Brad&Boti: Here we go! NBL Season 26 is here!
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JUST when you thought it was safe to turn to your favourite podcast providers ... we're back! Yes, Brad Rosen and I combine again as we head into our seventh year of the Brad & Boti podcast, launching head-first into NBL Season 2025-26, asking all the big questions.
The long hunt is over for Jordan
IT was worth the wait for Woodville captain Jordan Hunter, the former playmaker of the New Zealand Tall Ferns who finally won an NBL1 Central crown tonight as her Warriors made history, taking down Sturt 73-65 in the grand final at Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
Grand farewell to sporting icon Erin
SHE won two WNBA championships, led Adelaide Lightning to the WNBL crown in 2008, was an Opals Olympian AND a FIBA world champion all before she became the face of AFLW at Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide. Tomorrow night, Erin Phillips plays her final match of competitive sport in the NBL1 Central women's grand final.
Long and winding road for Lightning
THE old "third time lucky" mantra may need upgrading for the WNBL's storied Adelaide Lightning franchise, saved from extinction for the fourth time now but in Melanie MacGillivray, securing arguably the best credentialled CEO currently at any level of basketball in Australia.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Taking it On the Street
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THIS week on our Time Out–NO FLOP ZONE podcast, the basketball talk goes deeper than ever. In a raw and powerful moment, Joey Wright opens up about the personal impact his coaching career had on his family, especially during his time in Adelaide coaching the 36ers.
Brad&Boti: All the Talk is about the Hawks
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THERE is no question both podcast colleague Brad Rosen and I respect Melbourne United as the NBL benchmark but in this week's Brad&Boti episode, we're looking at just how Illawarra achieved its second championship despite playing without injured star centre Sam Froling.
Brad&Boti: The NBL's two favourite words
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IT'S 2-all for the NBL Championship and it all comes down now to a single Game 5 Grand Final between Illawarra and Melbourne in Wollongong on Sunday, as Brad Rosen and I go through it and also so much more on the newsfront in this week's Brad&Boti podcast.
Brad&Boti: Big news week as Spirit clinch crown
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WHAT a week this has been, fuelling our Brad&Boti podcast with so much ball for Brad Rosen and I to disseminate, starting with Bendigo winning its third WNBL championship, closing with Tyler Harvey's game-winner and with a ton of stuff in-between, including Adam Caporn's Boomers appointment!
WNBL: April Fools, then its Onward and Upward
THE second greatest joy behind Bendigo Spirit yesterday claiming its third WNBL championship is the fact all lovers of this league can now look forward with optimism to April 2 when new ownership under the guidance of CEO Jennie Sager takes over control of this sleeping giant.
WNBL: Spirit of Australia, its Gold for Bendigo
THE WNBL Championship for 2024-25 has returned to Bendigo after more than a decade following today's gritty 63-55 road win in Townsville, the Spirit riding home on its extraordinary experience and the relentless flag pursuit of league MVP Sami Whitcomb who not only dominated the season but also the series.

