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Irish women’s basketball Super League preview
Glanmire are the reigning champions but their key challengers for the crown in Irish women’s basketball may change. With Killester and Liffey Celtics loading up, we look ahead to the Irish women’s Super League. Irish women’s basketball has, at times, felt a lot like men’s EuroBasket. Everyone plays a lot of games. There’s lots of […]
The secret dynasty of Liam Printer
He’s the most dominant coach you’ve never heard of. In four seasons, he’s won two European championships and finished second in the other two. Not bad for a guy who was originally focused on coaching snowboarding. Emmet Ryan chats to Liam Printer, for whom basketball has sent him on some odd journeys Reasonably speaking, going […]
Ireland fall but the return is what matters
So many boxes have been ticked for Irish basketball this summer but Friday’s loss to Iceland may have been the most important of them all, writes Emmet Ryan The Small Countries was important, it was the step back into international play, but the big factor always was coming home. As we cleaned up press row […]
LIVE: Ireland vs Iceland
It’s the first home international basketball game for Ireland since 2009 and it’s live and free right here, right now, on BiE. The Irish women’s team take on their counterparts from Iceland in the National Basketball Arena in Dublin. The full stream will be available to view afterwards if you miss it live, but do […]
LIVE: Ireland vs UNC Tar Heels
BallinEurope brings you live and free coverage of the Irish senior women’s team against the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. The Irish women head into this game on the back of a second place finish at the European Small Countries Championship, their first participation in international hoops this decade. The Heels come to Dublin […]
The Harlem Shake: Ladies show no resistance as Umbertide submits to viral craze
And now the ladies are getting into the act: Below runs the squad of Italy’s Liomatic Umbertide doing the dance craze that’s ubiquitous today, gone tomorrow. Or maybe not. Notable beyond the okay performance by the lionesses: Just check out the “description” field below this YouTube. “Recorded with Harlem Shake Creator HD for iPhone and […]
The EuroChallenge Championship Curse: What of Beşiktaş’ future?
In this second piece of a two-part series, sportswriter/commentator Uygar Karaca again considers the EuroChallenge Championship Curse, with special reference to this year’s champions, Beşiktaş; unfortunately for the Eagles, Karaca feels a distressing amount of déjà vu… In this article, I will try to answer the question as to whether Beşiktaş Milangaz fits into the […]
PAOK’s Joanna Barnes “frustrated”
Mark another player down as, shall we say, somewhat disillusioned with the European basketball experience … and this one’s coming from the ladies’ side. Joanna Barnes, currently playing with the PAOK Women’s team, blew off some steam in that favorite 21st-century virtual venting arena, Twitter. Tweeted Barnes this morning: A part of me wants to […]
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 […]
Must-see IPTV: This week's FIBA Basketball TV
Call it “Must See IPTV.” FIBA TV’s weekly “FIBA Basketball TV” program this week is heavy on the European flavor and spiced heavily with NBA names. Segments to watch include: 00.45: Theo Papaloukas and the rest of the recently-named Euroleague All-Decade Team. 09.00: Several superdupermegastars like Dwyane Wade, Pau Gasol and Sarunas Jasikevicius hype up […]
Team Azerbaijan backs out of FIBA women’s tournament
With an official statement from the host nation’s basketball federation and little more, Team Azerbaijan has been announced as no longer participating in this summer’s European Championship Women Division C. Armenian Basketball Federation president Grachya Rostomyan stated simply that “Azerbaijani basketball team has rejected” the offer to play in the competition. FIBA Europe had informed […]
Brno vs. Wisla in Euroleague Women: Whose story continues?
In the final remaining game of the Euroleague Women quarterfinal playoffs going down tonight between Frisco Sika Brno and Wisla Can-Pack, it’s not a question of whether an improbable run will continue but rather *which* improbable run. Brno has faced elimination on three occasions in this tournament already, the most recent coming in game two […]