The best sportsmen Europe has to offer
Europe hosts a number of exceptional players from a range of different sports- these sporting professionals have constantly wowed fans and broken records which have made them become icons of their game and most definitely their team. Sports can be so important for the community, the reason for this is because, certain sports stars create […]
Podcast – Sweet 16 – Episode 4
Moshe Barda of TeamScout, Aris Barkas of Eurohoops and Emmet Ryan of BallinEurope bring you Sweet 16, breaking down the biggest games and events across Euroleague It’s a double round week so we kick off quickly by breaking down the big changes at Maccabi Tel Aviv, look at the performamces of Nick Calathes, Fabien Causeur, […]
A Starry Boy
Kieran Donaghy is one of the more surprisingly interesting multi-sports stars around. Emmet Ryan was pleasantly surprised by how fascinating Donaghy’s story proved in his autobiography ‘What do you think of that?’ The combination of Gaelic football and basketball is a path well worn by many of the best in both codes to come out […]
Podcast – Sweet 16 – Ep 3
Moshe Barda of TeamScout and Emmet Ryan of BallinEurope bring you Sweet 16, breaking down the biggest games and events across Euroleague This week we look back at two big wins for the Greek clubs and wonder if they really matter all that much, there’s a lot to talk about with Nic Melli of Brose […]
Swords run the gauntlet
Third hosted second in the Irish men’s superleague on Friday night and Emmet Ryan saw two teams who really want to push the tempo It’s been a pretty crazy six days for Swords Thunder. First they hosted and beat fourth placed Tralee Warriors last weekend. Then they headed to the arena in Tallaght on Wednesday […]
Who mourns for Ale?
With Alessandro Gentile and Olimpia Milano parting ways, Emmet Ryan looks at what the departure means and where Gentile will end up next This divorce was coming for a while. A couple of years ago Alessandro Gentile committed to Olimpia Milano out of loyalty to the club but that bond was only going to bring […]
Podcast: Sweet 16 – Episode 2
Moshe Barda of TeamScout and Emmet Ryan of BallinEurope bring you Sweet 16, breaking down the biggest games and events across Euroleague This week we’ve got a whole lot of Milos Teodosic, again, along with plenty to say about James Nunnally of Fenerbahce. We debut two new segments as well where Scout’s Notebook examines the […]
Fenerbahce are trying a find a way that works
Fenerbahce’s last gasp victory over Real Madrid was a heap of fun to write but Emmet Ryan says their need to adapt heavily points to a wider issue with roster balance The technicals, on both sides, seemed horribly soft. The pace was ludicrous and the score understated just how much of a slobberknocker it was […]
PODCAST: Sweet 16 – Episode 1
Moshe Barda of TeamScout and Emmet Ryan of BallinEurope bring you Sweet 16, breaking down the biggest games and events across Euroleague Episode 1 looks back at a big night for Milos Teodosic and CSKA Moscow against Baskonia, Maccabi’s win at Olympiacos, and looks ahead to the clash of Fenerbahce and Real Madrid along with […]
Breaking down the EuroBasket 2017 draw
We now know who is playing where but there’s still one big decision left to be made before EuroBasket 2017, where will BiE be based for the opening round? The format of the drsw, due to a combination of pairings and seedings, was a touch complex. So much so that the German federation tweeted (and […]
Full game video: UCD Marian vs Pyrobel Killester
BallinEurope’s live stream of UCD Marian’s 74-62 win over Killester didn’t entirely go to plan, we had to switch from YouTube to Periscope at basically zero notice, but despite that we still managed to keep over 400 over you happy during the live stream of this cracker from the Irish men’s Superleague. Check out the […]
Real are definitely contenders now
A week that began With Sergio going full Llull ended with an obliteration of the Blaugrana. Real Madrid picked a great week to put the doubters on notice, writes Emmet Ryan The week is going to be remembered for the block. That moment when Anthony Randolph ended Joey Dorsey. That Barça recovered and scored almost […]