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Bob's Corner: Matisse gets a Canuck cold shoulder
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MATISSE Thybulle won the hearts-and-minds of the Australian public with his performances for the Bronze Medal-winning Boomers at the Tokyo Olympics but US correspondent BOB CRAVEN reports his anti-vaccination stance has eliminated him from NBA games in Canada against the Toronto Raptors.
B&B: Sliding doors to Opals captain
THE WNBL Grand Final Series goes to a deciding Game 3 tomorrow in Melbourne but Brad Rosen and I were lucky enough to have Perth Lynx superstar Sami Whitcomb as our guest for this week's Brad&Boti podcast. Sami has one of the most amazing stories you're ever going to hear.
NBL Rd.19: Rivalries reborn, well, sort of
THE NBL's "Throwdown" resembles the AFL's "Showdown" and is just one of three rivalries revisited in Round 19, a week of games where the last rites will surely and formally be declared on South East Melbourne's long-shot (no-shot?) playoff aspirations.
Miracle at Westworld - Boomers force Game 3
IF Melbourne Boomers complete their amazing WNBL Grand Final Series comeback on Saturday against Perth with the club's second championship, coach Guy Molloy, import Lindsay Allen and captain Cayla George should take a bow.
Boomers facing a huge challenge in Perth
LOSING Game 1 of the best-of-three WNBL Grand Final Series has left Melbourne Boomers with a major uphill climb to avoid a "straight sets" elimination by the Lynx in Perth tonight. And it's not as if they just narrowly lost that series opener either, Darcee Garbin leading a 27-point rout.
National Indigenous Tournament breaks new ground
"COVID has a lot to answer for." With those magnificent seven words, Benny Mills, father of superstar Patty, summed up why this Easter, the Indigenous Basketball Australia (IBA) will launch its historic first National Indigenous Basketball Tournament, coronavirus having forced the cancellation of what would have been the inaugural series last year.
TOTW Rd18: Snakes alive! And Phoenix phlummoxed
IT was tough to split two teams from NBL Round 18 after regional outfits Illawarra Hawks and Cairns Taipans turned in significant back-to-back victories at home and on the road in the quest for "Team of the Week" honours. Xavier Rathan-Mayes and Keanu Pinder also enjoyed stand-out rounds.
April Fools as Kansas, South Carolina win big
THE NCAA Women's and Men's Championships for 2022 have been decided, with South Carolina and Kansas celebrating their successes, as our man with his finger on the pulse of USA basketball, Bob Craven informs us. Destanni Henderson and David McCormack were huge in the wins.
NBL Rd.18: Phoenix phall phlat on their phaces
THE end of the road turned out to be in Cairns for South East Melbourne in the club's derailed quest for back-to-back NBL semi final appearances, the depleted Taipans unleashing a notorious 90-85 whack across the Phoenix's phalanx, fouling up their Final Four fantasy.
Bob's Corner Extra: Such Madness
BOB'S CORNER EXTRA: Can't take our eyes off the ball as the NCAA's March Madness spills into April as usual, our man in the USA, BOB CRAVEN with the word on how it is all unfolding. And the big question. Is "Coach K" still with us or is the fairytale ending over?
