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BOB's WNBA: There's a Storm brewing
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BOB'S WNBA: The WNBA season has opened and our Seattle-based US correspondent, BOB CRAVEN, brings us that city's Aussie perspective on its Storm content. Remember, WNBL MVP Aussies such as Lauren Jackson, Suzy Batkovic, Abby Bishop and Steph Talbot have been among the Storm's finest.
Vale Corey Williams
THE tragic, premature and sadly inevitable death of one of the NBL's past great players and by far its most strident international advocate and ambassador, Corey "Homicide" Williams, at just 46, has left a massive pall over the off-season and feelings of inestimable loss.
BOB'S BREAKING NEWS: Jade trade on WNBA eve
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BOB'S BREAKING NEWS: Our man in the US, BOB CRAVEN, has breaking news on the future of UC Canberra Capitals and Opals star Jade Melbourne, traded by Seattle Storm which, like the Phoenix Mercury, is a WNBA club with rich history for Australian players.
Brad&Boti: Brad Newley on life after basketball
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BRAD Newley has just closed the door on one of the great careers in Australian basketball and Brad Rosen and I seized the chance to chat with him at our Brad&Boti podcast before he took his family back to Spain's Gran Canaria for an emotional revisit.
Time for WNBL to wave BA goodbye
IF speculation is correct that Basketball Australia chief executive Matt Scriven has rejected Geelong's bid for a WNBL licence at the same time as Melbourne Boomers have withdrawn as a club then it's high time the league ditched the federation's tattered umbrella to "go it alone" and seek the support of NBL owner Larry Kestelman.
Unleashed. SA basketball deserved it!
IF your response to the question: "Is there a terrific NBL1 Central podcast to regularly tune in to" is "Nah!", then I have just the one to recommend to you ... that is, of course, if "Nah" stands for News, Accuracy and Humour. You'll get that and more every week.
Geelong set to swoop on vacant WNBL license
BASKETBALL Australia, in its capacity as the management of the WNBL, is caught in a dilemma with the imminent loss of 40-year-old Melbourne (formerly Bulleen) Boomers and approach from a Geelong-based consortium willing to take up the license, keeping the league at eight teams.
US Redeem Team II wants 40-50 point wins
LOOK out! Here comes the latest iteration of the USA national men's team for the Paris Olympics, already being proclaimed the greatest assemblage of talent since their untouchable 1992 Dream Team. But Kevin Durant predicting this new "Redeem Team" wants to win by 40-50 points? Good luck with that.
BOB'S UPDATE: Three Aussies in WNBA Draft
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BOB'S BACK: PLENTY of excitement last night for our US correspondent BOB CRAVEN, but not a lot that was really new news, with the annual WNBA draft. Of course Aussies would be pleased with three players selected, but first, the obvious, Caitlin Clark taken at #1 by Indiana Fever.
BOB'S NBA UPDATE: Time for some playing play in
BOB'S UPDATE: The NBA regular season ended last night, and the playoff positions are now set. The 82-game regular season grind has finally ended. The 20 playoff teams will start the postseason Tuesday.
