A dream existed - Farewell to Rio
THERE WAS a Dream Team in Rio, we could have matched it, Delly is the man, and a few final notes to farewell the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Daylight robbery - Boomers in Rio
IT was disgraceful, appalling, the worst Olympic end-game officiating since USSR was whistled to gold over the USA in Munich in 1972. But it must not be allowed to dim the Boomers’ Rio campaign.
Meddling negates medalling - Opals in Rio
THE alarm bells were going off for almost a year but Basketball Australia – despite some shared private misgivings – chose to ignore them, giving Opals coach Brendan Joyce carte blanche with his Olympic team.
Heartbreak as Boomers so very close
AUSTRALIA has lost one of the Olympics' greatest bronze medal playoff games 88-89 to Spain in an emotion-charged, drama-filled finale, leaving the Boomers heartbroken after coming within five seconds of the dais.
Time to rein in Spain
THE Boomers wasted no time beating themselves up yesterday ahead of tonight’s bronze medal playoff against Spain, labelling themselves as “pathetic” and their semi final performance against Serbia “un-Australian”.
Gold gone but medal dream alive
SERBIA today played the perfect Olympic semi final, reducing Australia to a shell of its confident self, leaving the Boomers with a massive task to bounce back for the Bronze Medal playoff.
Boomers our 'Dreamtime Team'
WHEN all the dust settles in the aftermath of Rio, our mighty Boomers will be remembered as not only our "team of destiny" but Australia's "Dreamtime Team".
Boomers bound into Rio semis
THE Boomers today bounded into the Rio Olympic semi finals and within one win of a guaranteed medal after humiliating arch rival Lithuania 90-64 in an emphatic quarter-final rout.
Our 'Team of Destiny' now so close
PERFECT. Saturday at 8am AEST, 7.30am in SA/NT, 6am in WA is when the Boomers will tip off against Serbia in the most important game in Australian men’s basketball’s Olympic history.
It's over for Opals as Serbs serve it up
AUSTRALIA's world No.2 ranked Opals today ran out of lives and were bundled out of the Rio Olympic quarter-finals 73-71 by #14 Serbia.

