Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks is the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy presented to the 2011-12 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner, the NBA had announced. Kidd (Southwest) was one of six divisional winners, which included Cleveland’s Antawn Jamison (Central), the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul (Pacific), Miami’s Shane Battier (Southeast), Minnesota’s Luke Ridnour (Northwest), [...]
Despite the seemingly invicibility of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club of Lagos in this year’s DSTV-sponsored Nigeria Basketball League, that have seen them beaten all their opponents in the ongoing regular season, Nigerian Customs Basketball Club Guard, Dayo Ogunsola, in this interview, says his team are not scared to play against the Col. Sam Ahmedu’s (retd) [...]
Defending champions of the DSTV Nigeria Basketball League, Royal Hoopers of Port Harcourt on Friday defeated Customs of Lagos by 66-59 points at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. The rescheduled week 8 match saw Coach Scott Nnaji-led Customs winning the first and the last quarters by 11-9 and 23-16 [...]
Federation of International Basketball Association, FIBA, will later today convene its first Central Board of 2012 at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and the meeting will culminate with the draw for the Olympic basketball tournaments. Basketball pundits across the world will focus their attention on the draw for the Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Men and Women [...]
Michael Jordan’s Number 23 has long been synonymous with greatness. Now that number has a completely different meaning for him. Jordan watched from his luxury box, as his Charlotte Bobcats team lost their 23rd consecutive game by 104-84 to New York Knicks and finished the shrunken season with the worst winning percentage in NBA history [...]
Coach Lateef Erinfolami of First Deepwater was excited over the weekend after his team brighten their chances to win the Nigerian Women’s Basketball League title for the third consecutive year. They outdunked their arch-rivals and former champions, First Bank Club of Lagos 69-63 points at the University of Ilorin basketball Court. Erinfolami, a former national [...]
Coach of Lagos State Basketball team for the 2012 National Sports Festival, Mark Balogun, says their target is to win the sole gold medal available at the tourney to be hosted in Lagos this November. In a chat with P.M.Sport recently, Balogun said: “Our target is to finish on top of the podium now that [...]
