|
Written by Start-Thinking
|
|
Monday, 03 March 2008 |
|
Club world championship presents challenges
By ED ODEVEN Staff writer (Editors Note: This article was originally in the February 29th edition of The Japan Times - Japan Times)
There's talk that FIBA, basketball's world governing body, wants to create a new club world championship.
It would be similar to FIFA's Club World Cup, the soccer tournament that is held in Japan each year, and according to recent published reports, the Japan Basketball Association has said FIBA wants to create a 14-team tournament.
The proposed annual tournament would feature the NBA champion and the top four teams in the Americas and Europe, and top two apiece from the federations in Asia, Africa and Oceania, to determine the so-called No. 1 hoop club in the world.
Working out the kinks on a schedule may be the most difficult part of the process. For instance, would this tournament be played in September or October, weeks before the NBA regular season tips off?
Ryukyu Golden Kings coach Hernando Planells, who also works as an NBA scout, offered his insight into what FIBA now faces. |
|
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 March 2008 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by start thinking
|
|
Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
|
BOUNCE BACKBy: Monique Savin
(Editors Note: This article was originally in the February 25th edition of The Edmonton Sun (link)
Will Ferrell's back in action with his second sports spoof in two years.
Last year, it was figure skating and Blades of Glory. This year's pick is basketball and Semi-Pro (opening Feb. 28), in which Ferrell plays singer-turned basketball player Jackie Moon, who uses the profits from a chart-topping song to buy a basketball team, the not-so-aptly named Flint, Mich., Tropics.
But when leagues merge, Moon's team, worst in the league, is in danger of folding and must win to stay afloat.
Audiences know the fun ahead when a reporter asks Moon, "How did you learn to play basketball?" Handling the ball like a hot potato, Moon replies, "I saw it on TV a couple of times and I thought, 'I can do that!"
Off-camera, Ferrell and fellow cast members Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin (a.k.a. Andre 3000), Rob Corddry and DeRay Davis weren't as foolhardy. They enlisted help from a real pro. |
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 March 2008 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Staff Writer
|
|
Friday, 01 February 2008 |
|
ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Planells confident expansion Golden Kings will blossom with time
Staff writer (Editors Note: This article was originally in the January 26th edition of The Japan Times - link)SENDAI — Hernando Planells, the head coach of the expansion Ryukyu Golden Kings, sat down after his team's 87-78 loss to the Sendai 89ers on Sunday and spoke at length about his players, the challenges of building a team from scratch and his overall impressions of the bj-league.
Planells, 31, has rapidly built an impressive resume as a young coach. He's worked as an assistant coach in the college ranks at UNLV, as well as gaining valuable experience as an ABA coach and as a scout working under NBA scouting guru Marty Blake.
|
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 March 2008 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >>
|
| Results 1 - 4 of 12 |
