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U18 Euros at a Glance - German team, Musli

July 29th, 2009 · No Comments · FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, German BBL, NBA, Simon Wilkinson, heinnews

 
heinnews have extended their summer youth European basketball Championship coverage with Simon Wilkinson taking some time out from his coverage for fibaeurope.com to offer some insight into the U18 Euros tournament going on in Metz and Hagondange. This time out, Si looks at the German team as well as Serbian big man Dejan Musli.

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Simon says … NBA Playoffs – Conference Semi-finals Preview Pt. 3

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · NBA, Simon Wilkinson, heinnews

(1) Cleveland Cavaliers v (4) Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks’ celebrations after easily dispatching the Miami Heat in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first round series on Sunday must have been somewhat muted.
After all, with that win came the right, the honour even, of trying to find the answer to the biggest question in the [...]

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Simon says … NBA Playoffs – Conference Semi-finals Preview Pt. 2

May 5th, 2009 · No Comments · NBA, Simon Wilkinson, heinnews

EAST
(2) Boston Celtics v (3) Orlando Magic
Just 48 hours after concluding an epic opening round series against the Chicago Bulls, the Boston Celtics will face the Orlando Magic as they seek to extend their title defense.
The Celtics were pushed to the limit, needing seven games (and seven overtime periods over the course of the series, [...]

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Simon says … NBA Playoffs – Conference Semi-finals Preview Pt. 1

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · NBA, Simon Wilkinson, heinnews

(2) Denver Nuggets v (6) Dallas Mavericks
This should be an entertaining series for any fan of the ‘old guard’.
With the San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Hornets and Utah Jazz all bowing out in the first round, we won’t get to see young star point guards Tony Parker, Chris Paul and Deron Williams battle it out [...]

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Simon Says … NBA Playoffs Preview Part 2

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments · NBA, Simon Wilkinson, heinnews

The playoffs are now upon us. Here’s a look at the first round match-ups. Here are now a look at the matchups which start on Sunday.

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Simon Says … NBA Playoffs Preview Part 1

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments · NBA, Simon Wilkinson, heinnews

The playoffs are now upon us. Without Kevin Garnett, experts say it makes the outcome a lot more predictable (Cavaliers v Lakers in the finals). Still, let’s not get carried away and look too far ahead! Here’s a look at the first round match-ups. This is a breakdown of the series which start on Saturday.

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Simon says: Irish golf enjoying its most memorable season

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Golf, Simon Wilkinson

Padraig Harrington has been getting all the accolades – and rightly so – for winning two Majors in 2008, but he isn’t the sole reason why Irish golf has had its most memorable season.

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Simon says: Celtics still need Posey replacement

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · NBA, Simon Wilkinson

The Boston Celtics open their title defense tonight (Tuesday) against the Cleveland Cavaliers as favourites to come out of the Eastern Conference once again next spring in a bid to repeat.

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