Alba Berlin and Brose Baskets Bamberg are battling Saturday night to find out who will win the 2010-11 German Basketball Bundesliga league champion. But the Game 5 winner will also move into the front-runner seat for the services of Dirk Nowitzki should play in Germany in the case of an [...]
Alba Berlin failed to reach the second round of German BBL league playoffs. But that didn’t stop the heads of Euroleague on Wednesday from handing the club a wild card for the Euroleague qualification for 2010-11. Undoubtedly a big reason for the measure was Alba Berlin’s home arena o2 World, [...]
The Super Six World Boxing Classic opened with a thrilling fight as “King” Arthur Abraham knocked out Jermain Taylor with six seconds left in the 12th and final round to win the first bout of the 18-month super middleweight tournament.
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 [...]
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Jan Pommer, the CEO of the German basketball BBL league. They discussed the state of the league, the worldwide financial crisis, how German clubs compare to others in Europe, Germany’s effort to improve their youth development, foreigner regulations, a new club in [...]
