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"Antetokounbros" Streetball Event Fills Open Court in Athens with Laughter and Cheering (video)

NBA stars Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks, offered a spectacular street-ball game in Athens on Sunday, commemorating the "Antetokounbros Streetball Event". Organized by eurohoops.net, the "Anterokounbros Streetball Event" took place in an...

Meet Spero Dedes, NBA’s Greek Sportscaster

Greek-American sportcaster Spero Dedes has become a rising presence in the world of TV sports broadcasting in the U.S. and a well-known name to basketball fans everywhere after becoming the radio voice of the Los Angeles Lakers in 2005...

FIBA Eurobasket 2015: Greece Advances to Final Eight With Victory Over Belgium

The Greek Men's Basketball Team advanced to the next round of the FIBA Eurobasket 2015 after an emphatic 75-54 victory over Belgium on Saturday in Lille, France. Despite the 21 point difference, the final score does not necessarily reflect the course of...

Antetokounmpo Impresses Against Bosnia and Herzegovina – Greece Loses to Turkey in Friendly Game

With the FIBA EuroBasket 2015 fast approaching, the Men’s Greek Basketball Team is in full preparation mode and Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of their leading stars. The Greek team were won a 78-60 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in a...

Watch Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo Play Pick Up Ball in their Old Greek Neighborhood (Video)

More than 500 hundred kids gathered at Sepolia, a working class neighborhood in Athens, to watch their old buddies, NBA players Giannis and Thanassis Antetokounmpo, play basketball and give hope to their crisis-hit dreams. After all Giannis and Thanassis who play...

Antetokounmpo Brothers Back At Their Old Greek Neighborhood

Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo returned to their old neighborhood in Sepolia, Athens, spurring the interest of hundreds of their fans, who hastened to visit the Triton open-air basketball court to watch the NBA brothers participating in a basketball event...

2014 FIBA World Cup Basketball: Greece Beats Argentina; Tops Group B

A rebuilt Greek national team scored its 5th consecutive win against favored Argentina, 79-71, in the final group game at the World Basketball Championship. A couple of months after the "peiratiko" shook the country's foundations with Samaras' successfully taken penalty...

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Greece Grabs a Second Win Against the Philippines

82-70 was the final score of today's game between Greece and the Philippines for the 2014 Mundobasket held in Spain. Easily, but not as easy as yesterday's game against Senegal (an 87-64 win) Fotis Katsikaris' players beat one of the...

Greece Scores 2nd Win Against Turkey in a Week

Greece defeated Turkey 76-72 for the second time in three days, this time harder than the last (70-56) in a friendly game at the Ulker Sports Arena, Istanbul on Friday. The combined talent of center Giannis Bourousis who scored 16 points and...

Greece Beats Turkey 70-56 in Athens

In the first and last friendly game in front of an Athenian crowd, Greece bashed Turkey 70-56 giving an impressive show in front of 7.000 happy fans who rushed to the Olympic Stadium to cheer for their national team before taking off...