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FIBA Euroleague Women 26

Euroleague Women Final Eight: A Story of Yes and No

Eurosport Turkey basketball commentator Uygar Karaca was naturally on hand in Istanbul for the FIBA Euroleague Women Final Four tournament. Today, BallinEurope posts his impressions on the competition and what the future may hold for the contenders. After long, exhausting league play in Euroleague Women, the intense traffic of the Final Eight round has now […]

11 years ago More

Sunday bullets: NBA-flavored European action, USK Prague beats USA, Deron Williams generally trashed, more

Your lazy Sunday just got a little lazier. BallinEurope gives you another few good minutes of clock killing in rounding up some stories for your perusal. As the NBA lockout continues – and many reckon no blinking will be done by either side on Monday, therefore necessitating cancellation of the 2011-12 schedule’s first two weeks’ […]

11 years ago 5 More

New on the virtual newsstand: Revista Basketblog no. 3

A heads-up for those interested in good basketball writing (as well as a shameless plug for BallinEurope): Spain-based website Basketblog has just released the third issue of its bi-monthly online magazine of the same name. Graced with a sweet cover (see the excellence at right), Revista Basketblog no. 3 features a recap of and commentary […]

11 years ago 4 More

WNBA names Top 15 of All-Time; so how about the greatest Euroleague Women's list…?

In advance of last weekend’s all-star game, the WNBA released its list of the 15 greatest players to ever play in the league. The official list runs as follows:

11 years ago 5 More

Spanish president congratulates champions Halcón Avenida

For posterity’s sake, BallinEurope.com passes on the message from Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero sent to the new Euroleague Women champions, Halcón Avenida, which defeated Sparta & K last weekend for its first-ever Continental title. The telegram (really?) read as follows.

12 years ago 1 More

Nike Hoop Summit, Euroleague Women Final Four on FIBA TV

A quick reminder, just in case you’re an utter hoops fanatic (or up in the wee hours of Sunday morning for some reason): FIBA TV will be showing the Nike Hoop Summit live online for free from Portland at 10pm EST – that’s right, that means 4am CET. FIBA TV will also be broadcasting a […]

12 years ago More

Letter to WADA from Fenerbahçe fans: Free Taurasi!

Diana Taurasi may be facing a two-year ban from competition outside the United States and has already been released from Fenerbahçe, but some of her fans in Turkey aren’t giving up the fight to get allegations of doping overturned. The following letter was recently sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) by an unnamed group […]

12 years ago 1 More

Diana Taurasi flunks drug test, suspended in Turkey

Perhaps a worrisome Christmas it’ll be for women’s basketball great Diana Taurasi and backers of her Fenerbahçe side. In the wee hours of the morning, ESPN reported that a drug test on Taurasi had come back positive for an unspecified illegal stimulant. Said Taurasi’s lawyer Howard Jacobs, “We’re taking it one step at a time,” […]

12 years ago 1 More

Euroleague Women 2010-11 participants announced; Sony Athinaikos declines bid

FIBA Europe has released the list of participating teams for the 2010-11 edition of Euroleague Women. Defending champions Spartak Moscow region received an automatic entry, while 21 spots are allocated based on national federation rankings and three-year performance of the clubs in pan-European tournament play. Two “wild card” bids were also allocated: These were won […]

12 years ago 1 More

Istanbul not Constantinople: Ratgeber wants to rock Fenerbahce

BallinEurope so rarely gets to write about basketball issues from home base Hungary, so it was quite cheering to see a little coverage of László Ratgeber, new coach of Fenerbahçe Istanbul’s Euroleague Women’s team, on FIBA.com. “Just ‘YouTube’ Laszlo Ratgeber and see what comes up,” encourages writer Jeff Taylor. Readers of this website know BiE […]

12 years ago More

Coaches, Sue Bird to return to Spartak; Taurasi, Fowles to depart

It’s a good news/bad news day for fans of Spartak Moscow region women’s basketball as announced by FIBA. The Spartak front office has confirmed that returning for 2010-11 will be head coach Pokey Chatman and her entire staff; members of all four champion Spartak squads Sue Bird, Irina Osipova, and Marina Karpunina; Anete Jekabsone-Zogota and […]

13 years ago More

Weekend video wrap: El Classico, Nike Hoop Summit, EL Women final, BBL Cup

For The Continent, quite a bit of important basketball action went down this weekend. In the ‘States, the best of Team USA faced off against the world in the Nike Hoop Summit game; in Spain, arguably the two best women’s teams on the planet meet for the FIBA Euroleague Women final; the German domestic league […]

13 years ago 4 More
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