Basketball
Ken Cole back and coaching in SA
CONTROVERSIAL Adelaide 36ers NBL championship coach Ken Cole will return to Adelaide to coach Brett Maher's "Fleet" team next month.
Hawks on death row
WOLLONGONG needs its starting frontcourt to come to the party tonight or Perth will be enjoying a premature celebration.
Caps lower the `boom'
CANBERRA became the WNBL's most successful club when it stole the championship out from under Bulleen 75-70 in a sizzling grand final in Melbourne.
Wildcats' grip on crown
PERTH'S "winner-take-all" attitude to tomorrow night's second game of the NBL grand final series should sound alarm bells for Wollongong.
This final is a little bit personal
TODAY'S WNBL grand final is just a little bit personal for rival coaches Tom Maher and Carrie Graf.
Sudden death in final opener
IT'S unanimous. Everyone involved believes winning tonight's opener in the NBL's best-of-three grand final is the key to claiming the championship.
Wade faces a tall order
NEW Central District import Wade Pidock might be from a Division II college in the U.S. but he has Earl Lloyd and Leroy Loggins as career inspirations.
Hawks' grand opener can shape series
THE NBL championship is likely to hinge almose exclusively on the result of tomorrow night's grand final opener in Perth.
No word from NBL on Classic
THE NBL Players Association is still waiting to advise its membership of the league's position on releasing players for the Foot Locker Classic.
Hawks `no fairytale'
PERTH Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge would like to set the record straight on the eve of the best-of-three NBL grand final with Wollongong.
Hawks chase dream
WOLLONGONG has to win a game in Perth to complete sport's best "feel good" story of 2009-10 after the Hawks beat Townsville 88-76 on Saturday.
Hawks need fairytale
THE problem for Wollongong tonight in a season of over-achievement as the NBL's reigning "feel good" story, is something quite tangible.
Brian Goorjian on Sixers' coach list
THE Adelaide 36ers have confirmed they have approached six-time NBL championship-winning coach Brian Goorjian.
Riley an Eagle on the first Fleet
FORESTVILLE Eagles import Riley Luettgerodt will not only rock the SBL this season but also Brett Maher's "Fleet" team at the Foot Locker Classic.
Schenscher close to NBL championship
LUKE Schenscher is two wins from joining an elite group of 208cm-or-taller Adelaide big men to leave the 36ers and win an NBL championship.
Brett Maher back for Classic
BRETT Maher will hit the hardwood again, leading his Fleet team in the $250,000 Foot Locker Elite Classic High Stakes Hoops series in April.
Players union to wait for NBL call
THE NBL Players Association will wait to review the league's position before voting on whether to make its players available for a TV tournament.
Ton-up Francis named as MVP
CAYLA Francis has joined Adelaide Lightning's "immortals" by winning the WNBL club's 2010 Most Valuable Player award.
Boti Nagy on the Ninnis sacking
IN a candid conversation with Scott Ninnis on the Friday before the 36ers' last game, the NBL coach admitted finishing last would likely cost him his job.
Scott Ninnis and Vicki Valk sacked
ADELAIDE'S elite basketball club managements have reacted savagely to terrible on-court performances this year by dumping both coaches.
Captain courageous ... Adam Ballinger shoots despite pressure from the Hawks' Larry Davidson during the Sixers' final game for the NBL season.
Read MoreBlaze battle to survive
GOLD Coast must find the composure which helped it rout Perth during the NBL regular season if it hopes to stay alive in the post-season.
Wildcats close on history
PERTH is now within three victories of becoming the most successful club in NBL history.
Gilchrist keeps on watching
WHEN your knee has wrenched in a sickeningly unnatural fashion during a basketball game, watching more matches would seem unlikely medicine.
Wildcats need blaze of glory
PERTH may have clinched the regular season championship but the jolt in its semi-final series is drawing Gold Coast.
`Greats' sign up for Elite hoopla
CHRIS Anstey and Sam Mackinnon may be back at Brett Maher Court one last time, hitting the Foot Locker Elite Classic High Stakes Hoops tournament.
Ballinger bails for pro stint in Israel
ADELAIDE'S three-time club Most Valuable Player Adam Ballinger is on a plane to Israel where he will spend the next three months.
Boti Nagy wraps up round 20
HOW good was that? Seriously. A season which went right down to the wire, right down to the very last game of the very last regular season round.
Lightning never in the `big league'
BOB Dylan had it right with "the times they are a'changing" but these are changing times no Lightning fan wanted to see.
Sixers finish last
ADELAIDE'S fans of elite basketball remain in shock, coming to terms with the fact the finals are starting but it's another "mad Monday" locally instead.
Adelaide hits new depths
IT was history of the worst kind for Adelaide as it plumbed the depths of the NBL's bomb shelter for the first time, beaten 82-79 by Wollongong.
Sixers on verge of shock win
DON'T be surprised if the Adelaide 36ers turn around tomorrow night and finish the NBL season by beating Wollongong at Brett Maher Court.
Francis talking turkey on finals
CAYLA Francis had no idea she was on the eve of her 100th WNBL game but winning it is more of her focus.
Big names go but new stars to excite
AS the closest season in NBL history draws steadily to its inevitable close, so too will the careers of many of Australian basketball's greatest names.
League `wrong' on final rulings
ADELAIDE has requested a "please explain" from the WNBL, the league mistaken about its finals qualification requirement.
Defenceless Sixers led to the slaughter
GENERAL Custer had a better strategy at Little Big Horn than the Adelaide 36ers last night at the Swamp.
News
Bali bombmaker shot dead
INDONESIAN police believe they may have shot dead Dulmatin, one of the region's most wanted terrorists and one of the architects of the 2002 Bali bombings.
Sport
AFL freeze on drug cheats
THE AFL has warned it could strip clubs of premierships and players of Brownlow Medals if players use performance-enhancing drugs.
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