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NBL: Hawks dumbstruck. Try some Moonstruck
THERE's a great line by Cher in the movie Moonstruck when she replies to a declaration of love from Nicolas Cage's character by slapping his face twice and yelling at him: "Snap out of it!" Ahead of tomorrow's Grand Final Game 2 of the NBL's best-of-five Championship Series, it's a reaction the Illawarra Hawks could definitely use.
WNBL: April Fools, then its Onward and Upward
THE second greatest joy behind Bendigo Spirit yesterday claiming its third WNBL championship is the fact all lovers of this league can now look forward with optimism to April 2 when new ownership under the guidance of CEO Jennie Sager takes over control of this sleeping giant.
WNBL: Spirit of Australia, its Gold for Bendigo
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THE WNBL Championship for 2024-25 has returned to Bendigo after more than a decade following today's gritty 63-55 road win in Townsville, the Spirit riding home on its extraordinary experience and the relentless flag pursuit of league MVP Sami Whitcomb who not only dominated the season but also the series.
NBL: United serves up a masterclass
MELBOURNE United tonight "broke serve" in the opening best-of-five Grand Finals of the NBL's Championship Series when Marcus Lee stepped up as the X-factor in a stunning second half revival and 96-88 road win over a startled and bedraggled regular season champion Illawarra.
Brad&Boti: Hawks show the Spirit to soar
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WHAT a set of sizzling - though extremely different - NBL semi final Game 3s we have just witnessed but Brad&Boti podcast colleague Brad Rosen and I don't even start there, launching instead at Bendigo taking a 1-0 WNBL Grand Final lead over Townsville.
NBL: Trey Hell in III for stunned Phoenix
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AFTER an embarrassing Game 2 in which he described his own performance as "trash," Trey Kell last night led a fierce, focused and unforgiving regular season champion Illawarra into the NBL Championship Series with a go-to-whoa erasure of an unsuspecting South East Melbourne to emphatically clinch their semi final 2-1.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: How good were the NBL semi finals?
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THIS week on our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast, Joey Wright and I break down all the biggest topics in basketball, from Chris Goulding’s incredible semi final form to Bryce Cotton’s future in Australia and the possibility of an NBL team hiring its first female head coach.
WNBL: Burton burns Fire as Spirit rally late
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ASTUTE WNBL coaches jumped on the Townsville championship bandwagon and for a while in Grand Final Game 1 in Bendigo, it looked as if they had it right. Then Veronica Burton and the veterans said "that's enough" and put out the Fire in one withering quarter last night.
NBL: United into Final after Epic Semi
MELBOURNE United last night qualified for the NBL Championship Series when Ian Clark and Chris Goulding combined to bring down Kristian Doolittle and Bryce Cotton in an epic 113-112 last gasp victory from a match that has to rank as one of the most spectacular in playoff history, though no compensation for a gallant Perth Wildcats.
Last link to our first Games team dies at 94
COLIN Burdett, the last remaining player who suited for Australia at its 1956 international debut as host nation for the Melbourne Olympic Games, has died, aged 94, closing the book on our link to that first team of part-timers who launched the Boomers tradition 69 years ago.
