Gasol backs Boomers
NBA star Pau Gasol of the LA Lakers has given a vote of confidence in the Golden Star Boomers Australian men’s basketball team, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.
NBA star Pau Gasol of the LA Lakers has given a vote of confidence in the Golden Star Boomers Australian men’s basketball team, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.
Basketball Australia has welcomed the announcement from the Australian Sports Commission of an additional half-million dollars in annual funding for its participation-based programs which was announced today by Federal Sports Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Arbib.
Two teams of Australia’s top wheelchair basketball athletes will be mixed with gutsy celebrity guest players from sport and entertainment in a charity wheelchair basketball game at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne on the 29th of November (12 15 – 2pm).
Basketball Australia is pleased to announce that former Australian Opals head coach Jan Stirling has been appointed as the new head of the Australian Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Program.
With just 10 days till the start of the 2010 Australian Schools Championships tickets are still available to the Bendigo Spirit v Bulleen Boomers clash on Sunday Dec 5 at the Bendigo Basketball Stadium.
This week, we land in November 2003. There was plenty happening in the world of hoops. Before we get started, here’s a little look at what had the world talking...
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Andrew Bogut continues to battle injury woes in the early part of the 2010/11 NBA season.
Basketball Australia has announced the Under 19 Men’s squad that will gather for the first official Emu’s basketball camp at the AIS from 25-30 January, ahead of the 2011 FIBA Men’s Under 19 World Championships in Latvia.
Australian Boomers big man Dave Andersen may have seen his season go from cellar dwelling to finals bound, after a trade deal was negotiated between NBA clubs the Toronto Raptors (4-9) and the New Orleans Hornets (10-1) over the weekend.
The Australian Pearls completed a clean sweep at the 6th INAS-FID World Basketball Championships at the weekend with a powerful exhibition of quality basketball.
A number of our athletes were up for a series of awards at last week’s NSWIS dinner in Sydney.
The Australian Pearls basketball team have continued to show their dominance, defeating Brazil 73-28
Basketball Australia has announced the squad of players who will take part in an intensive training camp to select the final Gems team that will represent Australia at the FIBA World Championships in 2011.
Basketball Australia are looking for a new Scholarship Coach for the 2011 Men's Basketball Program.
The Australian Pearls have kicked their tournament off to a scintillating start, with two emphatic victories in the first two rounds.
Australian Boomers swingman Joe Ingles has taken his career in a forward direction, signing with Spanish powerhouse club Barcelona.
Basketball Australia’s US correspondent Phil Moskowitz wraps another week of Aussies in action in the US and Europe.
