AONS Milonas Athens (Elite League) inked 27-year old 203cm power forward Pantelis Skordas for upcoming season. Skordas played most recently at Nea Kifissia in the National League 1. The previous (2022-23) season he played at Proteas (B).He represented Greece at the European Championships (FIBA EuroBasket) U18 in Volos (Greece) nine years ago. His team won…
The last time a European basketball team won the Olympic tournament was in Seoul in 1988. And this is a stretched claim because the Soviet Union was a Euro-Asian country. But if we know that Lithuanian players were the backbone of that team, we can get away with the statement above. Since Barcelona 1992 and…
Defending champion Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (Liga Nova KBM) added 26-year old American guard DeVante Jones (183cm-1998, college: Michigan) to their roster for the new 2024-25 season. Jones played last season at Le Mans Sarthe Basket in French Betclic ELITE ProA. In 33 games, he was the league’s second-best scorer with an impressive 15.9ppg and averaged…
Caleb Bellach Team Ehingen Urspring (ProB) strengthened their roster with addition of American 201cm forward Caleb Bellach for season 2024-25. Bellach just graduated from Montana Tech (NAIA). He has played there for the last three years. Bellach helped them to win Frontier Conference Tournament and end the regular season at the top position.He started his…
LDLC ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket (Betclic ELITE ProA) has signed a deal with 32-year-old American center Tarik Black for the upcoming season. Black, who stands at 206cm, is a former international player and played college basketball at Kansas. Black’s most recent stint was with Unahotels Reggio Emilia in the Italian Serie A, where he averaged 9.1…
Draemland Gran Canaria (Liga Endesa) agreed terms with 29-year old American (has also Slovenian passport) power forward Mike Tobey (213cm-116kg-1994, college: Virginia) for the upcoming 2024-25 season. Tobey played last season at Crvena Zvezda in Serbian KLS league. In 30 Euroleague games he had 3.7ppg and 2.3rpg. He also played 26 games in ABA League…
BC Wolves Vilnius (LKL) inked 26-year old American 183cm point guard Anthony Cowan Jr. (college: Maryland) for upcoming season. Cowan has played for the last two years at Promitheas in Greek GBL league. In 28 games he was league’s second best scorer with 14.3ppg and had 3.1rpg and 5.2apg (top 5) last season. He helped…
Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev will be facing each other for the seventh time in their careers, and for the third time at Wimbledon, in the semifinals on Friday afternoon. Alcaraz currently leads the head-to-head series 4-2, winning four of their last five meetings since 2023. Their rivalry took a turn when Medvedev defeated Alcaraz…
The 2024 Copa America semifinals were action-packed last night, with Argentina booking a place in the final on Sunday and Canada having to settle for the 3rd place match on Saturday. Tonight, Uruguay and Colombia will see who ends up in Miami with a chance to lift the trophy and who has to remain in…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss a variety of baseball topics on this episode. They talk about Ben’s daughter creating a new baseball term, the on-screen strike-zone plot affecting the broadcast, Jose Miranda and his impressive 12-consecutive-hits streak, David Robertson’s successful relief career, the debate over whether Shohei Ohtani should focus solely on hitting, an…
