After years of kniving past guards throughout Europe and the world, CSKA Moscow and Russian international playmaker JR Holden has grabbed the pen and will soon be publishing his memoirs in a book called “Blessed Footsteps”. The American-born Holden, once a regular contributor to heinnews.com, takes a look through his [...]
heinnews got some help this week for the Interview of the Week from Nikita Golovanov. The Russian basketball journalist sat down with talented Russian power forward Vladimir Ivlev. They discussed whether Ivlev is a power forward or center; Russia’s poor showing at the U20 European Championship; Russia’s apparent problem [...]
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. [...]
Hey, I am JR Holden currently playing basketball for CSKA Moscow. I have been in Europe for 11 years and 7 of them right here in Moscow, Russia. I started in Latvia, then to Belgium for 2 years, a quick year stop in Athens Greece and then to my second [...]
