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Brian Bowen Joins Australian NBL Via Program Designed To Compete With The NCAABrian Bowen, whose allegedly greased recruitment to Louisville cost Rick Pitino his job and essentially cost Bowen two years of eligibility, has decided to join the Sydney Kings of Australia’s National Basketball League....

Huge Brawl Breaks Out During Australia-Philippines Basketball GameA massive fight erupted during an Australia-Philippines basketball game today. When the dust settled, 13 players were ejected from the FIBA World Cup qualifier—four from Australia and nine from Philippines....

Croatian Basketball Star Leaves National Team Over Sneaker DisputeDragan Bender, a 17-year-old Croatian basketball star who could be a top pick in the NBA draft one day, left the Croatian national team and the FIBAU19 tournament at the end of June over a sneaker dispute between Jordan and adidas. ...

The Italian Basketball Team Will Run Circles And Circles And Circles And Circles Around Everyone At EuroBasket

This clipboard belongs to Simone Pianigiani, the head coach of the Italian national basketball team, and we're told that it almost always resembles a toddler's masterpiece (and, yes, possibly an unintentional dong as well)....

Chinese National Basketball Team Karate-Kicks Brazil Off Court In International Friendly

The Chinese men's national basketball team apologized today for its most recent on-court brawl, in a designated "friendly" match against Brazil on Tuesday. Players and coaches blame it on bad calls — all within the first sixty-six seconds of play....

Greeks And Serbs Fight It Out On The Basketball Court, With Their Fists

The Acropolis Tournament in Athens ended today when the Greek and Serbian teams got into a bench-clearing brawl. Come for the punching, stay for the Nenad Krstic chair-throwing. [AP]...

Birmingham's Fake Basketball Tournament Causes International Incident

Venezuela's national basketball team flew all the way to Alabama to participate in an international tournament, only to discover they were the only international team there. Also, the "tournament" was just one game. You've done it again, Birmingham, Alabama....