2009 March

Entries from March 31st, 2009

heintube - March 31

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · college basketball, heinnews, heintube

With the NCAAs coming down to Final Four, here a couple of trips down memory lane.
1990 UNLV

Interview of the Week - March 26: German basketball national team coach Dirk Bauermann, Part 1

March 26th, 2009 · 11 Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, heinnews

heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with good friend Dirk Bauermann, Germany’s basketball national team coach. They discussed in a two-part interview his recent controversial comments regarding German players in the BBL, having one German on the court at all times, games in Germany without a single German playing and the German national team’s [...]

heintube - March 24

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments · NBA, college basketball, heinnews, heintube

Thirty years ago, the Michigan State Spartans beat the Indiana State Sycamores in the final of the 1979 NCAA tournament. Magic Johnson led Michigan State over Larry Bird’s Indiana State in the first of many battles.
heintube this week pays tribute to those two stars and their journey together

Interview of the Week - March 19: CSKA Moscow guard Trajan Langdon

March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Euroleague - Eurocup, Interviews/Interview of the Week, JR Holden, MLB, NBA, college basketball, heinnews

Once again heinnews columnist J.R. Holden switched from player and writer to interviewer and caught up with CSKA Moscow teammate Trajan Langdon. They talked about personal goals, the number 21, being humbled by playing professional baseball, Aaron McKie and Eddie Jones, playing at Duke and life after basketball.

JR speaks … the best time of the year for basketball and NCAAs

March 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Euroleague - Eurocup, JR Holden, NBA, college basketball

This is a great time for basketball. The NBA is coming down to the play-offs, teams fighting for seeding and home court advantage. The Euroleague is down to the last 8 teams. With so many teams evenly matched, it’s going to be an exciting play-off for the Euroleague. College basketball had its

heintube - March 17

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · College baseball, European Baseball, college basketball, heinnews, heintube

Another week of great sports action has passed. Here is this Tuesday’s sampling of what heinnews.com has been watching the past week - Syracuse vs Connecticut and Stephen Strasburg.
If you have any suggestions, please send them to us, using the contact page or heinnews@gmx.de
What can you say about Syracuse and Connecticut going six (!!!!!) overtimes?

Photo Caption Contest March 16 - 29, 2009

March 16th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Cycling, Photo Caption Contest, heinnews

Welcome to the eighth edition of the heinnews.com Photo Caption Contest!!!
This is your chance to win prizes. Just take a look at the picture and write a caption. If the bosses at heinnews.com like your caption the best, then you win.
Here is the picture:

Bauermann unleashes verbal attack on BBL, American players

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · European domestic leagues, FIBA basketball, German BBL, heinnews

German national team coach Dirk Bauermann has long been a staunch adversary of the German BBL league’s very lax regulations on foreigners. But the former nine-time German league title-winning coach unleashed one of his most intense attacks on the league, this time also addressing the Americans playing in the BBL.

Interview of the Week - March 12: Bayern Munich goalkeeper Jörg Butt

March 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Bundesliga, Champions League, Football - Soccer, Interviews/Interview of the Week, heinnews

heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up Jörg Butt, goalkeeper for German football/soccer club Bayern Munich. They discussed his playing for the first time for Bayern Munich in the Champions League, preparing as a backup, his struggles abroad with Benfica Lisbon and scoring penalty kicks.

Why the World Baseball Classic is great for baseball in Europe

March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · European Baseball, MLB, World Baseball Classic, heinnews

Talk about fun at the ole ballpark - what a start to the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Netherlands shocked the Dominican Republic - TWICE! Italy bounced Canada from the tournament. And Australia upset Mexico in Mexico City.

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