October 6, 2008 in Basketball Diaries, News
“Ubuntu diary” – Day 1
After travelling for nearly 24 hours, I picked up a rental car and drove 111KM south of Boston, to the town of Newport, Rhodes Islands.
Newport is the home this year Boston Celtics NBA training camp. I checked myself in the hotel and slept crazy, being so tired last night I made no effort to meet up with the team.
September 30, 2008 in Competitions
The ‘Hood – SA’s online basketball community – is now live, and to celebrate the occasion we’re giving you the chance to win one of three prizes.
The main prize is a personalised NBA/WNBA replica jersey (you get to choose the team, name, number and size).To have a chance to win the jersey, just sign up to The ‘Hood and take part, either by posting your own blog post or contributing a photo or video or event details.
If you don’t have anything specific to say, you can still win just by signing up to The ‘Hood and getting your friends to join too.
The person who gets the most friends to sign up to The Hood (we’ll ask everyone who signs up who referred them – make sure they put your name) can win a Boston Celtics 2008 NBA Champions cap, and a randomly selected member will win a Kobe Bryant 2008 MVP cap.
September 9, 2008 in Feature, News
Basketball Without Borders (BWB) returned to Johannesburg for the 6th consecutive year since 2003 and yet again the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ) had the pleasure of hosting this fine initiative. The five day camp ran from September 3-7 and more than 100 top (under 19) athletes from 23 countries around Africa were selected by FIBA, NBA and BSA to participate.
Each year the National Basketball Association (NBA) brings a few of their players to help out running the clinics and assist with charity work. The team was lead by the Legendary Congo Native ex Houston Rockets Center, Dikembe Muthombo Mukamba Jean Jaque Wamutombo, who we know as Dikembe Muthombo, and he was joined by Shareef Adbur-Rahim (Sacramento Kings), Caron Butler (Washington Wizards), Nick Collison (Oklahoma), Olympic Gold Medalist Jennifer Azzi and “our very own” Thabo Sefolosha of the Chicago Bulls; all NBA/WNBA players who made an appearance this year. Before heading for South Africa the players and team personel made a stop in Dakar to visit a non-profitable organisation, Sports for Education and Economic Development in Senegal (SEED), a basketball academy and a pediatric cancer unit at LeDantec Hospital to take part in a court dedication.
August 10, 2008 in Events, Feature, News
LONDON AND JOHANNESBURG, May 7, 2008 – Basketball without Borders returns to Johannesburg for the sixth consecutive year since 2003 when it hosts the basketball camp Sep. 3-7 at the American International School of Johannesburg , the National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Basketball South Africa (BSA) announced today. The African edition of the league’s global basketball development and community outreach program, unites top young basketball players to promote the sport and encourages positive social change in the areas of education, health and wellness. Read the rest of this entry →
