Harlem Globetrotters 10
Now serving as U.S. diplomat to North Korea: Dennis Rodman?
This one has little to do with European basketball but is simply too bizarre to go without reportage – of course it is: Dennis Rodman’s involved. In a move that’s quite a far cry from U.S. president Barack Obama’s famed “basketball diplomacy” and which may finally redefine the term “reality TV,” Rodman, a trio of […]
The 2012 Oscar (Robertson) Awards: Lifetime Achievement in Basketball Movies
In tribute/homage/ripoff to that movie-award ceremony thing going on in Los Angeles this evening PST, BallinEurope bestows its own prizes for the best in basketball movies released and/or screened during the year that was — as BiE refers to them, the Oscar (Robertson)s. Second of the four Oscar (Robertson) Awards for 2012 is the result […]
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…
Brody, Pollin, Seiden “on the map,” into immortality with HOF inductions
America’s National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2011, well representing basketball with an NBA executive, a college notable and one of the most significant figures ever in Maccabi Tel Aviv history. In the spirit of “last shall be first,” BallinEurope first congratulates Talbot “Tal” Brody. After his senior, All-America year […]
Introducing the 2010-11 BallinEurope Festivus Invitational Tournament
As a holiday present to the audience, each of you has received courtside tickets to the first annual BallinEurope Festivus Invitational Tournament. Thanks to the miracle of totally BiE-unaffiliated (and totally mind-blowingly awesome) website What If Sports, we can bring together great players of the past and present for true dream matchups – and without […]
The 35 Greatest Basketball YouTubes of All-Time: Nos. 21-25
Shaquille O’Neal’s big presence is felt in this quintet from BallinEurope’s 35 Greatest Basketball YouTubes of All-Time. For those interested in the methodology (giggle) used in compiling this handy list of dandy little clips, click here; otherwise turn on the BiE network and prepare to waste the next 22 or so minutes – hey, what […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ron Harper, Dee Brown, Jay Williams confirmed for NBA Legends tour
Ron Harper, Dee Brown and Jay Williams are the first three names confirmed to take part in this November’s NBA Legends European tour. Event organizer Geert Baeyens said there is a list of other players supplied by the U.S.-based organization NBA Legends from which he can select but are yet to be confirmed. In a […]