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List of 2009-10 European basketball champions
League play is now accelerating to a close all over The Continent, and BallinEurope’s “List of European Champions” page gets more updates. Most men’s domestic leagues have completely closed up shoppe for 2009-10, but BiE has also listed a few details on where other leagues stand at present; links are provided where possible. If no […]
Champions Crowned: Los Angeles Lakers, Brose Baskets Bamberg take titles, Montepaschi Siena almost
Congratulations go out from BallinEurope to the Los Angeles Lakers and Brose Baskets Bamberg for taking national titles last night/this morning, while Montepaschi Siena is one big step closer to ending up Serie A champs yet again. The last shall be first: You may have heard that the Lakers won their second consecutive NBA title […]
Fearless prediction: NBA game seven (also BBL, Serie A finals)
From the Because I Have A Blog Department, the BallinEurope official fearless prediction (TM) for game seven of the NBA Championship Series. (Drumroll, please.) Because BiE is a huge adherent to the completely irrational belief that only in sports can there be poetry, this fearless prediction says…
AJ Milano signs Jamie Arnold for playoff run
Olimpia Armani Jeans Milano have officially announced the signing of 35-year-old veteran forward/centre Jamie Arnold from Peristeri Athens, until the end of the season, or two regular-season games: The move was made mainly to help strengthen the team’s playoff chances against the likes of Montepaschi Siena, NGC Cantu and Pepsi Caserta. After playing his college […]
Searching for Kings’ men in Paris, Treviso: Geoff Petrie’s European tour begins
Now that the Sacramento Kings’ season is officially over, club president Geoff Petrie can finally … um, get back to work. Speaking specifically, the exec is here on The Continent to scout some fine Euro talent. Naturally, Petrie gave away little of the specifics of his visits; however, the Sacramento Bee has certainly dropped a […]
Jordan Brand Classic scoop: Roster changes, player briefs, how to watch online
Just in case international youth basketball fans weren’t sated by the recent Albert Schweitzer and Nike Hoop Summit youth tournaments, perhaps the upcoming Jordan Brand Classic in New York today will go a bit further in sating the craving. Three games will be played between some of the world’s finest U18 players. Game two of […]
*The* proverbial nasty dunk. No, really.
Like the title advertises, this is one YouTube that will illicit laughter and sympathy from its viewers in far less than its 44 seconds. Folks from an outfit called SportPost.com this morning put up an amazing little YouTube clip cleverly entitled, “European basketball Player Uses Opponent’s Groin as Launch Pad for Cool Dunk.” Unfortunately for […]
Albert Schweitzer youth tourney this weekend
The 25th annual Albert Schweitzer youth tournament tips off this weekend in Mannheim, Germany, with 16 teams from all six continents participating: The countries of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Croatia, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey, and of course 10-time champion Team USA join two squads from Germany to comprise the field. The […]
Ten spots filled for Jordan Brand Classic; two each to Turkey, France, Serbia
Another Jordan Brand Classic Camp is in the books, wrapping in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. The camp saw 40 European players dueling on the court (and, in a serious sign of our times, apparently also in media relations) over eight days – including an all-day “presser” – in order to gain an invite to the prestigious […]
Montepaschi Siena takes Coppa Italia; is that a good thing?
BiE is still internally debating whether Montepaschi Siena predictably winning the 2010 Coppa Italia was a good thing or not. On one hand, any other result might have resulted in massive match-fixing allegations; after all, Siena devotees would argue, how else could this dominant squad have possibly lost if not for referee assistance? On the […]
State of the nations: European basketball organizations today
While not interested in passing definitive judgment, we think it would be useful and fair to take a look at the European basketball panorama. There will be no ratings or rankings here, just a snapshot of what the most important ballin’ countries offer us. Ten years into the third millennium, it’s common to hear repeated […]
Turin gets 2011 Euroleague Final Four
Congratulations go out from Ball in Europe this afternoon to the basketball-organizing folks of former Winter Olympics host city Turin, Italy, who have been awarded the Euroleague Basketball Final Four tournament for 2011. The venue will be the 16,600-seat Palasport Olimpico, which saw Eurocup action in 2008 and 2009. Official Euroleague press release follows. (Euroleague) […]