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Varese coach rips shirt, gets suspended
Olimpia Milano recorded a 105=97 win over Varese in Legabasket but the story of the day wasn’t the scoreboard. Gianmarco Pozzecco, the coach of Varese and no stranger to theatrics, got enraged following a technical foul call against his team for a foul on former Cleveland Cavalier Samardo Samuels. Watch Pozzecco channel his inner Hulk […]
Eclipse watching: All-time records under threat at Euroleague Final Four 2012
For all the history/stat junkies out there – including myself, as BiE readers know – BallinEurope today takes a look at what all-time Euroleague Final Four records might fall this year … and some that seem unbreakable. • Under assault could be the all-time free-throw mark of 56 held by Nikos Galis. Galis set this […]
Spartak St. Petersburg: The Hunger of Experienced Rookies
In the leadup to the 2011-12 Eurocup Final Four tournament beginning on Saturday, Eurosport Turkey basketball commentator Uygar Karaca contributes a series of previews on the remaining quartet entitled “Four Teams, Four Stories” to BallinEurope. Today taking a look at one of the two remaining Russian sides, Karaca writes “Zenit St. Petersburg reached its zenith […]