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Green reign continues: Panathinaikos tops Olympiacos in OT to take ninth straight Greek title
Panathinaikos defeated rivals Olympiacos last night, 101-94 in overtime, to close out the pro basketball season in Greece and take its ninth straight EΣAKE title and 12th in 13 seasons. The win also marked the incredible 11th Greek league championship for coach Zeljko Obradovic, whose incredible CV also includes eight Euroleague titles, six Greek Cups, […]
From Zen Master to Euroleague Master in Los Angeles?
Whoa, well now. Los Angeles Lakers fans knew that life would be bizarre in the post-Phil Jackson world, but so immediately? And involving Ettore Messina, for Naismith’s sake? HoopsWorld reported last night (this morning by CET standards) that the four-time Euroleague champion coach might be coming aboard to serve under intriguing non-Kobe approved incumbent Mike […]
New Zealand’s Abercrombie says “no” to Europe, Penney “maybe”
Even Down Under they’re talking about European ball and the NBA lockout. New Zealand Breakers CEO Richard Clarke today (or yesterday Antipodean Standard Time perhaps…) announced a couple of Euro-tinted roster moves by his defending Australian National Basketball League champs. According to New Zealand-based The Press, national team member Thomas Abercrombie will eschew playing in […]
Olympiacos vs. Panathinaikos: History on the Reds’ side?
In Greece, it will indeed be Olympiacos versus Panathinaikos playing for the championship for their sixth season in a row. Despite the disappointment Reds fans have suffered in recent history – as eight-time consecutive champs, the Greens have knocked off their rivals in the last seven Greek finals meetings going back to 1999 – Sport.gr […]
Believe the hype: Playoff action in Spain, Lithuania, Romania, Germany
Sorry, the N-B-what? While Euroball fans can certainly take pride in the outstanding number of Continental players still competing in the big league overseas – a list that includes Team Turkey’s Omer Asik, Team France’s Joakim Noah, Team Britain’s Luol Deng, Zydrunas Ilgauskas of Lithuania, Team Switzerland’s Thabo Sefolosha, French sophomore Rodrigue Beaubois (sort of; […]
Free Enes (video)! Footage of Kanter in high school
While we in Europe have certainly not forgotten Turkish wunderkind Enes Kanter, he may have left the consciousness of many American hoops fans after having to sit out an entire 2010-11 season for which he was supposed to have played at the University of Kentucky. Neverthless, he’s still held in high esteem by those in […]
Instant history: YouTubing Panathinaikos' Euroleague championship
Big congratulations go out from BallinEurope to Panathinaikos, 2010-11 Euroleague champions. So now, it’s time for BiE’s version of “We Are the Champions,” that obligatory anthem to European champions in all sports, in order to celebrate Panathinaikos’ championship; that’s right: YouTube videos! Click below the break to see the fun and frivolity of the Greens […]
Pargo-ing into orbit: Jeremy slams home *the* Euroleague Final Four dunk
Attention, dunkaholics! You should – nay, you must – check out the video below the break for what could well have been the play of the night in more ways than one. For Maccabi Tel Aviv against Real Madrid in the Euroleague Final Four did Jeremy Pargo achieve flight, taking off in his fearless style […]
“We are the best team in Europe”: Euroleague Final Four sound bites
The Euroleague officially opened the festivities for the 2011 Final Four yesterday with a squall of press conferences, publicity and media events – but BiE will give you the short version, as presented in video form by the big league itself.
Greek sports media pines for 2009, Panathinaikos' return as champions
BallinEurope isn’t the only one flashing back in the leadup to the Euroleague Final Four tournament starting on Friday: Sport.gr is also getting nostalgic, but for a slightly more recent past, namely 2009 and Panathinaikos’ 73-71 championship game victory over CSKA Moscow. See the heavily-weighted pro-PAO video here. (For slightly more balanced highlight clip, see […]
Krka Novo Mesto wins Eurochallenge over Lokomotiv Kuban; Oostende third
Congratulations from BallinEurope go out this morning to Krka Novo Mesto, who topped Lokomotiv Kuban 83-77 to take the 2011 FIBA EuroChallenge title in Belgium; in the third-place game, hosts Oostende snuck past Spartak St. Petersburg, 94-92, in overtime.
Saturday night live: Charity pop concert to run during Euroleague Final Four
“Going global takes on special meaning at the upcoming Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four 2011,” reads the PR material and hoo boy do they mean it. Just in case you’re in Barcelona for the tournament and just have a hankering for Spanish pop music, be sure to check out the “Euroleague for Africa 40 Pop […]