Category: Basketball

QUINCY (WGEM) – If Tanner Stuckman was a rock star, the back of his world tour concert T-shirt would be filling up with countries. Stuckman, the former Quincy Notre Dame and Quincy University basketball standout announced today that he will play the 2024-25 season overseas in the United Kingdom, the fifth country the sport has...

London Lions basketball club has entered administration after months of speculation around funding available from owners 777 Partners. The American investors also owned a 45% stake in the British Basketball League (BBL), which had its licence terminated due to concerns over finances in June. The Lions have won 19 trophies across the men’s and women’s...

With the quarter-finals of basketball at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in the rear-view mirror, the semi-finals are around the corner as two teams look to guarantee their spot on the podium as they continue battling for the gold medal on 8 August at Bercy Arena. A few days after Germany got the better of...

Basketball stars to watch during Paris 2024 Olympics basketball quarter-finals Franz Wagner is coming off his best game of the tournament, scoring 26 points on 14 shots, as Germany convincingly knocked off France. The 22-year-old is averaging 21.7 points per game, the third-highest average at Paris 2024. Giannis Antetokounmpo has been individually unstoppable averaging 27...

Clark and Jackson announced the new brand in a statement, external on their account on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The move will ensure elite level basketball can continue in Surrey and Guildford, remaining at the Surrey Sports Park – home to the Scorchers since 2015. Basketball League Ltd (BLL) had its...

But Scorchers said the University of Surrey, which owns the Surrey Sports Park where the club played their home games, is unable to continue its backing, having been forced to make “proactive decisions to restore long-term sustainability to their finances” due to “economic headwinds across the UK higher education sector”. In a statement, the club,...

USA men’s basketball full schedule at Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA have been drawn into Group C along with World Cup silver medalists Serbia, Olympic debutants South Sudan, and Puerto Rico, one of the four winners from the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The USA’s first game will be against Nikola Jokic‘s Serbia on Sunday 28 July,...

The British Basketball League has agreed a rights deal with US regional broadcaster the Yes Network, which is available in New York, Connecticut, northern and central New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania. This is its third agreement with a regional US broadcaster, joining deals with NBC Sports’ regional networks and NESN. The Yes Network has been...

3×3 basketball stars to watch at Paris 2024 Olympics Sitting on top of the FIBA world rankings for men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball going into Paris is the United States of America. The women won the gold medal in Tokyo and are looking strong ahead of Paris, where they will fight to defend their title....

The Bright Stars, who began their preparations for Paris at the end of last month, will play Puerto Rico, the United States and Serbia in the group stage. Their task is daunting, given the USA are 16-time gold medal winners – including at the past four Games – and have assembled one of the greatest...