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Nowitzki comes home to Würzburg; much partying planned
Dirk Nowitzki arrives in Germany today from his brief stopover to check out some Wimbledon tennis; think he’ll get a hero’s welcome for his homecoming? You bet he will! In a planned ceremony that Germany-based heinnews is describing as “palatial” and local media is calling “D Day,” some 15,000 are expected to attend Nowitzki’s early-evening […]
Pop Quiz: The Euro-/NBA-centric year in basketball
Just because the NBA Draft is over, the big league is heading toward a lockout, and the top European teams are thick into the wheeling/dealing of off-season acquisitions with an eye to 2011-12, that’s no reason to forget your history. Were you paying attention this season? Test your knowledge with the official BallinEurope 2010-11 season-ending […]
Hey, who wouldn’t want to be like Dirk?
“I wanna be like Mike?” That’s sooooooo 1990s. In light of the recent Dallas Mavericks championship bid, the folks at Dirkenbrau Beer (actually, the parodists at FunnyOrDie.com) have released their new ad campaign entitled “I wanna be like Dirk.” Get out a cold one, then, and check out the wave of popularity washing over courts […]
Dallas Mavericks on Letterman: Barea ♥ Weiner, Nowitzki ♥ Kardashians
You know you’ve made it big in America when you get to read a “Top 10 List” on Late Night with David Letterman. So it was for the 2010-11 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks last night, who were represented by eight players plus head coach Rick Carlisle and Mark Cuban in contributing the regular gag for […]
Mavericks win: Nowitzki becomes first German to win NBA title
Huge congratulations go out from BallinEurope.com to the Dallas Mavericks for the team’s 105-95 win over the superstar-studded Miami Heat in game six of the NBA Championship. Excepting those in the Miami metropolitan area, the basketball world is collectively rejoicing in playoff MVP Dirk Nowitzki and his Mavericks’ first-ever title, earned with the defeat of […]
German media coverage of Nowitzki: Thorough or well insufficient?
This one goes out by request to BallinEurope reader Mike, who recently commented here, “Hey, I came to this site to find out what German newspapers are saying about Dirk, and if they really care. Can you post up some info about this? It would be pretty cool to know. Like are they going to […]
Sebastian Vettel: “My ideal teammate would be Nowitzki”
If Formula 1 defending champion/dominant force this season Sebastian Vettel has his way, dominant playoff force Dirk Nowitzki could become the 21st-century Bo Jackson (or perhaps Walter Payton might be a better comparison). In an interview with the German-language Die Bild, Vettel is asked who his ideal teammate with his Red Bull team might be. […]
Championship basketball: Galatasaray stays alive; Barça, Mavericks take care of business
It’s hard to believe the 2010-11 season is drawing to a close, but so it goes. Leagues in Turkey, Spain and the United States could be all shutting down for the summer (or, in the latter’s case, perhaps a good deal longer) within a week. A brief roundup this morning, then, of action in this […]
Dastardly Dirk versus The Big Z: Who deserves a ring more?
The two have played a combined 1,837 regular-season NBA games, scoring over 33,750 points while nabbing more than 14,500 rebounds over 24½ full seasons. Each has rewritten the franchise record books of the team for which he spent the overwhelming majority of his career. Each has been underrated for much, if not all, of his […]
Dirk, Dydek and beyond: Weekend video clips
European basketball leagues and the NBA may be coming to a close for 2010-11, but there’s still plenty of hoops to keep up with – and even more online video clips for the watching! BallinEurope starts your Sunday with a dozen clips shot in the U.S., Greece, Spain, Israel and other locales. Enjoy today’s action […]
Believe the hype: Playoff action in Spain, Lithuania, Romania, Germany
Sorry, the N-B-what? While Euroball fans can certainly take pride in the outstanding number of Continental players still competing in the big league overseas – a list that includes Team Turkey’s Omer Asik, Team France’s Joakim Noah, Team Britain’s Luol Deng, Zydrunas Ilgauskas of Lithuania, Team Switzerland’s Thabo Sefolosha, French sophomore Rodrigue Beaubois (sort of; […]
Statement of humility: Yes, Dirk Nowitzki is the greatest
In light of the Dallas Mavericks’ utter immolation of BiE’s beloved Los Angeles Lakers and a certain German big man’s most excellent play in the four-game sweep, BallinEurope hereby wishes to retract any doubts or negativity toward Dirk Nowitzki contained within this article published some time ago. Humbly does BiE today admit that, championship banner […]