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LANCE GETS LYRICAL
By Greg Tanner on September 23, 2014
Lance Stephenson is jumping on the Bobby Shmurda hype with his own version of “Hot N****”
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Leicester Riders Beat EuroChallenge Side in Pre-Season Tournament
By Bradley Gains on September 22, 2014
Leicester Riders rounded off their inaugural invitational pre-season tournament on Sunday with a 103-95 overtime victory over EuroChallenge side Okapi Aalstar at Loughborough University. The...
NBA 2K Introduce New Face Scanning with James Harden Beard Guru Ad
By Bradley Gains on September 22, 2014
NBA 2K have introduced new facial scanning technology for the soon-to-be released ‘NBA2K15’ and did so with another hilarious advert featuring James Harden’s beard. The...
Nike Reveal New LEBRON 12s
By Bradley Gains on September 20, 2014
Nike Basketball have revealed their latest shoe innovation with the introduction of the new LEBRON 12 ahead of next month’s release. ‘Accelerated explosiveness’ is engineered...
Basketball England Reveal New Horizons U17 List
By Bradley Gains on September 19, 2014
Basketball England have revealed the preliminary list of names set to feature in the ‘New Horizons’ under-17 programme for the upcoming year. The Regional Development...
Initial England U18 Squad Announced
By Bradley Gains on September 19, 2014
Basketball England have announced an initial 34-man squad for the under-18’s age group for the upcoming year. The 1997-born generation will most likely be led...
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Nhamo Shire – CEO of Reach & Teach – Hoopsfix Podcast Ep. 7
By Sam Neter on September 19, 2014
While in St Kitts & Nevis this week with Midnight Madness, I took the opportunity to sit down with its founder and CEO, Nhamo Shire....
POP FEARS FOR NEXT SEASON
By Greg Tanner on September 19, 2014
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has expressed concern about his players’ psychology, as they attempt toÂ repeat as NBA champs.
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Midnight Madness Travel Team in St Kitts & Nevis – Diary
By Sam Neter on September 19, 2014
Midway through the summer, Nhamo Shire, the founder of Reach & Teach/Midnight Madness hit me up and said he was working on something big; he...
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FIBA Chief Hits Out at British Basketball Funding Cuts
By Bradley Gains on September 19, 2014
FIBA General Secretary, Patrick Baumann has described UK Sport’s decision to withdraw all funding from British Basketball as ‘plainly wrong’, via insidethegames. Baumann believes that...
NIKE WORLD BASKETBALL FESTIVAL RECAP
By Greg Tanner on September 18, 2014
The 2014 Basketball World Cup wasn’t the only big bball event going down in Spain this month. Nike jumped on the hoops hype to host...
Gareth Murray Stays in the BBL, Re-joins Cheshire
By Bradley Gains on September 18, 2014
Great Britain Senior Men’s Gareth Murray has joined Cheshire Phoenix for the coming season having previously played for the BBL side in 2010-11. Murray had...
STARKS SPEAKS ON BIGGIE LYRIC
By Greg Tanner on September 18, 2014
Former Knicks guard, John Starks, has suggested that a controversial Notorious B.I.G. lyric, long-associated with him, did have some truth to it.
MAJOR INJURY FOR PHOENIX
By Greg Tanner on September 18, 2014
Cheshire Phoenix signing Renaldo Major will not be able to join up with the team for the foreseeable future after a foot injury ruled him...