B&B: Kev on the Kings, Wildcats, Boomers and more
THE NBL Grand Final series heads into Game 3 tonight with the Kings leading the JackJumpers 2-0, an ideal time for Brad Rosen and I to snare Sydney assistant coach, championship-winner, dual league MVP and naturalised Boomers Olympian Kevin Lisch for our Brad&Boti podcast.
Bob's Corner: Griner being illegally detained in Russia
BOB'S CORNER: There's not a lot happening for WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, stuck in a Russian prison, but that is all about to change says our USA correspondent BOB CRAVEN. She now is on the US's official "wrongfully detained" list which means it is time to act, and the WNBA also is reminding the world of her plight.
WNBA Ready to Roll
From BOB CRAVEN in Seattle
THE WNBA tips off with a full weekend slate of games this week, our local Seattle Storm with high hopes (again) this year for winning the league title.
LJ is back! How Seattle sees it
OUR US correspondent Bob Craven has given us an extra article this week, taken from the Seattle Times where the local beat-writer for the WNBA's Seattle Storm, former home of Australia's greatest player Lauren Jackson, has written up the US viewpoint on the superstar's return to the basketball hardwood.
Bob's Corner: Nets cut down
BOB'S CORNER: THE NBA playoffs are in full swing but for one of the preseason championship favourites the Brooklyn Nets, it was a swing and a miss, bowing out in straight sets to Boston. US correspondent BOB CRAVEN brings us uptodate on what's been going down across the Pacific.
Bob's Corner: Maybe this old guy is the G.O.A.T.
BOB'S CORNER: TIME flies when you're having fun and for most of those in the First World, there is far more to enjoy than to endure. But time does not stand still, as US correspondent BOB CRAVEN points out with one of the greatest basketballers of all time recently celebrating a milestone birthday.
NIBT leaves its footprint on basketball calendar
TO claim Indigenous Basketball Australia's historic first National Indigenous Basketball Tournament - delayed a year because, in the words of coordinator Benny Mills, "COVID has a lot to answer for" - as a success would be to sorely underestimate its substantial significance and cultural relevance.
NIBT deserved far greater coverage
THE historic first National Indigenous Basketball Tournament, the brainchild of Australia's No.1 basketball player Patty Mills, has been taking place across Easter on the Gold Coast and it could not be a greater success. So where was the mainstream media coverage of this significant breakthrough event?
Bob's Corner: Foreigners now 'rule' the NBA
BOB'S CORNER: US correspondent BOB CRAVEN, reporting in for your Easter weekend read, reports that the "overseas invasion" of the NBA now has reached a pandemic state, with no American-born players even being mentioned among the top three contenders for the league's annual MVP award.
B&B: Blowing the whistle on Dream Team
BILL Mildenhall is one of Australian basketball's greatest referees and arguably the most respected in NBL history. He's done it all when it comes to officiating - including ref the Dream Team in Barcelona 1992 - so Brad Rosen and I were thrilled to get him revisiting Memory Lane for this Brad&Boti podcast.