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Gabby Williams brings star power to Euroleague Women Final Six
Gabby Williams has been doing Gabby Williams things all year for Fenerbahçe in EuroLeague Women. The France international has made the tough stuff look easy and the easy stuff matter. As the Final Six tips off in Zaragoza this week, she brings the kind of star presence that Europe’s premier women’s basketball competition could use […]
Baxi Ferrol and Claire Melia Fall Short but Stand Tall
This is meant to be a neutral basketball outlet but how could it be on this night. Baxi Ferrol, with Monasterevin and Ireland’s Claire Melia took the court in search of a dream. Emmet Ryan was there to witness their battle with Villeneuve d’Ascq in the second leg of the Eurocup Women final. Not all […]
Europe is missing an obvious opportunity with women’s basketball
The surge in consumer interest and investment in women’s basketball in the US has made it a rising star among sponsors. Yet on this side of the Atlantic, women’s hoops as an entity is a cost sink. Emmet Ryan on the issues, opportunities, and challenges ahead. There’s money in women’s hoops Stateside at a level […]
Killester dominate Liffey Celtics to win women’s Irish Super League
In a game with everything on the line, one team came out to bully its opponent. The biggest women’s basketball game in Ireland for quite some time was a violent beat down. Killester battered Liffey Celtics in Dublin to claim the women’s Irish Super League with a 90-62 win Unique circumstances require a unique solution. […]
Irish women’s basketball Super League preview
Glanmire are the reigning champions but their key challengers for the crown in Irish women’s basketball may change. With Killester and Liffey Celtics loading up, we look ahead to the Irish women’s Super League. Irish women’s basketball has, at times, felt a lot like men’s EuroBasket. Everyone plays a lot of games. There’s lots of […]
The secret dynasty of Liam Printer
He’s the most dominant coach you’ve never heard of. In four seasons, he’s won two European championships and finished second in the other two. Not bad for a guy who was originally focused on coaching snowboarding. Emmet Ryan chats to Liam Printer, for whom basketball has sent him on some odd journeys Reasonably speaking, going […]
Ireland fall but the return is what matters
So many boxes have been ticked for Irish basketball this summer but Friday’s loss to Iceland may have been the most important of them all, writes Emmet Ryan The Small Countries was important, it was the step back into international play, but the big factor always was coming home. As we cleaned up press row […]
LIVE: Ireland vs Iceland
It’s the first home international basketball game for Ireland since 2009 and it’s live and free right here, right now, on BiE. The Irish women’s team take on their counterparts from Iceland in the National Basketball Arena in Dublin. The full stream will be available to view afterwards if you miss it live, but do […]
LIVE: Ireland vs UNC Tar Heels
BallinEurope brings you live and free coverage of the Irish senior women’s team against the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. The Irish women head into this game on the back of a second place finish at the European Small Countries Championship, their first participation in international hoops this decade. The Heels come to Dublin […]
The Harlem Shake: Ladies show no resistance as Umbertide submits to viral craze
And now the ladies are getting into the act: Below runs the squad of Italy’s Liomatic Umbertide doing the dance craze that’s ubiquitous today, gone tomorrow. Or maybe not. Notable beyond the okay performance by the lionesses: Just check out the “description” field below this YouTube. “Recorded with Harlem Shake Creator HD for iPhone and […]
The EuroChallenge Championship Curse: What of Beşiktaş’ future?
In this second piece of a two-part series, sportswriter/commentator Uygar Karaca again considers the EuroChallenge Championship Curse, with special reference to this year’s champions, Beşiktaş; unfortunately for the Eagles, Karaca feels a distressing amount of déjà vu… In this article, I will try to answer the question as to whether Beşiktaş Milangaz fits into the […]
PAOK’s Joanna Barnes “frustrated”
Mark another player down as, shall we say, somewhat disillusioned with the European basketball experience … and this one’s coming from the ladies’ side. Joanna Barnes, currently playing with the PAOK Women’s team, blew off some steam in that favorite 21st-century virtual venting arena, Twitter. Tweeted Barnes this morning: A part of me wants to […]