Boomers, Opals off to flyers
AUSTRALIA's men's and women's basketball teams at the Commonwealth Games tonight showed their white-hot favouritism was justified with impressive opening victories in Cairns and Townsville respectively.
There's gold in them thar Games
LET’s be brutally blunt here and not kid ourselves. Anyone who follows Australian basketball already has the Boomers and Opals down for Gold Medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Creek NBA-bound, via Bundesliga
MITCH Creek’s decision to withdraw from Australia’s Gold Medal-bound Commonwealth Games team to further his burgeoning career in Germany’s Bundesliga was one of the most gut-wrenching of his stellar career.
Andrew Bogut on his future
ANDREW Bogut, Australia’s first NBA No.1 draft selection, FIBA World Junior Gold Medallist and MVP, NBA champion, multiple Olympian, sat down for a chat today about where his life and career sit currently.
DJ, the under-rated All Star
DANIEL Johnson does not receive the respect his career and consistent performances deserve, according to retiring NBL power forward Anthony Petrie.
ESPN recalls our Loz's greatness
ESPN The Magazine has celebrated its 20th anniversary by presenting its "definitive 20 for 20 - the most formidable, awe-inspiring and downright dominant athletes of the past two decades" - and Australia's greatest basketball player, Lauren Jackson, is right up there.
Patrick building PNG pathways to future
PORT MORESBY: Patrick Ani has come a long way since he stuck a home-made backboard and ring onto a tree in his backyard to create extra scrimmage options for him and his Papua New Guinea mates.
Comm Gold awaits Opals, Boomers
BASKETBALL Australia today announced its national teams for the sport's return to the Commonwealth Games, veterans Brad Newley and Belinda Snell selected to defend Golds won in 2006.
Aussies make a meal of Chinese Taipei
THE Harlem Globetrotters put on a halftime show to follow Australia’s first half show as the Boomers laid the foundation today for their 88-68 win over Chinese Taipei.
Taipei on a 'high' after road win
JAPAN may be the women’s FIBA Asia Cup holder but its men’s team is in diabolical trouble after losing at home to Chinese Taipei, Australia’s World Cup qualifying opponent tomorrow.

