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BiE’s Euroleague Final Four Berlin Drinking Guide
There are certain things visitors to BallinEurope expect and when a Final Four hits Berlin, one of those is most definitely beer. Here’s Emmet Ryan’s guide to enjoying the nightlife away from the Mercedes-Benz Arena First off, to state the obvious, this list is in no way endorsed by Euroleague although don’t be surprised if […]
The day the Sube died
Not a long, long time ago I can easily remember how that music used to make me laugh And I knew the PA would have his chance To sure as hell make those people dance And maybe they’d be happy for a while But Boris Diaw made me shiver With step-back Joffrey delivered Bad news […]
Finding the soul within Barcelona
As he did in Bilbao, Emmet Ryan explored Barcelona through a glass to get to the heart of what makes the city tick through the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. “It is one of the few cities in the world where you can just ask for a beer and there are no questions,” said Monica. […]
Surviving Barcelona – Sights, food, and (of course) beer advice
BallinEurope’s editor Emmet Ryan is no stranger to Barcelona but he has still called in some help from his friends to give anyone in town the best advice to enjoy their time away from the Palau Sant Jordi. There’s going to be a lot of free time for everyone in Barcelona. Just going to get […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer: The Final – USA vs France
After three weeks, there’s only one thing left to decide. We started with 24 beers, one for each of the nations in the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball. Now, we find out who takes the title in the final of the Basketball World Cup of Beer. It’s the USA vs France in the decider. […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer – Bronze Medal Match
We are down the the penultimate match-up of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. 24 beers, one of teach of the nations in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball, began in this tournament, 4 made it to the semi-finals. We’ll find out the gold medal winner on Friday but first, we find out which […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer: Quarter Finals – Part 2
We are in the latter stages of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. It began with 24 beers, one for each of the nations in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball. Now we’re down to the elite eight. It’s time to find out our first two semi-finalists. Here are your match-ups on day two […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer: Quarter finals – Part 1
We are in the latter stages of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. It began with 24 beers, one for each of the nations in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball. Now we’re down to the elite eight. It’s time to find out our first two semi-finalists. Here are your match-ups on day one […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer: Round 2 – Part 2
It’s the knockout stages of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. If you are super late to the party, each of the 24 nations in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball is represented by a beer, we round them down using a format like the big one in Spain to decide the best. We […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer – Group D
We’ve reached the final day of the opening round of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. If you are somehow late to the party, you missed one mother of a battle in Group C yesterday. The rules are simple, every team in the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball is represented by a beer. […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer – Group C
After two straight slaughters in the battle for top spot, we’ve got a real battle for first place in Group C of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. The rules are simple, every nation in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball gets a beer, most have been nominated by fans or journalists from the […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer – Group B
We continue the first round of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer with Group B today. After France cantered to top spot in Group A yesterday, here’s hoping for a higher standard of competition. On second thoughts, don’t get your hopes up too high. Today we’re going through Group B and, ummm, well at […]