On This Day: May 20, 2016
TIME flies and ON THIS DAY, just two years ago, we celebrated the return home of South Australia's own NBA star, Joe Ingles, with a series of feature articles. It makes for an interesting revisit.
LMAO: Our gals are on the go
LADIES MOVE AROUND OFF-SEASON: MOVEMENT across the WNBL continues with Sydney's Casey Samuels joining Tess Madgen at Townsville's championship program.
WTF: Hawks close to an X-Man signing
WHO'S TURNED FREE (AGENT): ILLAWARRA Hawks look set to sign an X-Man in Xavier Cooks while guys on contracts continue to be released and signed elsewhere in this week’s NBL wrap up.
Bradtke, Longley reunite after 30 years
LUC Longley and Mark Bradtke debuted together as Boomers at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and they’re back on Australia’s bench three decades later for upcoming internationals.
Baynes on fringe of personal history
ARON Baynes and his Boston Celtics are two wins from the NBA Final, giving the burly Queenslander a shot at his own piece of history as Australia's first player to win championships at two clubs.
Tassie gears for NBL charge
TASMANIA’s bid to field an NBL team in the 2019-20 season is on track, with its name, colours, uniform and logo set to shortly be revealed and the bulk of its home games at Hobart’s Derwent Entertainment Centre.
3X3 finds first permanent venue
THE countdown is on to Australia’s first 3X3 playing venue opening to the public from May 26 at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane, offering a “home away from home” purely for 3X3 players.
On This Day: May 13, 2013
TODD Blanchfield has been in the news this week and so were Nick Kay and Mitch Norton before him - all former Townsville Crocodiles, the NBL club making a monumental announcement five years ago, On This Day.
Say it ain't so, Sam
SAM Krupsky, one of the American basketball players in the vanguard to swamp South Australia in its halcyon decade of the Seventies, died this week aged 66, the sport and all who knew him losing a great friend and unique character.
Blanch branches out and so will Hawks
TODD Blanchfield today formalised a new three-year NBL contract with Illawarra Hawks, just days after being released from his Sydney Kings deal, the Wollongong-based club also looking to expand its parameters.

