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EuroBasket Women Diary Part 4

June 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · EuroBasket Women 2009, Euroleague Women, heinnews

 
Well, well, well. We have reached the 2009 EuroBasket Women quarter-finals here in Riga. And there are a couple of great match-ups. Before looking at the quarters, here’s a look back at the Qualification Round. 

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EuroBasket Women Diary Part 3

June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · EuroBasket Women 2009, Euroleague Women, FIBA basketball, heinnews

 
Two great players and one great team. 
Okay, maybe I should say two great players and two great teams. 
But that was the first day of Qualification Round games at the 2009 EuroBasket Women.

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Interview of the Week - June 11: Serbia and Spartak Moscow Region small forward Sonja Petrovic

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · EuroBasket Women 2009, Euroleague Women, Interviews/Interview of the Week, heinnews

 
heinnews’s David Hein this week is at the 2009 EuroBasket Women and had a chat with Serbian small forward Sonja Petrovic of three-time reigning EuroLeague Women champions Spartak Moscow Region. They met up twice in Riga, once before the tournament started and then after Serbia bowed out with three straight losses. They discussed Petrovic’s recovery [...]

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EuroBasket Women 2009 Diary Part 2

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · EuroBasket Women 2009, Euroleague Women, heinnews

 
Sorry about the delay in the second entry from Latvia. The Preliminary Round has ended and all the teams, media and organizers have moved from Valmiera and Liepaja to the Latvian capital. And a look back at the first round is probably the best way to start this entry.  

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Angels lose Adenhart in tragedy, Bynum returns, Germans strong in UEFA Cup

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · African basketball, College Football, Cycling, Euroleague - Eurocup, Euroleague Women, European domestic leagues, MLB, NBA, UEFA Cup, college basketball, heinnews

Major League Baseball lost a top notch young talent when Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident. Elsewhere, Andrew Bynum is back for the Los Angeles Lakers and two German clubs grabbed strong results in the first leg of the UEFA Cup.

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JR speaks … women’s basketball, Lakers and Cavs, Michael Phelps, and NBA question

February 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Euroleague Women, JR Holden, NBA, Olympics

I watched my first women’s basketball game this season on Saturday.  I only watched the second half but I watched CSKA play against Ekaterinburg.  They are two of the better teams in Europe and their both from Russia.  It was a good game for a half.  The half I didn’t see :-). 

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Celtics have plenty of time to find themselves

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments · College Football, Euroleague Women, Football - Soccer, MLB, NBA, NFL, heinnews

The Boston Celtics lost yet again but Beantown fans should not worry. In baseball, two 41-year-old pitchers close to signing new deals. And the college football champion will be determined on Thursday night.

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Celtics, Cavs defending way through NBA, CSKA lose at home

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Euroleague - Eurocup, Euroleague Women, JR Holden, NBA, Olympics, heinnews

There were some big basketball games yesterday to digest, and we’ll start with the Boston Celtics.

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Rickey Henderson starts road to Hall of Fame, CSKA Moscow back in EuroLeague

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Cycling, Euroleague Women, MLB, NBA, heinnews

Rickey Henderson officially started his quest for the Hall of Fame when Major League Baseball announced its list of 23 candidates to join the hallowed halls in Cooperstown.

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Popovic times only basket perfectly for Unics Kazan in Eurocup

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Euroleague - Eurocup, Euroleague Women, college basketball, heinnews

If there is ever a perfect time to make your only shot, then it is to drain a three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give your team a one-point victory on the road. Well, that was the case for Marko Popovic, whose triple handed Unics Kazan an 80-79 win at Lukoil Academic in an exciting [...]

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