Brief history of Olympic basketball

Basketball in the Olympics debuted during the Berlin games of 1936. Now in 2016, we are celebrating its 80th year in this much awaited...

Meir Tapiro: The life of a triple-double journeyman

Over the weekend, Meir Tapiro, a well known Israeli point guard decided to call it quits at the age of 41 after spending twenty-one of...

Spencer Haywood Has His Jersey Retired

DETROIT-- The University of Detroit-Mercy honored one of its greats recently as they raised #45, Spencer Haywood’s jersey to the rafters and retired his...

Real Madrid’s 1995 European triumph re-visited

Real Madrid have dubbed their ninth Euroleague success last night against Olympiacos La Novena but to read about the eighth European crown, you...

Why Christian Welp has the international edge on Dirk Nowitzki

When people think of German basketball, without question, the first thing that pops into their heads is Dirk Nowitzki, the leading international scorer in...

Remembering Greek basketball legend Roy Tarpley

Former Dallas Mavericks, Aris and Olympiacos player Roy Tarpley has passed away with the cause of his death unknown. He was 50. "The Dallas Mavericks...

Oldest basketball court discovered in Europe

Basketball was invented by a Canadian, the first basketball "game" was played in the U.S in 1891. And the sport has since grown into...

Drazen Petrovic: 20 years on

It was 20 years ago today that basketball lost one of the true greats. Drazen Petrovic is a name that basketball fans throughout the...

USA Dream Team: The documentary (full vid)

It was the greatest basketball team ever ... scrap that actually, it was the greatest team ever assembled in sports. They...

Lithuanian Basketball Celebrates 90-year anniversary (videos)

Kaunas Sports Hall hosted the celebration to commemorate the 90-year anniversary of Lithuanian basketball on Sunday. On that special evening, the arena was packed...

Price: It’s the taking part that counts.

At the 1948 Olympics, basketball returned for its second appearance as a medal event and it also reverted back to an indoor format following...

ESPN Once Brothers sneak preview (vids)

Watch a scene from ESPN much-awaited documentary "Once brothers" about the relationship between Vlade Divac and the late Drazen Petrovic, the war in Yugoslavia...

Petrovic and Divac re-united in “Once brothers” documentary (vid)

ESPN Films and NBA Entertainment (NBAE) have teamed up to take an in-depth look at the breakup of the once-powerful Yugoslavian Men’s ...

The 14 “Traitors” (*Updated*)

Ok, "Traitors" is a harsh word as we are talking about professional basketball players, but this is how players that change sides between the...

When AEK signed Sabonis (*Updated)

Tonight, we will be establishing a new category, the "History corner". Whatever interesting form the past we stumble upon we will share it with...

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