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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.
PART 1: NBL, thinking ahead
FIRST things first. Basketball “purists” who follow the NBL need to understand something. There aren’t enough of you to make a strong independent pro league work.
When Patience isn't a card game but a gamble
PATIENCE. Brett Brown used the word at today’s press conference and formal announcement of his appointment as head coach of the NBA’s struggling Philadelphia 76ers.
Tall order for NZ's Tall Blacks, Ferns
NEW Zealand's Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns will need masterplans to avert an Oceania Series sweep on Sunday in Canberra after coming up short against Australia tonight.
