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Globetrotters stuck in Ireland, hang out in inner-city Dublin
Alba Berlin wasn’t the only basketball team in Europe to meet with delays and cancelled plans thanks to the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano: Stuck in Ireland after shooting promotional TV spots in Dublin were two Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters thereby made the best of their enforced downtime by doing what they do best: namely, entertain the young […]
Team Spain takes U16 tourney, garners sixth medal in 2009
Congratulations this morning go out to – believe it or not – Team Spain, who managed to knock off host Lithuania in Kaunas, 70-64. Jaime Fernandez led all scorers in the final game, putting in 20 points just as he had in the semifinal against Serbia. For those of you keeping score at home, Spain […]
Spain reigns in FIBA U16 European Women's tourney
Congratulations today go out to tournament champions – stop me if you’ve heard this recently – Spain, who took the FIBA U16 European Championship Women last night in defeating Belgium, 57-53, in overtime. Andrea Vilaro starred for Team Spain with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Belgian standouts Julie Vanloo (17 points, three assists) and Emme […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Everybody's YouTubing edition
Was everybody YouTubing this week? Seriously, all the best basketball-related websites from tiny to massive/official have been plastered with YouTube clips as though it’s all part of a vast conspiracy to assist us in wasting valuable work time. Not that that’s a bad thing…