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For whom the bell tolls
MARIANNA Tolo - no surprise there - is the Opals' latest acquisition by the WNBA, secured by Staples Center-based Los Angeles Sparks. It is official.
Opals avalanche into WNBA continues
EXPECT Marianna Tolo to be the next Opals star from last year's Bronze Medal FIBA World Championship campaign to be recruited into the WNBA.
Is this the end for Lauren?
LAUREN Jackson is the most successful women's player in Australia's basketball history but her latest injury setback must surely now send a message the end is very near.
We should be merrier about Moore
HAD the pleasure yesterday of having lunch with new Basketball Australia CEO Anthony Moore, one of the stars of last week's Pete's Bar Lunch and a breath of hope for us long-suffering fans of the world's greatest game.
Bruton and Joyce at it one more time
CAL Bruton and Brendan Joyce on the same court was trouble. On the same bill as lunch speakers? Hold onto your party hats!
The case for missing media
THERE appears to have been a one-man campaign to spank Australia's media for its lack of presence at FIBA's recent World Cup and World Championship campaigns.
All for one, and one for all
THEY were great, there’s no other word for it. These Opals did us proud winning Bronze at FIBA’s World Championship for Women, redefining the meaning of “team”.
Opals fall short but not by much
WE had high hopes but I suspect most of us feared our gallant Opals might not have enough firepower to get over the line – this time – against the USA.
Opals can-add-a new scalp tonight
OUR mighty Aussie Opals - and I call them "mighty" because Naismith knows this performance in Turkey has been way above expectations - can add Canada's scalp tonight and march on to the semi finals.
Really it's as easy as ABC
AS grateful as I am - and I'm sure are many of you - at the ABC's coverage of our Boomers and Opals this year, I have to take exception at a couple of obvious improvements the network could have made.
