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Basketball Africa League looks to boost women's game
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoEight teams will face off in Kigali to become BAL's 2024 champions on 1 June [Getty Images] The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is working with world...
Prospects get chance to shine in Basketball Africa League
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“There is a word that really we don't like, which is ‘raw,'" said Franck Traore, head of basketball...
Out of Africa: Duke recruit Khaman Maluach grew game at NBA Academy in Senegal
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoINDIANAPOLIS — With the passing of each city block and mile of highway out of downtown Indianapolis...
Leading basketball’s push across Africa
Semafor via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBasketball chiefs are helping the sport to grow its fanbase across Africa by making the game "as compelling and locally relevant as possible," the CEO of...
Masai Ujiri’s ‘Giants of Africa’ growing basketball infrastructure in Africa
Yahoo Sports Canada· 2 years agoMasai Ujiri isn’t ready to talk about his legacy. “No legacy yet man, we haven't done anything yet,”...
Louisville basketball adds big man Emmanuel Okorafor from NBA Africa to its current roster
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLouisville men's basketball's 2022-23 season appears beyond saving with the Cardinals 2-17 and...
Daniel Boone grad Jeff Sparrow coaches in NBA-sponsored Basketball Africa League
Reading Eagle, Pa. via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoNov. 24—Jeffrey Sparrow, a Daniel Boone graduate and former Reading High assistant basketball coach, is grinding toward his dream of professional coaching with a twist, and in more ways than ...
Incoming recruit from NBA Africa Academy following Paul Mills to Wichita State basketball
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPaul Mills has believed in the skills of Joy Ighovodja since watching him play in the NBA Academy...
A trailblazer for African basketball, Houtman a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame nominee
The Standard-Times via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoA driving force behind Marques Houtman going to Cape Verde in the early 2000s to play professional...
What to know about the Jr. NBA Leagues, a youth basketball program coming to Louisville
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the Jr. NBA Leagues open play this fall, giving boys and girls ages 6 to 14 the chance to play youth basketball in NBA- and WNBA-branded leagues, it'll be in some of the pro game's most ...