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FIBA Men’s U19 Worlds advance to next round
The FIBA Men’s U19 World Championships finished the Preliminary Round on Saturday in Prague, Czech Republic, setting up the 12 clubs that will move on to the Eight-Final Round. In the Preliminary Rounds, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams and played each other once. With those results the 12 that…
Read MoreEuroleague: Georgios Bartzokas named top coach
In a vote of the Euroleague coaches, Georgios Bartzokas of Olympiacos Piraeus was awarded the 2012-13 Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy as the Euroleague’s coach of the year. Georgios Bartzokas – Euroleague Bio Bartzokas became a coach after a playing career cut short by injuries. He joined Maroussi’s youth teams in the mid-1970s and debuted in the…
Read MoreEuroleague: 2013-14 Proposed team list released
The Euroleague Commercial Assets Executive Board received the list of 31 teams that have been proposed to participate
Read MoreTurkey takes 2013 Mediterranean Games Gold
The host country Turkey earned themselves 2013 Mediterranean Games Gold medals on the hardwood on Tuesday with a 17-point win over Serbia, 79:62. Turkey went undefeated in the competition with their closest contest coming in the Semi-Finals over Tunisia in an eight-point contest, 77:69, that was just had Turkey up by just two points going…
Read More2013 Mediterranean Games moves to semis
The 2013 Mediterranean Games got underway on Tuesday in Mersin, Turkey, with over 3,000 athletes from 24 countries competing in 27 sports. In Servet Tazegül Sports Hall, the basketball competition tipped off on Tuesday with seven National Teams competing in two groups. In Group A – Turkey, FYR Macedonia, Egypt, and Algeria were scheduled to…
Read MoreNBA: Heat takes Game 7; James named MVP
Throughout the NBA Finals the first six games were dictated by scoring runs and who put out the last, or biggest. As Game 7 unfolded you couldn’t help but wonder which club was going to burst out and drop 10 or 15, then wait for the other to duplicate, or not. Other than the first…
Read MoreNBA: Heat come from behind, force Game 7
The San Antonio Spurs held a five-point lead with just under 30 seconds in Game 6 of the NBA Finals Tuesday night, only to let it slip away when Ray Allen drained a three-ball from the right corner to knot the score at 95. Tony Parker had 5.2 seconds to pull off the win, but…
Read MoreSerieA: Siena takes Game 4, 81:71, goes up 3-1
Montepaschi Siena took a commanding 3-1 series lead of the Italian SerieA Finals with an 81:71 victory over Acea Roma in Montepaschi. Daniel Hackett led the way for Siena with 16 points, while David Moss added 15 and Bobby Brown dropped in 14. Luigi Datome paced Roma with 17, Gani Lawal scored 16, and Jordan…
Read MoreNBA: Spurs roll to G5 win, shooting record falls
The San Antonio Spurs used the final contest on their home court to put themselves one game from the Larry O’Brien Trophy with a 114:104 win over the Miami Heat to take a 3-2 advantage to Miami for Game 6 and if necessary, Game 7. Tony Parker knocked down 26 for the Spurs, and Danny…
Read MoreTBL: Galatasaray wins championship at home
The 2012-13 Turkish Basketball League (TBL) champions were crowned on Saturday night after Galatasaray Medical Park defeated Banvit, 76:58, in Istanbul. This marks the first TBL title that Galatasaray has won since 1990 and with the Galatasaray Football club’s recent championship, it’s the first time in 44 years that both teams have won a title.…
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