Dude Perfect 9
Meeting of Dream Teams as Dude Perfect hangs with Team USA
Before the USA-Argentina game last night, Olympic host city London played host to a meeting of Dream Teams, as ultimate basketball trick-shot artists Dude Perfect set out to – and achieved – get interviews with every single member of Team USA. Fans of the ‘Perfect ones may be slightly dismayed to hear that “Hot Tubbing […]
Dude Perfect vs. the Harlem Globetrotters (Hijinks ensue)
Admittedly this one’s a bit of a teaser, but there’s some solid stuff in the video below the break as trick-shot specialists Dude Perfect meet up with “The greatest basketball players in the world,” (really?) a.k.a. Nate “Big Easy” Lofton and a couple of his Harlem Globetrotters teammates…
Dude Perfect posse HORSEs around with Frisbee master Brodie Smith
Just because … BallinEurope yesterday was turned on to the below YouTube by heinnews; check out trick-shooters extraordinaire Dude Perfect taking on Brodie Smith, who “does Frisbee” and loves Girl Scout cookies, in what is essentially the most ridiculous game of HORSE ever. Compelling stuff.
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; […]
Absolutely random trick shots from Ohio
Just because BallinEurope loves the audacity from a few dudes in the Columbus ‘burbs and because everybody digs a trick shot (Right? Right?!?!!?), the request from a fellow YouTube aficionado shall be granted. The email BiE received ran thusly: Hello,
Are the Harlem Globetrotters still relevant?
Budapest last night played host to the Harlem Globetrotters, and BallinEurope was among the approximately 4,000 in attendance. Though a generally good time appeared to have been had by all – and particularly, of course, the preteens for whom the team’s brand of tomfoolery is really for – BiE just couldn’t help but wonder at […]
Best of the (basketball) net: On the individual tip edition
Sure, everybody’s busy these days, but there’s always quality time for web surfing, right? Right! Below run a few of the stories and videos perused at the BallinEurope.com home office in Budapest this week — mostly themed on Euroball’s outstanding individuals. Enjoy! The official blog of the Portland Trail Blazers takes a look at Nicolas […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Double-sized two-week edition
Right. Because this column did not appear last weekend due to the tsunami of Eurobasket 2009 games, this week’s Best of The (Basketball) Net includes good stuff still enjoyable and written that long, long, 14 days ago in some cases. Enjoy! The most discussed basketball event of the off-season – besides Dude Perfect and The […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Multiculti multimedia edition
For this week’s edition of “Best of the (Basketball) Net,” Ball in Europe goes multimedia with a collection of videos, podcasts, mix “tapes” and a bit of – gasp! – actual writing about the game we love. Casey Jacobsen clearly and simply enumerates the differences between playing ball in “The NBA vs. Europe” once and […]