Who Shot Mamba? 6
Podcast: From Euroleague to China to the cinema; plus interview with Garret Siler
It’s Wednesday once again and thus time for another episode in the “Taking the Charge” podcast series presented by heinnews and BallinEurope.com. Yes, it’s another gabfest loaded with topical news and views plus interviews, music and Os Davis’ movie recommendation of the week. The episode program goes something like this. • Hein and BiE weigh […]
And the Oscar (Robertson) Goes To: Basketball Movies in 2011
Meanwhile, over in Hollywoodland … to no cineaste’s surprise, the silent film The Artist was named “Best Motion Picture of the Year” at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony. While Tinseltown may have had a decent, if not mind-blowing, twelve months of production in 2011 – as evidenced by Woody Allen taking the “Best Original Screenplay” […]
Currently under (slight) renovation: BallinEurope.com
BallinEurope is changing – but only slightly. After a long period of static design and linkage, BiE finally managed to find some time to add a few tweaks that will hopefully augment the whole reader-experience, social-networking thing. First, a bit of sad news for some. The image-based logo featuring cartoon Ramunas Siskauskas tipping off against […]
The 35 Greatest Basketball YouTubes of All-Time: Nos. 26-30
BallinEurope continues counting down The 35 Greatest Basketball YouTubes of All-Time today with another five video clips for your time-wasting pleasure perusal. The criteria used in compiling this list – such as they are – may be found here, along with the 31st through 35th Greatest YouTubes ever. Rrrrrroll ‘em! 30. The Barack Obama basketball […]
BallinEurope exclusive: Interview with the most charismatic basketball player of all-time
As a special gift to BallinEurope readers on this holiest of international holidays, BiE today brings you a truly exclusive one-of-a-kind interview with a legend. The man needs no introduction and it would be impossible to encapsulate his numerous towering achievements with a finite number of words, but BiE will try anyway. Calvin Stadiums was […]
The greatest basketball movie ever made
In awarding the first-ever Oscar (Robertson) for the Best Basketball Motion Picture of The Year, Ball in Europe is pleased to be able to acknowledge not only truly the best basketball movie of 2009, but the best movie of 2009; not only the greatest film of the year, but the greatest film of all-time; and […]