Storm legend Lauren Jackson an Olympic inspiration
BOB'S BONUS: Our Seattle-based (and therefore Storm-friendly) US correspondent BOB CRAVEN dropped us a piece from "The Seattle Times" by Chris Kudialis which appeared last week during the height of the Olympics in Paris about our GOAT, Lauren Jackson and which we reprint here.
BOB'S STORM FRONT: Games settle on Seattle stars
BOB'S STORM FRONT: Two Seattle Storm WNBA players and a former Storm legend will from tomorrow trade Seattle's yellow and green uniforms for the classic green and gold of the Australian women's national team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, reports our US correspondent BOB CRAVEN.
Patty Mills: Beyond Basketball - Updated, Upgraded, Out Now
Late run Boomers give USA a minor scare
IT REMAINS no less important today than it was yesterday to not get too carried away with Australia's 92-98 overnight loss to white-hot Olympic gold medal favourite USA in Abu Dhabi, although the work of Jock Landale and Jack McVeigh does warrant special mention.
Boomers face the latest US Redeem Team
IT WILL be difficult to resist reading too much into tonight's pre-Olympic warm-up clash between the Boomers and the USA in Abu Dhabi after the defending gold medal champions beat Canada 86-72 in an exhibition last week, the result a far cry from a Kevin Durant promise.
BOB'S BOOST: Matisse, Ezi need no defending
BOB'S BOOST: In reminding us that "defence wins games" our US correspondent BOB CRAVEN is actually somewhat despondent that great Aussie defenders Matisse Thybulle and Ezi Magbegor have been given short shrift lately in areas in which they excel.
Brad&Boti: Our Olympians, middling or medalling?
WE'RE back, former Kings NBL captain and Sydney multi-media maestro Brad Rosen and I are back with our Brad&Boti podcast talking Olympic Games and whether selectors had it right or wrong on their Boomers and Opals picks for Paris.
BOB'S CORNER: Seattle names its WNBA finest
BOB'S CORNER: This season is the 25th for the WNBA reports our man in the US, Bob Craven. The Seattle Times put together a Seattle Storm All-25th Anniversary team, which included several Aussies and other players who have played in Australia in the past for WNBL teams.
Celtics make it a record 18 championships
AS anticipated, the Boston Celtics once again are the champions of the NBA, their 106-88 win on Monday night over the Dallas Mavericks the 18th championship for the Celtics, the most for any NBA franchise, reports BOB CRAVEN from the US.
NBA: Dallas forces Celtics to win it at home
BOB'S CORNER: BEHIND 31 points from Jayson Tatum and a 30-8-8 line from Jalen Brown, the Boston Celtics held off a furious Dallas rally to take a 106-99 win in Dallas and a seemingly insurmountable 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals, reports BOB CRAVEN from the US. Of course, Game 4 was a new story.