerbocker backers were certainly pleased as punch with new co-captain Amare Stoudamire […]
Around the world with NBA Live, Euroleague American tour
The NBA Live Europe tour begins tonight when the New York Knicks visit AJ Milano; tomorrow sees the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Minnesota Timberwolves in London and Maccabi Haifa visiting the New Jersey Nets. All in all, the exchange program between the two big leagues will see nine games played in four countries, […]