WNBL14: League needs to show backbone
THERE's an elephant in the WNBL room and the League can choose to ignore the whack in the face Melbourne's Sophie Cunningham gave Canberra's Keely Froling or it can choose to act.
The Week That Was: Jan.12-19
THERE's never a dull moment in our NBL and WNBL comps and this has been a week-and-a-half for news and Boomers stuff too. Don't be surprised if you missed something.
NBL16: Breakers, Bullets in the hunt
THERE are huge fixtures looming in the NBL this week after Round 16 threw up two shock results - both conceived and executed by the Breakers - and Cairns took a giant leap toward a return to the playoffs.
Taipans nightmare ends 36ers dream in super round
DANIEL Johnson banged in a career-high 38 points, Jerome Randle missed a historic triple-double by one rebound yet Adelaide's NBL playoff hopes lie in ruins tonight with Cairns giving the defenceless 36ers an emphatic all-the-way 108-91 hiding.
BSA Hall of Fame Inductees: Ken Richardson
THE relaunch of the BASKETBALL SA Hall of Fame on Friday, February 7 at Stamford Plaza will acknowledge the first group of inductees of the decade, featuring the late, great Ken Richardson, with tickets on sale now.
Lightning stoke the Fire, Caps cap Melbourne
IF Adelaide Lightning tonight expected a living room game of origami, it copped a rude shock from a Townsville team which refused to fold along the dotted lines, giving a much feistier effort than the final 77-60 scoreline suggested.
BSA Hall of Fame Inductees: Lightning 1994-95-96
INSPIRED by events conducted by rival state associations, BASKETBALL SA is re-launching its longstanding Hall of Fame and inducting its first list of candidates of the decade on Friday, February 7 - tickets now on sale. Today we look at the first "Team" inductees - Adelaide Lightning 1994-95-96.
Tips: Microscope on Flyers as NBL goes Indigenous
WE'RE heading for D-Day in the WNBL while the NBL is red hot and announcing it will have its first official Indigenous Round from January 29-February 2.
Podcasting: Where is Chris Goulding's smile?
IT was a massive 24-hour news cycle in the WNBL and NBL and Sydney's multi-media personality Brad Rosen and I were all over it in today's weekly podcast.
Rankings: Breakers broken but WNBL steady
WILD positional swings have followed form fluctuations in our NBL rankings, New Zealand plummetting from #1 to #8 while there's only been a straight swap in our WNBL berths.

