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Meet the twins Ingles left behind
Meet the Twingles - the 25-day-old twins of Boomers veteran Joe Ingles that he parted with just 36 hours after they were born.
Meet the Twingles - the 25-day-old twins of Boomers veteran Joe Ingles that he parted with just 36 hours after they were born.
They grew up at the AIS together and now they're chasing Olympic Games glory.
The NBL will have two China Basketball Association teams at its preseason tournament, the Australian Basketball Challenge, in Brisbane in September.
On the sun-soaked beaches of San Diego in February, the Boomers' Olympic flame begin flickering stronger than ever before.
The Boomers are just one win away from creating history and winning their first Olympic medal after crushing Lithuania in Wednesday's quarter-final - but they won't be content without a gold medal.
Canberra Capitals coach Paul Goriss says a solution must be found to stop Australia's best young basketballers ignoring the WNBL to play in the US if the Australian Opals are to rebound from their Rio heartbreak.
It's been the story of Australia's Olympic campaign. They underachieved in the pool, they underachieved on the cycling track, and now the women's basketball team will walk away from Rio without the medal they were expected to win.
The Perth Wildcats have finalised their roster for the upcoming NBL season announcing the re-signing of Shawn Redhage.
Less than a week after the subtle revelation that WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne is gay, the story had all but died.
Close games for the USA against some of the best national teams in the world might just be the norm for the remainder of the men's Olympic basketball competition.
It was Chris Goulding's time to shine in the Boomers' 81-56 win over Venezuela on Sunday night.
The Canberra Gunners finals drought won't be broken for another year.
In the febrile atmosphere, it was the sort of turn of events that might have incited a riot. In another sport, place and time, it would have.
Rio de Janeiro: Australia remain undefeated at the Rio Olympics after narrowly beating Belarus 74-66 in their last pool game of the women's basketball competition.
Australian basketball great Shane Heal says his innocence has been proven after Queensland Police Services ended their investigation into bets made on former WNBL club South East Queensland Stars.
Brisbane adds major weapon ahead of return to NBL.
Liz Cambage produced a final quarter for the ages, single-handedly dragging Australia from 16 points down to defeat Japan and secure the Opals top spot in their group
The deal will make James the highest-paid star in the NBA this season and after that he will become the highest paid of all time.
Canberra basketballer Patty Mills would have preferred to beat Team USA for his birthday present, but he is closing in on another personal milestone at the Rio Olympic Games.
although Boomers still haven't beaten them, they are getting close enough to smell it
NBA superstar Paul George has described Australia as "dirty", while Kevin Durant believes it won't be the last time the US basketball team square off against the Boomers at the Rio Olympics.
"They feel like they can beat us but we feel they can't." Well, Mr Durant, it appears as though you were right - but not without one almighty scare from a Boomers team hellbent on causing the upset of the Olympics.
New Canberra Capitals signing Jazmon Gwathmey has wasted no time in sending a warning to the rest of the WNBL, saying she has only reached 55% of her full potential.
Melbourne basketballer Venky Jois believes he has landed in the best place to showcase his skills after signing with Estonian club Tartu Ulikool Rock.
Team USA can keep the private cruise ship because the only thing Canberra basketballer Patrick Mills wants for his birthday is to make Olympic Games history by chasing a medal.
The Opals turned the tables on their London Games captors to notch a vital win that should ensure they avoid the US until the gold medal match.
Melbourne United have signed a third import with former West Virginia Mountaineer Devin Williams signing for the coming season.
Not only is it the first time Australia have beaten Serbia at an Olympic Games, it's also the first time the Boomers have opened their campaign with back-to-back wins.
For the record, Liz Cambage wants to make it clear that Andrew Bogut hugged her, not the other way around. And she also thinks she could take him down in a game of one-on-one.
The peace-loving welcome of Rio's opening ceremony did not extend to the basketball court, where the Brazilian women's team and a feral home crowd double-teamed to stun Australia in their opening pool match on Saturday. Calling on all their experience, the Opals prevailed 84-66 after trailing at the first two breaks.
Given his various controversial utterances of late, Andrew Bogut might have tried to steer away from calling a group of men '"pricks" on Saturday.
The Boomers centre and NBA championship winner was in particularly fine form on the eve of Australia's first group game against France on Friday.
Elizabeth Cambage has revealed how a 'blackface' controversy that saw her fall out with fellow Opal Alice Kunek has been resolved with a peace-making in the countdown to the Rio Olympics.
Melbourne's WNBL cross town derby will take centre stage this season after the release of the league's fixture on Friday.
Whenever the USA's men's basketball team speaks before an Olympics, everyone wants to listen.
Markelle Fultz scored 33 points as his touring Huskies lost in overtime to SEABL club Dandenong Rangers.
Difficult matches against France and Serbia stand in the way of the Australians before they meet America in the Olympic basketball tournament, while Kitty Chiller has laughed off Andrew Bogut's complaints about the Village.
In 193 WNBL games Sally Phillips starred in the WNBL and in the past two years she has worked at the coalface as commercial operations manager at Dandenong Rangers.
NBA superstars eschew Olympics village for a 196-cabin, bullet-shielded floating US embassy.
The Boomers' goal of winning Olympic gold in Rio is at best ambitious but potentially something that could blow up in their faces.
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