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  • IVERSON TAKES TALENTS TO TURKEY

    Allen Iverson has, finally, agreed to a $4 million, two-year contract with the Turkish professional team Besiktas.

  • COMPETITION: WIN K1X T-SHIRTS

    Our friends at k1x have just brought out a sick new series of t-shirts, featuring a bunch of iconic ball players from yester-year. We’ve got...

  • DONEWALD BANNED AFTER CHINA BRAWL

    China’s coach Bob Donewald has been suspended indefinitely after a huge fight caused an early end to a so-called ‘friendly’ between China and Brazil. The...

  • MIAMI HEAT UP LATE TO DOWN CSKA

    Last week the reigning NBA champions, the L.A. Lakers, lost to FC Barcelona. The Miami Heat avoided a similar result as they defeated CSKA Moscow...

  • D-WILL BETTER THAN CP3

    Go to pretty much any playground or scrimmage and ask “who is the best point guard in the NBA?” and most will say Chris Paul....

  • BRAGGING RIGHTS BUT NO WORLD TITLE FOR BARCA

    The concept of a world club championship has floated around basketball for almost five decades. However, even with Europe’s champion overcoming the NBA’s best, a...

  • LOWER RINGS AND NEW KITS FOR WOMEN?

    FIBA bosses are considering lowering the height of the ring for women’s basketball – and giving players new uniforms. A good idea, or sexist?

  • USA ARE QUEENS OF THE WORLD

    The women of the United States of America emulated their male counterparts, lifting the FIBA World Championship with a 89-69 victory over the Czech Republic...

  • LAKERS EURO TRIP IS A WORTHY EXERCISE

    James Worthy still remembers well the last time the Los Angeles Lakers came to Europe. “We almost lost,” he laughs. The setting was Paris. The...

  • WOMEN’S BEST CZECH IN FOR WORLDS

    A lot of big names didn’t turn up when FIBA’s World Championship for Men began in Turkey last month, opting instead to get the rest...