AIB history with Hawks showdown
IT'S a massive week coming up for the Australian Indigenous Basketball's All Stars, with more ground-breaking to come next month in their historic first-ever match against an NBL team.
Vale Ted Powell, WNBL co-founder
TED Powell, the West Adelaide Bearcats' stalwart whose vision led to the formation of the Women's National Basketball League, died yesterday, aged 75.
Creek the new X-factor
THE meniscus tear which has cost Xavier Cooks his place in Australia's FIBA World Cup team reopened the door for Mitch Creek, the South East Melbourne Phoenix franchise player who now must make it his mission to succeed.
Sit back and Gaze at best of basketball
AUSTRALIAN basketball treasure Andrew Gaze will be back 'burning down the house' with the other talking heads as SBS jumps into televising this month's international series on VICELAND and its On Demand platform.
Time now for Tassie to rally
RARELY has a state had a better opportunity to secure an NBL license than Tasmania has now ahead of the 2019 Blitz and with an NBL1 All Star team of its own to support.
Historic Indigenous milestone in Melbourne
MELBOURNE will stage its historic first international Indigenous matches next Tuesday at Knox when the Australian Indigenous All Stars men’s and women’s teams host Kingdom of Hawai’i at State Basketball Centre.
Hannah and her (Lightning) sisters
HANNAH Kaser finally has cracked the WNBL, her burgeoning second-tier career acknowledged by Adelaide Lightning, the 2019 grand finalists throwing the Victorian guard a career lifeline.
New scam a blow to NBL & WNBL
ANOTHER young American basketballer has fallen victim to a scam targeting innocent players graduating from college, with Adelaide Lightning today declaring they have "no idea" who alleged "new recruit" Lauren Elliott even is.
FIBA's Cup revisit in 4-part doco
THE countdown is on in earnest to the 2019 FIBA World Cup from August 31-September 15 in China and the game's global governing body has bounced into the spirit of it, producing a four-part documentary on the championship's history.
FLASHBACK 129: Oct 20-28, 1967
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe or post whatever I find for you.*

