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Don't you know it's Magic
WHEN the talk turns to NBL and expansion, no question the league needs the Brisbane Bullets as first cab off the rank. But lately it seems there is Magic in the air.
Friday fandango: Crocs on a roll
TIP-OFF is getting closer and excitement around the NBL's potential this season is palpable.
Born(er) Again!
THE new NBL today formally reinstated the Ray Borner Medal, following up another brilliant day in which they inaugurated the Loggins-Bruton Cup - two great innovations for the Preseason Blitz Tournament.
Wednesday Wrap: Legends revisited
IF you can identify a sportperson by one name or a nickname, chances are they are notorious.
Snell, Jackson too good for NZ
AUSTRALIA collected another Oceania Championship today, brushing aside a gallant New Zealand 84-66 at The Palace in Canberra behind Lauren Jackson's 21-point haul.
Boomers clinch Oceania
A DEVASTATING 28-7 third period by the Boomers today clinched the Oceania Championship 76-63, New Zealand unable to sustain its intensity after halftime.
What we didn't know...
WATCHING the Opals and Boomers dismantle New Zealand today at AIS Arena to sweep Oceania raises the question: What did we learn?
FLASHBACK 14: NBL Media Guide 1983
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe whatever I find for you.
Saturday Wrap: Paint the Palace gold?
FINGERS crossed Basketball Australia has used the money saved not marketing the NBL to buy gold-colored T-shirts to place on every seat tomorrow at The Palace.
PART 2: NBL, thinking ahead
A COUPLE of years ago, when I wandered over to my desk in the Sports Department of The Advertiser newspaper in Adelaide, I was confronted by the following cartoon.
