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Clark Sees Mini-Resurgence in Spain

February 1, 2012

Great Britain forward Dan Clark has emerged from obscurity over the past two games for Spanish ACB side Estudiantes, scoring in double digits in both outings and seeing extended minutes for the first time since the start of the season. The 6’10″ big man had 14 points and 5 rebounds in 14 minutes against Lucentum [...]

Telegraph Examines Olympic ‘Plastic Brits’

January 14, 2012

The Telegraph’s Simon Hart published an extremely interesting article this week, asking whether the Olympic import of overseas athletes is good for British sport or if it could be stifling British talent. A survey of Britain’s Olympic governing bodies published recently revealed that approximately 50 of our 550 British athletes competing at the London 2012 [...]

Haris Memorial Tournament 2011 Lineup Announced

December 14, 2011

The 6th Annual Haris Charalambous Memorial Tournament will take place on the 27-29th December 2011, and will be headlined by the England Under-16 side as well as the Under-18 National sides of Luxembourg and Scotland. The tournament, which serves to remember and pay respects to the late Haris Charalambous (pictured, above), will take place at [...]

Win a Free Place at the Nigel Lloyd Shooting Clinic!

December 13, 2011

Our friends over at Milton Keynes Lions have given us a free place (worth £30) on BBL legend Nigel Lloyd’s shooting clinic to give away to one of our lucky readers! Lloyd is the all-time BBL leader in free throws made and second in all-time points scored as well as a Commonwealth Gold and Bronze [...]

NBA Champs 2011 Dallas Mavs DVD Giveaway!

December 9, 2011

As Christmas fast approaches, our friends over at Clearvision have got into the festive spirit and given us another 3 copies of this block-buster DVD to give away to our lucky readers. NBA Champions 2011 – Dallas Mavericks takes you back to the beginning of the ’10-’11 season and revisits the victories that earned them [...]

Hoopsfix 1 on 1: LeBron James

November 14, 2011

NBA superstar LeBron James needs no introducing. In London over the last few days, he paid a visit to the London School of Basketball on Sunday (13th November 2011) at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre where Hoopsfix was lucky enough to sit down with the man himself for a very quick 5 minutes to go [...]

ESPN UK Expands Coverage of Euroleague

November 2, 2011

ESPN UK have further expanded their coverage of Euroleague basketball for the 2011-12 season thanks to a new agreement between the two sides. ESPN UK, who have the exclusive rights to broadcast Euroleague games in the UK, first began their coverage with the 2010 Final Four, whilst last season expanded to the Top 16 and [...]

NBA 2K12 Competition Winners!

October 24, 2011

After a week of submissions and being overwhelmed by the number of entries (just under 250!), I am pleased to announce the winners of our NBA 2K12 giveaway! Hoopsfix was given 13 copies from 2K Sports to distribute (8 for Xbox and 5 for PS3) and the lucky winners selected today by a random number [...]

NBA Stars Coming to London?

October 21, 2011

Whilst the NBA Lockout continues with seemingly no resolve, it is being reported that the league’s top players are making plans for a two-week, six-game, four-continent blockbuster tour; including a stop in London. If the tour is to go ahead, it is rumoured that two games will be played in the capital in an arena [...]

England Basketball Launches IM Basketball Initiative

October 20, 2011

England Basketball launched their first initiative to combat falling participation rates as measured by the Active Peoples survey this week. IM Basketball is a free information product designed to increase levels of weekly, social, and informal participation in the sport by providing all the information and resources required for an individual to organise basketball games. [...]

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