Paul Nilsen
Ultimate Women’s Olympic Preview: Upsides, Downsides, Outlook For Every Nation
TOKYO, JAPAN – The Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament isn’t set to be unique only because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, it is looking like it will give...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 4 years agoCancelled #FIBAU17 had the best talents for years waiting in the wings
It’s tough to take. Very tough to take in fact. In the past 24 hours we have soaked up the news...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 4 years agoCould China have the best frontcourt rotation at Paris 2024?
You have to hand it to China in these past years, because the conveyor belt of talent has been whirring loudly...
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BlueStar
/ 4 years agoOn The Map But Under The Radar – Elite Prospects
It’s not often you can keep a secret in women’s basketball. It’s even a bigger accomplishment if you can keep some...
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BlueStar
/ 4 years agoThe Complicated Price Tag For Additional Eligibility
All of us are cautiously wading in murky and uncharted water these days. Personally, professionally, academically, athletically…even socially…the path we travel...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 4 years agoStars of the 2016 #FIBAU17 making an Olympic jump
As we prepare to soon end and then begin another Olympic cycle, it looks like some of the players who starred...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 4 years agoOlympic Hopes Tournament another eye-opener for #FIBAU16Europe 2020
It was not the usual trip I might have planned between Christmas and New Year, but the Olympic Hopes Tournament in...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 4 years agoEYBL Tallinn Tournament overview 2007-2010 born
It’s scary saying 2007 out loud and that’s the age group that this U13 EYBL (European Youth Basketball League) tournament was...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 5 years agoHow is the #FIBAU17 field for 2020 shaping up?
The majority of tickets for the 2020 FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup have already been punched and only a handful...
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BlueStar
/ 5 years agoRemembering Why We Play
Anybody see the recent video of the two boys running to each other and embracing with unabashed excitement? Life and friendship should...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 5 years agoThe 2020 #FIBAU17 Sapphires players ready to shine at #FIBAU16Asia
They may be on the other side of the globe in comparison to my European base, but I always love to...
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BlueStar
/ 5 years agoBlue Star 30 Claims Blackeberg Cup in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—While the actual competitive level of play in the Blackeberg Basketball Cup may not have offered the 2019 Blue Star...
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BlueStar
/ 5 years agoBlue Star 30 – Two Games – 254 Points
STOCKHOLM, Sweden— Day two of the Blackeberg Basketball Cup started the way day one ended for the Blue Star 30 squad. ...
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Events
/ 5 years agoBlue Star 30 Invades Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Mike Flynn is in Stockholm this week to accept the Nobel Prize for sportsmanship in athletics. Well, not quite, but...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 5 years agoWhat was learned or confirmed from #FIBAU16Europe ?
With #FIBAU16Europe now in the books at both Division A and Division B level for another year, here are some quick...
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Paul Nilsen
/ 5 years ago#FIBAU16Europe extended watch list for Sofia and Skopje
The latest edition of the FIBA U16 Women’s Championship Division B will tip off this Thursday August 15 in Sofia, Bulgaria...
