After making six Final Four trips in the last decade, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv aims to get back to its second home in the Euroleague this season. Maccabi has lifted two Euroleague titles and added two other final appearances since 2004, but the fact that Maccabi failed to win the [...]
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Drew Nicholas, guard with the Greek basketball club and freshly-crowned Euroleague champions Panathinaikos. They discussed an all-Greek Euroleague semifinal, making NCAA and Euroleague history, the decisions made by Brandon Jennings, Josh Childress and Jeremy Tyler, and winning the Euroleague title.
The Top16 draw is the most important day of the season for every Euroleague team, and the 2009 version is a classic example of why. A few teams – those who belong to the very top, such as CSKA Moscow for example – may consider this day a bit less [...]
Here is Your-own Yarone’s continued detailed look at the Euroleague Top 16 Draw.
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Tomas van den Spiegel, center for Spanish basketball giants Real Madrid. They discussed getting used to playing with three great point guards; switching teams and proving yourself; the impact of Josh Childress and Brandon Jennings on European basketball; winning and losing Euroleague [...]
Zalgiris has struggled all season in the Euroleague but has such a great history. So it was really nice to finally see the Lithuanian club grab a victory in the eighth game, beating Asseco Prokom by 11 points.
The NFL has two big matchups which could show just how good a couple of teams are while there are two interesting European domestic league basketball games and the German football/soccer Bundesliga finishes off its first half.
It’s a trade that did not make big headlines in the world of baseball, especially on a day when the New York Mets give closer Francisco Rodriguez three years and 37 million dollars. But the Baltimore Orioles trading catcher Ramon Hernandez to the Cincinnati Reds opens the door for the [...]
Matt Cassel threw for more than 400 yards for the second straight week as he continues to help New England Patriots fans forget about Tom Brady after a 48-28 thrashing over the Miami Dolphins in the NFL.
Ricky Rubio is considered one of the biggest talents in European basketball. The Spanish point guard turned just 18 years old in October and is already the talk of basketball world – including the NBA, where he cannot play until the 2010-11 season at the earliest. heinnews.com’s David Hein caught [...]
