Tag: Basketball
NBA probes racist remarks by club owner
Racist remarks allegedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling sparked an NBA investigation Saturday and widespread outrage, with…
2 Nigerian sisters make history in US basketball draft
The only person who wasn’t convinced that Chiney Oguwmike would be the top pick in the 2014 Women’s National Basketball…
Ogwumike is WNBA Draft Prospect
Nigerian-American Chiney Ogwumike of Stanford is expected to be the top overall pick when the WNBA draft draw will take…
Basketball: Nigeria Need Wild Card To Redeem Image
Nigeria’s D’Tigers’ failure to secure a ticket for the inaugural FIBA World Cup holding in Spain later this year is…
NBA: LeBron, Durant pace All-Star ballot leaders
NEW YORK (AFP) – Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James and NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant are the top…
Lagos Int’l B/Ball Classics: 10 Teams Axed For Cheating
No fewer than 10 of the 24 teams which registered for the junior category of the competition at the maiden…
Lagos Basketball Classics Begins
Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Rowe Park comes alive as the Lagos International Basketball Classics dunks off today. Beside hosts Nigeria,…
I Want To Be A World Star –Ayetimiyi
Abiodun Francis Ayetimiyi was meant to follow his father and pursue medicine in Nigeria. He found a different path one…
Basketball: Injured Okafor Sad
Washington center Emeka Okafor will be sidelined indefinitely with a herniated disc while NBA teammate Chris Singleton will miss between…
Basketball: What Went Wrong At Afrobasket —Bakare
Unknowing to many basketball pundits, there were a lot of things that contributed to the poor outing of D’Tigers at…
NBA To Install Motion Cameras
The NBA announced Thursday that it will install motion-tracking cameras in every arena this season to provide coaches, players and…
DStv B/Ball League: Union Bank Lead, As Playoffs End Today
With two victories out of the two matches they have played so far, Union Bank of Lagos are in the…
DStv League Playoffs: B/Ball Clubs Begin Title Chase
Four teams, two each from the Savannah and Atlantic conferences, will begin battle for the Nigerian basketball league title when…
D’Tigers Fail To Roar
The 27th edition of AfroBasket came to an end on Saturday at the Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan, Cote…
2013 Afrobasket: Cape Verde Beat D’Tigers
Nigeria men’s national team, D’Tigers were on Thursday night defeated by Cape Verde 76-79 to continue their losing streak at…