Category: International
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What Really Happened to John Brisker?
Is John really dead? This is the question the Seattle Times asked a few years back. A talented, yet volatile two-time ABA All-Star during his playing days. Former teammates, the FBI, and fans alike are all still wondering, what really happened to John Brisker, basketball’s original badass who disappeared without a trace in 1978. Straight…
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The Team that has gone to every Final in Lithuanian Basketball League History
It’s June, your favorite team is playing in the finals, they’re the odds-on favorite to win it all, and your mom just made pizza pockets. Life is good. This has been the reality for fans of one Lithuanian basketball team every year for the past three decades. Absoliutus Dominavimas The team is BC Žalgiris and…
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The Time Marvin “Bad News” Barnes was Arrested in Italy
By the time Marvin “Bad News” Barnes arrived in Italy in the summer of 1980 to play for Lega Basket Serie A team Trieste, his reputation preceded him. “Bad News” had earned his nickname by, among other things, robbing a bus while still in high school and attacking a college teammate with a tire iron.…
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Reason #73 Not to Feel Safe in Egypt: Partially Collapsing Basketball Stands
Having recently made the pilgrimage to Cairo over the holidays a few months back and befriended a camel, I can sympathize with the sentiment this story is conveying. Crossing the street in Egypt is definitely not safe🙅♂️ and apparently, neither is attending a basketball game. At least 27 people were injured this past December when stands…
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How Chinese Cakes Got Ty Lawson Banned from the CBA
The story of how Chinese Cakes got Ty Lawson banned for life from the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Wheelchair Basketball in Turkey Was a War Zone
Knives, baseball bats, fire extinguishers, what I’m describing isn’t your little cousin’s quinceañera. It’s a Turkish Süper Ligi wheelchair basketball game between fierce inter-city rivals Galatasaray and Besiktas that turned into an absolute war zone. Handicap Athletics Make People Angry According to first-hand accounts from local media, things were on from the jump. With fans…