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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 […]
Panagiotis Giannakis out as Olympiacos coach
And another big-name coach is out: Olympiacos BC officials today announced today that the club had “parted ways” with head coach Panagiotis Giannakis. Despite getting the Reds to consecutive Euroleague Final Fours, a feat not accomplished by Olympiacos since the late 1990s, Giannakis was doubtlessly held responsible for falling short of the big one either […]
The take on would-be Heaters Patrick Beverley, Robert Dozier
BallinEurope is syndicated! Well, sort of. Surya Fernandez, he of fellow ESPN TrueHoop Network blog Hot Hot Hoops, recently asked for some scouting-esque notes on a pair of EΣAKE players drafted by his favored Miami Heat in 2009. What’s the BiE book on Patrick Beverley and Robert Dozier? Click here to find out. And whereas […]
Homage to the Killer: BallinEurope’s video tribute to Arvydas Macijauskas
Reader AM recently noted his disappointment with BiE lately due to this website’s non-reportage on the recent premature retirement of 30-year-old Arvydas Macijauskas on Wednesday. At the time BiE heard the news, the story had already been well reported on dozens of other websites and so passed on writing something up. However, AM is right […]
Giant slayers: Caja Laboral Baskonia wins 70-69, pushes FC Barcelona to brink
In a season already spiced with big playoff upsets, Caja Laboral Baskonia may be adding the biggest to the list yet, as the Basque Country boys held on through an insane final minute of play to eke out a 70-69 win over FC Barcelona. And now things in Spain have become suddenly unthinkable as the […]
On “night of shame,” Panathinaikos takes 8th consecutive Greek title in riot conditions
Congratulations go out from BallinEurope this morning to Panathinaikos, who overcame a crowd which redefined the word “hostile” to beat rival Olympiacos, 76-69, and take the EΣAKE championship series for the eighth consecutive season. Still incensed by numerous controversial calls going the Greens’ way in game three of the championship series, Olympiacos fans were at […]
Olympiacos “condemns” Greek referees, threatens to quit EΣAKE
After game three of the Greek League championship, in which a number of questionable calls went against Olympiacos against rivals Panathinaikos, Reds management isn’t taking things lying down. In a statement posted on the team’s official website, Olympiacos officials were “compel[led] to condemn those responsible for controlling the course of Greek basketball” for general egregiousness […]
The BallinEurope Sunday playoff quadruple-header (plus Fearless Predictions)
All right, on this last World Cup-free weekend for the foreseeable future, who’s up for a little basketball? No, make that a lot of basketball. A barrage of basketball, if you will. Get ready to clear the schedule, stock up the liquid refreshment and blow off the familial obligations for the hoops marathon we like […]
Watching the Greek finals, Spanish semifinals online
Two of Europe’s finest, most hard-fought leagues are coming to a head with crucial games going down today in both Greece and Spain – and with no NBA playoffs on the schedule, you have no excuse to miss either.
Panathinaikos destroys Olympiacos, 73-54: Going to YouTube for answers
More than a shocker and well into slap-in-the-face territory was game one of the EΣAKE championship series, where hometown Panathinaikos took care of all business in dispatching Olympiacos, 73-54. Though BallinEurope did not see the match and knows empirically that games should never be judged on the stat line, one number still stands out like […]
Invisible to insane: The six types of basketball team owner
They say that no one has ever bought a ticket to a sports event in order to see an executive but with two weeks of American and European basketball club owners hogging sports page headlines, BallinEurope got to thinking about these moneyed celebrity types who run the teams we watch … and the often disturbing […]
Childress' choice: Atlanta Hawks to make qualifying offer
Start worrying, Olympiacos fans. Atlanta Hawks-centric TrueHoop Network blog Hoopinion this morning confirms that the Birds will indeed make a $4.8 million qualifying offer to Josh Childress, which would allow the team to hold the current Red’s NBA rights, should he choose to return to the league but not Atlanta. On Childress’ part, the Yank-made-good-in-Europe […]