Basketball Videos 18
How to make the Harlem Globetrotters relevant again
Given the premise, BallinEurope probably should have guessed at the response. Yesterday’s post, entitled “Are the Harlem Globetrotters still relevant?”, drew less readership than imagined. Which, one supposes, is logical. Nevertheless, a promise to actually propose a few solutions to fixing up the modern-day irrelevance of a cultural-historical force rare in the game of basketball […]
Euroleague playoffs: Quarterfinal game one highlights
Just in case you missed it: Below the break run the top five plays from Euroleague quarterfinal games one. The clip stars Linas Kleiza, Fran Vazquez, Trajan Langdon, Stephan Lasme (contributing the semi-obligatory *nasty* rejection), Juan Carlos Navarro, Pete Mickeal and of course Ricky “The Human YouTube Clip” Rubio. Below that is 90 seconds or […]
Token Saturday morning highlight video clips
Mentally battered and otherwise worked over since this morning’s 4am True Hoop live blogging, BallinEurope nevertheless wanted to post *something* with which the loyal readers might waste some time on Saturday. And so, ladies and gentlemen, the token YouTube video highlight collection post of the day. The Euroleague Top 10 Plays of the Week clip […]
The WNBA’s Dream of Dalma Iványi
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream yesterday announced they’d acquired the rights to BallinEurope fave Team Hungary/MiZo Pécs guard Dalma Iványi from the San Antonio Silver Stars for center Michelle Snow. Iványi is currently good for a line of 11.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the Hungarian league; in 13 games’ worth of […]
Dikembe Mutombo recognized in Abu Dhabi
It wasn’t the Academy Awards, but the supporting cast sure sounds similar: Folks like Kevin Spacey, Hugh Grant, Gwyneth Paltrow, Clive Owen, Kyle MacLachlan and the distinctly un-blue Michelle Rodriguez. However, the beautiful people from Hollywood and London had in fact come together to acknowledge some of the sporting world’s greats. The occasion in Abu […]
Copa del Rey: The documentary
Drop whatever you’re doing – when you have about 25 minutes free, that is – and head on over to the ACB’s official website for a sweet little mini-documentary on all the pageantry and play from this year’s Copa del Rey, perhaps the most exciting cup tournament in European domestic league hoops. The Copa del […]