Posts Filed Under: RUSSIAN/EUROLEAGUE
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A day at camp is a sweet reminder
posted on July 28, 2010 at 8:36pm
Sweet reminder
Today in camp we had a wrap session with the kids. We sit them down after lunch to discuss anything on their minds. They were allowed to ask us questions about basketball or anything else they wanted us to speak about. Today,...more
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On the run
posted on July 26, 2010 at 7:12pm
I just got back from one of my best runs yet. Since I do not play basketball year round, I enjoy keeping myself in shape with long runs and weight training. And with my long days at camp, coaching 15 nine-year-olds, I definitely feel the need to run off...more
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Storm guard Tanisha Wright clinches Polish title
posted on May 2, 2010 at 10:34am
Add another starter to the list of Storm players headed back to Seattle. SG Tanisha Wright helped her Lotos Gdynia team clinch the PLKK title, winning the best-of-five series 3-1. The capper was a close 60-58 win on Saturday.
Wright finished with 10 poin...more
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Laura Harper vs. Turkey
posted on April 25, 2010 at 10:37am
Recently, the arbitrator from FIBA - the governing body of international basketball - delivered a final judgment in a tribunal pitting Laura Harper against her Turkish club, Besitkas. Harper was a forward for Sacramento for the last two years and will b...more
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Spartak Moscow Region defend EuroLeague Women
posted on April 12, 2010 at 1:47pm
Spartak Moscow Region won a fourth consecutive EuroLeague Women crown on Sunday by beating Final Four hosts.
Diana Taurasi's great weekend continued, she followed up her 37-point tally against UMMC Ekaterinburg in the semi-final with a game-high ...more
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Spartak Moscow EuroLeague champions again, Taurasi MVP again
posted on April 12, 2010 at 1:08pm
With its star-studded cast led by Diana Taurasi, Spartak Moscow Region earned its fourth straight EuroLeague title over the weekend beating Spain’s Ros Casares 87-80. The Final Four featured big names on other teams like Cappie Pondexter, Candace Parke...more
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LFB2 26/2009 - Burgos 81, Arxil 64
posted on April 10, 2010 at 6:43pm
Burgos stays on top of the LFB2 - the Spanish League second division - with a 81-64 win. Burgos advances to 23-3 with Arxil falling to 5-21 and facing relegation even further below the LFB2.The box score is here.For Arxil, Alexandria Anderson scored 13 p...more
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LFB Semifinals 1/2009 - Perfumerias 65, Rivas Ecopolis 59
posted on April 10, 2010 at 6:42pm
In the opening game of the Spanish League semifinals - Ros Casares will have its hands full on Sunday playing Spartak Moscow in the Euroleague finals - Perfumieras gets the first win at home in Salamanca in a close 65-59 battle. The semifinals is a best-...more
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Diana Taurasi fires Spartak Moscow Region into Euroleague women final
posted on April 10, 2010 at 3:41pm
Diana Taurasi exploded on Friday night with the following numbers, 37 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists in 38 minutes of play for Spartak Moscow.Her performance helped Spartak Moscow to eliminate UMMC Ekaterinburg from the Euroleague competition (87-79).S...more
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1993 EuroLeague Women Final with Bridgette Gordon
posted on April 7, 2010 at 10:36pm
The NCAA final four has come and go, now it is time for the Euroleague women final four . In 1993 the final was hosted by Valencia, the same town hosting the 2010 final.
As part of the preparation for the event Luis Javier Benito decided to bring ...more
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Apr 6, Basketball news: Time to remember Laure Ecard
posted on April 6, 2010 at 7:34am
Two years ago the basketball news headlines in France was about a road accident on the A 8 motorway that resulted in the death of 15-year old Laure Ecard and in serious injuries to three of her team-mates.
Last year during a civic ceremony the town of Ni...more
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Apr 5, Poinonnet 2010: France U16 defend title
posted on April 5, 2010 at 10:40am
France beat Spain (43-35) in the final match of the tournament.
Poland beat Belgium in an exciting match game. Poland had the better start and led (18-9) after the first quarter.
The Players from Belgium did not give in and with five minutes left to pla...more
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This Week's Schedule: Euroleagues & Spanish Semi's
posted on April 4, 2010 at 5:20pm
There's a slight change in the Spanish women's semifinals: since the finals of Euroleague are this weekend, the Ros Casares-Zaragoza opening round game was booted to next Wednesday. Valencia will be hosting the Euroleague Final Four, so Ros Casares will...more
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LFB 26/2009 - Ros Casares 79, Estudiantes 58
posted on April 3, 2010 at 6:23pm
For Ros Casares, there was nothing to fight for. They had already sealed up first place in the regular season. However, for Estudiantes, it was a fight for their lives to stay in the upper league. They also needed Hondarribia to lose, but if Estudiante...more
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Apr 3, Poinonnet: Spain U16 beat Belgium U16
posted on April 3, 2010 at 3:13pm
Spain put together a 15-0 run to close the first period (28-13) and never looked back as they went on to win (87-51) with all 12 players scoring.
France beat Poland (62-45).
More details from these games and the rest of the other matches will be cov...more
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Galatasaray wins Turkish Cup with help of Leuchanka
posted on March 29, 2010 at 9:23am
Yelena Leuchanka and Sophia Young celebrate.I knew that the Turkish teams weren't playing in the regular season this week, but I didn't know why. Of course, in order to find out why you had to be able to do the kind of navigation of international basketb...more
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"And you thought WNBA Live Access was disappointing...."
posted on March 13, 2010 at 12:42pm
From the Spanish sports site enCancha.com:Feb.es. The website of the Spanish Federation continues to provide coverage for the day of very poor quality. In broadcasting, the actual quality of the image and position of the chambers are very poor in most gam...more
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TBBL 17/2009 - Fenerbahce 76, Galatasaray 62
posted on March 8, 2010 at 6:37pm
Galatasaray is definitely a good team - the problem is that Fenerbahce is a better one, the best team in Turkey. However, I don't think anyone expected the worst quarter that I've ever written about in international basketball - even at the mid-major lev...more
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ODU grad Triggs faces prosecution in Germany
posted on March 7, 2010 at 9:24am
Triggs has broken the noses of two players in the 2009-10 season.While the big news in women's basketball appears to be the suspension of Baylor's Brittney Griner for two games after she threw a punch at Texas Tech's Jordan Barncastle and broke her nose, ...more
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Lauren Jackson wins WNBL title; EuroLeague Final Four set
posted on March 6, 2010 at 2:50pm
Start your clocks on when Australian star Lauren Jackson will officially ink her two-year agreement with the Storm, the two-time MVP helped the Canberra Capitals win the WNBL title on Saturday. So, yes, her "overseas" season is complete and she can focus ...more
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Euroleague Semifinals Set
posted on March 4, 2010 at 7:08pm
The semifinals for Euroleague are set - and we are guaranteed to be writing about at least one Atlanta Dream player come finals time. What makes it truly crunch-time is that from now on...it's single-elimination. One chance, winner-take-all.The games ta...more
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