Ben Gordon finally commits to Great Britain national basketball team
May 8th, 2010

Excellent news.

The only way you would not know that I am British is if you:

a) have never been to this website before today,
b) have been here before but understandably don’t read any of the words I write, or
c) know so little about vexillology that you didn’t even realise that the site’s logo had a flag in it.

Because of my nationality – English rather than British, but we’ll worry about that later – it is inevitable …

Posted by at 12:18 AM

Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 7
January 7th, 2010

Gilbert Arenas was suspended indefinitely today, where “indefinitely” is implied to mean “for the rest of the season at least.” I don’t really have an opinion on that, apart from to state the obvious. Which I won’t do.

But here’s one thing to note; the financial repercussions of the suspension.

Disregarding the possible voiding of the contract for a moment – I’m not a lawyer and won’t profess to understand all the technicalities behind this – the suspension impacts the …

Posted by at 5:43 PM

Where Are They Now, 2009; Part 5
January 5th, 2009

Esteban Batista was recently released by Maccabi Tel-Aviv by mutual consent, after barely playing for their new coach, Pini Gershon. His playing time was so sparse that he wasn’t even travelling with the team towards the end of his stay. Batista quickly became Nenad Krstic’s targeted replacement for Triumph in Russia, but never signed with the team (despite reports that he did) due to his dislike of the cold Russian weather. (Actually.) For Maccabi, Batista averaged 3.6 points and …

Posted by at 12:38 AM