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Victor Wembanyama scouting report: What the San Antonio Spurs are getting
1 year, 7 months ago

Victor Wembanyama scouting report: What the San Antonio Spurs are getting

New York Times  

Here’s everything you need to know about Victor Wembanyama, the 19-year-old French phenom expected to go No. Then he quickly emerged as a first-team player for Nanterre in 2020-21, starting 10 games in the French League and winning the Pro A league’s Best Shot Blocker award as well as its Rising Star award. He won the French League Best Young …

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How Brionna Jones and Alyssa Thomas remained teammates … in college, the WNBA and Prague
1 year, 11 months ago

How Brionna Jones and Alyssa Thomas remained teammates … in college, the WNBA and Prague

New York Times  

In No Offseason, The Athletic follows the paths of women’s basketball players after their WNBA seasons’ end and their travels begin. PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Brionna Jones pushes a referee’s opening tip to Alyssa Thomas, who corrals the pass, scoots around a defender and finishes an uncontested layup. “With coming off the bench, we didn’t get a lot of time …

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Why some WNBA players are electing against international play this offseason: ‘Sometimes it’s just not worth it’
2 years, 1 month ago

Why some WNBA players are electing against international play this offseason: ‘Sometimes it’s just not worth it’

New York Times  

In No Offseason, The Athletic follows the paths of women’s basketball players after their WNBA seasons’ end and their travels begin. She played in 30 games in her first WNBA season, then did what most women’s basketball players in her situation do and crossed the Atlantic Ocean for her third season in a calendar year. It’s also no secret the …

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Saudi-led golf tour is not first time sport stars have defected
2 years, 6 months ago

Saudi-led golf tour is not first time sport stars have defected

Daily Mail  

The outrage at the start of the Saudi-backed rebel golf tour has conjured up familiar emotions for fans across a range of sports. Phil Mickelson has come under fire having signed up for Saudi-backed LIV rebel golf series Football fans prevented the European Super League breakaway amid fierce protests in 2021 There are also emotions around the breakaways that didn't …

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NBA begins negotiations with FIBA, EuroLeague about unifying basketball in Europe
3 years, 2 months ago

NBA begins negotiations with FIBA, EuroLeague about unifying basketball in Europe

Firstpost  

The organisation of basketball in Europe fractured in 2000 amid arguments over TV rights. Paris: The National Basketball Association said Friday that it had begun negotiations with world basketball body FIBA and the EuroLeague about unifying the game in Europe. The EuroLeague, the competition which features the continent’s best clubs, however strenuously denied a report in Spanish sports newspaper Marca …

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Coronavirus: What sporting events are affected by the pandemic?
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: What sporting events are affected by the pandemic?

Al Jazeera  

As the virus spreads across the globe, sports bodies are cancelling or postponing events. The World Athletics Championships scheduled to take place in Oregon in August 2021 have been pushed back to July 2022 to avoid clashing with the rescheduled Olympic Games, the sport’s governing body said on April 8. The Dutch Grand Prix will have to wait one more …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: EuroLeague cancels remainder of season without winners' trophy being awarded
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: EuroLeague cancels remainder of season without winners' trophy being awarded

Firstpost  

The EuroLeague, which is composed of 18 teams across 10 European nations, had been suspended since 12 March. League officials said they “explored every possible option” in trying to find a way to resume the season. Europe’s top basketball league cancelled the remainder of its season Monday because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying health concerns had to be paramount despite …

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Coronavirus: EuroLeague season cancelled, no 2019-20 champion
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: EuroLeague season cancelled, no 2019-20 champion

The Hindu  

Basketball's EuroLeague season has been abandoned and there will be no 2019-20 champions, it was announced on Monday. Anadolu Efes Istanbul sat top of the standings, ahead of Real Madrid and Barcelona, with CSKA Moscow fourth and Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv in fifth place. However, the EuroLeague Commercial Assets executive board declared the season over, announcing the 2020-21 EuroLeague will …

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WHO praises China for ‘openness’ on coronavirus: Live updates
4 years, 7 months ago

WHO praises China for ‘openness’ on coronavirus: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

UN agency says it’s ‘pleased to hear a very consistent message from China’ as US and others pile on criticism. Here’s a quick summary of the latest developments until 13:00 GMT: Coronavirus cases in Russia have climbed to 353,427, with 8,946 new infections in the past 24 hours Japan has lifted a nationwide state of emergency The death toll from …

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Hollinger’s NBA Draft Top 20 (plus sleepers): The guys I’d be willing to bet on
4 years, 7 months ago

Hollinger’s NBA Draft Top 20 (plus sleepers): The guys I’d be willing to bet on

New York Times  

That was always my goal when I worked in the Memphis front office – to narrow the draft down to the 20 players I thought could stick as rotation players in the league. Hayes is still very young — like Ball and Edwards, he won’t turn 19 until this summer — and had a good season in a decent league. …

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Euroleague condemns criminal attack on taxi carrying referees
4 years, 10 months ago

Euroleague condemns criminal attack on taxi carrying referees

The Hindu  

Euroleague Basketball has strongly condemned a "cowardly, criminal attack" in Athens on a taxi carrying referees who took charge of the game between Panathinaikos and Barcelona. "Following the conclusion of the Panathinaikos OPAP Athens-FC Barcelona game in Round 25 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season in Athens, Greece, two individuals performed a cowardly, criminal attack, smashing a window of …

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