With The ESPN Celebrity Event happening this weekend in Tshwane at the Menlyn Shopping Center. The list of players taking part has been finalized.
Sep 26
Open Run for the ESPN Celeb Exhibition Game Invite
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I’m sure by now, all the ballers are waiting with great anticipation to the biggest event in the basketball calendar. Preparations are showing that this year’s ESPN event is certainly going to live up to its hype. Excitement continues to grow with each day we get closer to the judgement day. This would be the event you would want to bring your potential sponsor or funder to get a full view of the real potential of basketball in this country. That said, let me get to business. Continue reading »
Sep 02
The ESPN Celebrity Basketball Extravaganza is happening on the 23rd October at the Menlyn Shopping Center so be on the lookout.
Information provided by Cabby Magongwa and edited by Victor Shakineza
May 28
ESPN and DARK CHILD take it to the streets
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Saturday the 16th of May was that time of the year again, when ESPN together with Dark Child Production show case some of the “talent” that Mzansi celebrities have to offer outside their day jobs. This year they decided to take a short left into The University of Johannesburg’s Soweto Campus, this is where the Celebrity Basketball Extravaganza took place. The event was quite a huge success; not only did the organizers choose the perfect day to hold the event (The University’s Open Day) but they chose some of the best celebs to entertain the crowd. Continue reading »
Mar 12
GBL 2009 season kicks off with a bang
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As you walked into the Hall at the University of Witwatersrand, you were greeted by noise from all corners and people being entertained by some basketball action and the dancing taking place. Not forgetting the beautiful people roaming around.
The Wits Hall 29 was also dressed for the occasion with banners everywhere, VIP section with food aplenty, shot clock system, computers in every direction, helpful ladies and bouncers at the door that were there to make sure that everyone behaved and got their monies worth. Some of the banners on show were the ESPN, Channel O, Darkchild, Gauteng basketball, AND. With camera crews doing the rounds from Supersport and Yfm, it was bound to attract plenty of coverage for the event sponsors. Basketball South Africa (BSA) top brass also made an appearance and it was nice to finally see the board in flesh at such an event.
The day started with D1 games for both men and women which were more competitive than anticipated. By the looks of it, teams have gone all out to recruit and strengthen for this season of basketball. If you think that D1 is a retirement village for former basketball players, you have something else coming. There were blocks, dunks, fastbreak and amazing intensity in these games to get the season going. Some in the crowd were under the impression that it was all in the sake of exhibition but the players on the court knew that it was for the points that they were balling for so there was no inch spared. Continue reading »
Mar 11
Wits University was the place to be this past weekend, Sunday the 8th of March, where the official GBL launch was held. The event was a great success and as for the turn out, well that’s questionable; granted the hall was relatively full (of dance supporters and a few ball lovers here and there) but by in the initial phases of the launch, it seemed like it was a dance competition event more than a basketball one.
Channel O, ESPN, AND1 etc…, were working together with GBL and Pro Sport Consulting for the event, but boy was the lime light on Channel O and their dancers for the Urban Dance Competition. The deco actually spoke for itself… When I first arrived at hall 29 there was only ONE Gauteng Basketball banner; “Only one people!” unlike those for ESPN and Channel O. At one stage I actually forgot that it was a basketball event because the dancing out shined the basketball.
