Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: High-flying Hawks reach summit
NOT exactly sure which one but we're pretty sure one of us said "Illawarra in Five" and so it has proved for the 2025 NBL Championship, and co-host Joey Wright was there at The Sandpit for the Grand Final, which we thoroughly dissect in this week's Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast.
Lorraine Eiler Medal honours our original G.O.A.T.
SHE was the first Australian - male or female - to win a US college sports scholarship and instrumental in initiating basketball for women in the 1950s. And that is barely the tip of the iceberg of what the late great Basketball SA Hall of Fame Legend Lorraine Eiler achieved in an outstanding and unrivalled sporting career, her name now forever enshrined in our folklore.
NBL: It's just grand for high-flying Hawks
ILLAWARRA today fulfilled a destiny coach Justin Tatum presented as a blueprint in the preseason, when it beat perennial contender Melbourne 114-104 in Grand Final Game 5 of the NBL Championship in front of the biggest (and rowdiest) crowd seen at WIN Entertainment Centre, William "Davo" Hickey driving the club's historic second championship.
Brad&Boti: The NBL's two favourite words
IT'S 2-all for the NBL Championship and it all comes down now to a single Game 5 Grand Final between Illawarra and Melbourne in Wollongong on Sunday, as Brad Rosen and I go through it and also so much more on the newsfront in this week's Brad&Boti podcast.
NBL: Breakers have a Matt finish
TOOK a little longer than expected when we told readers here during Mody Maor's farewell season as head coach of New Zealand Breakers that the NBL club was in dire financial strife, despite predictable contrary remarks by former owner Matt Walsh, which a lazy NewsCorp seized on as gospel.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Can the Hawks claim NBL Title #2?
WHAT is going on in the NBL Final? Can Illawarra or Melbourne graft a home win at all? It's too late for United but on this week's Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast, Joey Wright and I examine what the Hawks must do to buck this unprecedented trend in Sunday's Game 5.
NBL: Hawks show heart to force Game 5
ALL season Illawarra's depth has been much vaunted but never was that more on show than tonight as it forced the NBL Championship Series into a deciding Grand Final Game 5 on Sunday, Will Hickey leading the Hawks to a gutsy, brave and ultimately soaring 80-71 Game 4 win in Melbourne.
NBL: Hawks given the White-out
JACK White early and Matthew Dellavedova late combined in Wollongong today to steal Grand Final Game 3 and take a firm grip on the NBL Championship Series for an always professional United unit, as Illawarra bungled and blew its opportunity after leading by as many as 10 in the final quarter, succumbing 77-83.
Brad&Boti: Big news week as Spirit clinch crown
WHAT a week this has been, fuelling our Brad&Boti podcast with so much ball for Brad Rosen and I to disseminate, starting with Bendigo winning its third WNBL championship, closing with Tyler Harvey's game-winner and with a ton of stuff in-between, including Adam Caporn's Boomers appointment!
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Who's winning the NBL, and much more
THIS week on our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast, 3-time NBL Coach of the Year Joey Wright and I dive deep into the Grand Final Series, analysing Game 1 and Game 2 of Melbourne-Illawarra and previewing what’s to come in Games 3 and 4 ... and 5?