Articles in the ‘Basketball’ Category

On Wednesday, June 29, 2011, the WNBA champions Seattle Storm were received by President Barrack Obama in the White House. The Storm trampled the Atlanta Dream at the 2010 WNBA Finals last September, this being their second time as league champs. A ceremony to their honor was held at the Rose Garden. The visit was [...]

A team spokesperson has expressed Derrick Rose’s denial of having claimed that the NBA had an issue with drugs that enhanced performance.
Following a controversial weekend with the statement he reportedly made in an interview, Rose sought to clarify his stand on the issue of PEDs.
In his issued statement, Rose said that he did [...]

Jim Tressel, head football coach of Ohio State University, resigned on Monday, May 30, during a tearful moment with his team, the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The timing of his resignation caused a loud buzz in the entire US college sports community in addition to the NCAA scandal.
The resignation of Ohio State coach of almost ten [...]

Soccer is usually the thing in Germany but on Tuesday, local newspapers were all about the recent basketball win of Dirk Nowitzki, after the German national earned an NBA championship title after the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat on June 12, Monday.
This is Nowitzki’s teams first ever championship with a 4-2 score against [...]

The NBA declared a $50,000 fine on Monday for Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah.
This penalty serves as his punishment for the anti-gay remark incident that took place last Sunday, during the third game of the Eastern Conference between Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.
Noah and his teammates were already getting beaten up by their opponents, [...]