Hoops diplomacy, Euro style (Feature)
THE TOUR: Sarunas, Dirk, Giannis, Luka—Europe has supplied some of the NBA’s biggest names for a generation now. But the man who helped make the Euro Invasion possible is all but forgotten: Jim McGregor, the entrepreneurial American coach who brought basketball across the Atlantic 50 years ago.
Mitch's 'pleasure and pain' on NBA quest
MITCH Creek turns 27 today, continuing a basketball journey which started in Horsham, Victoria and which has made him Australia’s most recent NBA player. Today he talks about that journey, the highs, the lows, anxieties, excitement, loneliness and the sheer joy of it all.
Lillard silences Thunder
SPOILER Alert! Marvel's eagerly awaited Avengers Endgame opens in cinemas around Australia today but it was Damian Lillard, not Thanos, silencing the Thunder.
Sweet revenge for NBA Aussies
BEN Simmons had, if not the "last" laugh, certainly a loud guffaw, Andrew Bogut confirmed Steve Kerr is a good judge and Patty Mills did what was necessary as their teams all took series leads in the NBA Playoffs today.
Creek returns to Adelaide
ONCE the face of the Adelaide 36ers with his famous #55 projected to join other retired numbers in the NBL club's rafters, Mitch Creek will return to the city of churches next week for a one-off special event.
Aussies in NBA playoffs limbo
AUSTRALIA may have a"Magnificent 7" competing in the NBA Playoffs this season but none of their teams are in super shape as the first few days of the post-season have unfolded.
Smith a name to remember
ALANNA Smith is on the threshold of becoming Australian women’s basketball’s biggest international name, and Ezi Magbegor isn’t far behind, the dynamic duo today taken in the first round of the WNBA draft.
Creek again the lone wolf
WITH six points today, Mitch Creek created his own piece of NBA history as the highest scoring Aussie playing in his debut for Minnesota Timberwolves.
Taking sports passion to another level
TAKING on the challenge of a documentary making the collecting of sports cards interesting, let alone entertaining, had to knock award-winning filmmaker Lennon Cooper for a coop-de-loop.
Isaac our lucky 13th
ISAAC Humphries' NBA elevation today with his signing by the Atlanta Hawks has made him Australia's record-smashing 13th local player to crack the big time this season.