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After seven years without an NBA London Game, British basketball fans in the UK could have been forgiven for a lack of interest in a regular-season game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic. However, even long before a reported sellout crowd filled O2 Arena for a 5 p.m. local time tip-off on Jan. 18, […]
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An October 2027 launch for a new European club basketball league operated by FIBA and the NBA is a “realistic target,” according to FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis. Any new professional league would still require the approval of the respective boards of the NBA and the FIBA Central Board. However, Zagklis said that such an […]
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FIBA has partnered with premium Swiss sportswear brand FOURTEEN to serve as the official apparel supplier for all FIBA’s 3×3 basketball global events. Launching for the 2026 season, the collaboration will see players kitted out in specific 3×3 basketball apparel that reflects the sport’s fast-paced action and urban culture roots, balanced with the FOURTEEN brand’s […]
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Asheville, North Carolina, will remain the host of the Ingles Southern Conference Basketball Championships through 2035, under a new agreement between the collegiate conference, the city of Asheville, Explore Asheville powered by the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority and the Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission. The deal continues a long-standing partnership between the four entities. “This […]
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Marriott Bonvoy has been named the title sponsor of Battle 4 Atlantis, a premier early-season college basketball tournament. The partnership with Atlantis Paradise Island will rename the event the Marriott Bonvoy Battle 4 Atlantis, which will feature elite Division I men’s and women’s college basketball programs competing over Thanksgiving week at the resort in the […]
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The United States federal government shutdown has forced the relocation of a premier women’s college basketball event from an Air Force base in Germany to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The 2025 Peraton Armed Forces Classic had originally been scheduled to be held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on November 4, with […]
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USA Basketball has announced that The Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia, will host a USA FIBA Men’s World Cup Qualifying game against Nicaragua on December 1. The arena is home to the WNBA Atlanta Dream and NBA G League College Park Skyhawks. “USA Basketball is excited to begin the journey to the 2027 […]
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Pacers Sports & Entertainment has officially broken ground on the $78 million Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center, which is set to open ahead of the 2027 WNBA season in downtown Indianapolis and connect to Gainbridge Fieldhouse via skybridge. The 108,000–square–foot, three–story venue will include spaces for performance and conditioning, recovery and rehabilitation, and mental health […]
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Basketball at the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles will start two days before the opening ceremony for those Games, FIBA said on Wednesday in a news release. FIBA said it has reviewed a revised schedule for LA28 and that games will begin on July 12, 2028, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood — […]
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At sporting events, there can be noise … and there can be noise. You know the distinction. It’s when one player, or team, gets a special sound, the recognition that while in theory amongst equals, there is one that resonates just that bit more. One of those moments came in Indianapolis ahead of the WNBA […]
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