FIBA (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
LONDON (EuroBasket Qualifying) - Great Britain suffered a painful defeat in their EuroBasket 2009 qualifying opener in Israel in midweek but the setback has not dampened the enthusiasm of the national team heading into Saturday’s home game against the Czech Republic. The Brits, looking to prove they belong among the top teams in Europe, lost 102-92 ...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
TEL AVIV (EuroBasket Qualifying) - Luol Deng had a huge night for Great Britain but his team suffered an agonising 102-92 defeat at Israel in their opening EuroBasket 2009 qualifying clash. Britain, who only secured Deng's NBA release on Saturday after being forced to spend a substantial sum on his insurance, got a game-high 30 points from their Chicago ...
The Wages of Wins Journal (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Under Isiah Thomas the New York Knicks consistently ranked among the league leaders in payroll. And the Knicks also consistently ranked among the league leaders in losses. In fact, only the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Bobcats lost more games since the start of the 2004-05 season (the first full year Isiah Thomas was in New [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
DALLAS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In less than 13 days, Dallas-based Elevate Your Game, Inc. (EYG) will host one of the most prestigious basketball camps in the country. The clinic is generating lots of buzz in hoops circles attracting coaches from as far as Florida and Colorado. Camp instructors include Bill Self, Head Coach of the 2008 NCAA National Champion Kansas Jayhawks; John Calipari Head Coach...
NBA.com: Bobcats News (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
The Chicago Bulls have announced its television broadcast schedule for the 2008.09 season. Once again, Comcast SportsNet, WGN-TV and WCIU-TV will handle the local television duties.
SLAM Online (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
by Marcel Mutoni This summer, Ben Gordon has made it abundantly clear that he has no intention of donning a Chicago Bulls uniform again. He wants so badly to get away from the Bulls, that he’s reportedly willing to play in Russia next season. A Greek website is reporting that Gordon is mulling over a one-year deal - somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 million Euros - from Russian hoops powerhouse CSKA...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
EVERTON Tigers coach Tony Garbelotto believes basketball is ready to take centre stage in Britain.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Luol Deng, Dzaflo Larkai and Richard Midgley are all expected to play in Great Britain's EuroBasket 2009 qualifier against Israel
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Luol Deng will play in Great Britain's European Championship qualifying games after the national association bumped up the insurance to cover his lucrative NBA contract.
dapx (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Chicago Bulls superstar Luol Deng holds the key to the future of basketball in Britain. The sport is fractured and in disarray, but good results over the next month could unlock a golden age
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
The Chicago Bulls have released Britain's star basketball player Luol Deng for the European Championship qualifier against Israel
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Great Britain picked up a confidence boosting 100-98 basketball win over Bosnia in the Efes Pilsen Cup in Turkey, just two weeks before the sides' Eurobasket qualifier.
The Wages of Wins Journal (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Wins Produced was developed as a method to assign the credit (and blame) for what we see at the team level in basketball to the individual players (such a method is important for some research in sports and economics). We know how much a team has won. What we want to know is which players [...]
MooreThoughts (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Brooks and Dunn? Out of all the half-brained leftist entertainers’ songs to use, he picks Republicans. Heh. Fireworks? What’s next, We Will Rock You? Maybe the 1991 Chicago Bulls intro routine? Then again, The Imperial March might be most appropriate… And the backdrop really does look like the Oval Office. Sheesh.
YanksBlog.com (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports that the Yankees have promoted pitcher Alfredo Aceves from Triple-A. He becomes the first Yankee to wear the number 91. Why? "When I was in high school, I used to watch basketball and the Chicago Bulls," Aceves sai...
