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YouTubing: Petrovic vs. Schmidt; ESPN’s homage
Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog —
All-time great Team USA killer Oscar Schmidt was recently honored with Brazil’s “Ordem de Rio Branco” award, a medal bestowed upon those citizens of Brazil who “distinguish themselves as national heroes.”
In writing up a story on Schmidt for – shameless plug alert – SummerOlympian.com, I came across this neat highlight clip of the 1989 European Cup final in which Real Madrid’s Drazen Petrovic and Schmidt with Snaidero Caserta accounted for a ridiculous 106 points in an overtime thriller. (Incidentally, if you think “writing up a story” is a weak euphemism for “spending too much time watching YouTube videos,” i’d, uh, deny it profusely.) ...
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Blogging through the Euroleague Final Four (Part Two) — Draft Express
This year’s Euroleague season is officially in the books, after CSKA Moscow knocked off Maccabi Tel Aviv 91-77. Trajan Langdon was the game's MVP. The Euroleague might not have been more than a blip on the city of Madrid’s radar, judging by the sights and scenes found outside the arena (except one Maccabi Tel Aviv pep rally in Puerta del Sol last night) , aided greatly by the fact that ...
Euroleague champ 2008: CSKA Moscow — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Not that of a surprise is it? The final match up was a surprise since in the beginning everybody thought it would be Panathinaikos and CSKA. Even though the final outcome was expected for Moscow to win it - they still had to get there and live up to the hype - Panathinaikos did not - CSKA did - kind of the mentality that Messina brings with him.
Just for the record: 77-91 and Trajan ...
Euroleague Final Four: Interviews after the Final — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
CSKA Moscow conquered back the Euroleague title this weekend in Madrid. After the announcing of Ettore Messina’s new contract, the Russian team won a game that was fantastic in the first half and then quite clear in the second.
Matjaz Smodis
Will Bynum
Euroleague Final Four - 3rd Place: Siena — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
THe meaning of the game was probably very little, but the players still showed great basketball and sent the game even into overtime. In the end though, Siena won the game 97-93, which they also really deserved. Here are some pictures form the game. [Show as slideshow]
Madrid as a basketball tourist — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Finally I found a few hours to enjoy Madrid. So far I have only been running around between gyms, metro stations and restaurants. I have been to a lot of cities in Europe in the past 3 months but Madrid is by far the best city when it comes to “city life”. Last night, when we were on our way to the Euroleague Gala (thanks for the invitation - it was a great show) I saw streets ...
Euroleague Final Four: the Gala — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Yesterday evening, the Euroleague held their traditional Gala in the Teatro Centro Price in the heart of Madrid. This was the occasion to honor some people and also to have a drink and some chats with the Euroleague people, from on and off the court.
First of all, this event was also the moment to declare the season MVP as well as the all-Euroleague teams. When the first decision was not ...
Euroleague Final Four Final LIVE — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Starting at 5.30pm, BallinEurope will bring you the atmosphere and everything else around the game for 3rd place between Siena and Tau as well as the grande finale between CSKA and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Until then we will be running around in Madrid, Christophe will follow the Nike international Junior tournament and we will try to meet with some people.
Another crazy Euroleague day is about ...
Euroleague in Sacramento? — Sactown Royalty
Ian Whittell, whose coverage I look forward to every May now, reports on ESPN.com that the Euroleague will send three teams to the West Coast during the NBA preseason for a spate of exhibitions.
CSKA Moscow, who are seeking their second European title in three years in Madrid this weekend, are joining FC Barcelona and one other Euroleague team in a series of exhibition games on the ...
Euroleague Final Four 2009: Berlin, Germany! — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
As I am sitting here with Christophe at the Nike International Junior Tournament, we found out that the Euroleague Final Four will be in … BERLIN !
A great basketball city like Berlin gets an event like that! Since we all know that Germany isn’t the best basketball country in Europe is it pretty weird at first why the Euroleague chose this location for next year. It is not that ...
Euroleague Final Four pictures: CSKA vs. Tau Ceramica — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
As I was able to walk around in the arena before the CSKA-Tau game, I took these shots - make sure you check out the sexy Russian girls that where all over the place! [Show as slideshow]
Euroleague Final Four: TAU Ceraminca - CSKA Moscow (interviews) — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Some after game interviews from the second semifinal can be found here.
Theodoros Papaloukas
Ettore Messina
Euroleague Final Four: Maccabi vs. Siena (interviews) — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Here are the first interviews with Maccabi Tel Aviv players after their semi-final win against Montepaschi Siena. The Italians were, of course, not that happy to stay in the mixed zone.
Alex Garcia
Derrick Sharp
Will Bynum
Euroleague Final Four: Live Blog (the semis) — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Here is the Live Blog about the Euroleague Final Four live from Madrid. Join us and enjoy with us the biggest event in European basketball.
Euroleague Final Four: the arrival — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
So finally, I am in Madrid. I came in this morning with a flight from Italy with approximately 3 Siena fans. So the fan support for Mens Sana is not huge. The guys told me that they will be about 600 tonight in the arena. I directly went to the Magarinos Arena to check a few Youth games before heading to the hotel.
The Nike International Junior Tournament is the must-be for every NBA ...
Euroleague final four: euroleague.net brings it’s A-game — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
To be honest - euroleague.net has been a place where I would not spend too much time unless I really know what I am looking for. This morning everything changed and that’s why I will do a few short euroleague.net cigarettes:
Pictures of CSKA , TAU , Maccabi and Siena arriving in Madrid. The official web site of CSKA also posted some pictures, including this one of Ettore Messina ...
Euroleague Final Four: My first time - Athens 2007 — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Thanks to FIBA.com I was able to go to the Euroleague final four 2007 in Athens. Actually this was probably the start for my “Euroleague career”. Four months later I got in contact with Christophe and Julien, to start BallinEurope and now it is almost like a normal job to work on BallinEurope.
I guess I was lucky to be at a final four in Greece, where eventually the home team, ...
Euroleague Final Four: the real player blog — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
You may already have passed through the different Final Four Player blogs that are online on the official website of the Euroleague. I am not the biggest fan of these literary pieces which sound more like the team’s PR officers imagining themselves as professional sportsmen instead of being written by the players themselves. That’s why [...]
Euroleague Final Four: How to place your bets — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
I am sure you would want to know where to place your money for the Euroleague final four. Should you go with CSKA to be on the save side or do you want to take the risk by going with Siena? By the way, is it a risk to go with Siena who plays probably [...]
Euroleague Final Four: Top 10 EL.TV bloopers — Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Everybody knows the NBA Bloopers Top 10’s. While I am waiting for the Euroleague Bloopers of the season, I already collected the Euroleague TV commentator Top 10. And this comes pretty close to the NBA blooper series.
10. Maybe not a real blooper but a commentator saying the following: And Reyes misses the first (free throw) [...]
Euroleague Celebrates Club Basketball: 50 Greatest Contributors — NBA.com: News
On EUROLEAGUE.NET, "one of the highlights not only of the 2008 Euroleague Basketball Final Four, but perhaps in the history of European basketball took place on Friday evening at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace between the two semifinal games as ...
On EUROLEAGUE.NET, "one of the highlights not only of the 2008 Euroleague Basketball Final Four, but perhaps in the history of European basketball took place on Friday evening at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace between the two semifinal games as ...
Italian team takes consolation in Euroleague finals — ESPN.com - NBA
Italy's Montepaschi Siena took third place in the Euroleague Final Four with a 97-93 overtime victory against local side Tau Ceramica on Sunday.
Italy's Montepaschi Siena took third place in the Euroleague Final Four with a 97-93 overtime victory against local side Tau Ceramica on Sunday.
