The European Basketball Championships, or Eurobasket, is set to begin. Twenty-four European nations will battle over the next 19 days (August 31 – September 18, 2011) in this 37th continental championship. Follow each game of Eurobasket 2011 in our Eurobasket forum. Not only are bragging rights at stake, but the top two teams will receive automatic [...]

Former Poland center Margo Dydek has died a week after suffering a heart attack. Dydek, who was just 37 years old, collapsed at her home in Brisbane, Australia, on 19 May and was later put in a medically induced coma. She was pregnant with her third child who also died. Cathy Roberts, the operations manager [...]

7-2 Polish basketball star Margo Dydek suffered a heart attack and is now in a medically-induced coma in a Australian hospital. (Discuss Margo Dydek and women’s basketball in our forum) The 37-year-old Poland-born Dydek suffered the heart attack at her home in Brisbane on Thursday. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital. She is [...]

Marcin Gortat has strung together a couple of career games to help the Phoenix Suns end a three-game losing streak. Coming into their game with the Celtics on Friday, the Suns lost had lost three straight to the likes of the Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers, and Charlotte Bobcats. (Discuss Polish basketball or the Phoenix Suns [...]

In a tribute to his fallen countrymen and women, Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat wrote Polish President Lech Kaczynski‘s name on the tape around his wrist. The 7-0 center also scrawled the flight  number on his sneakers before the Orlando Magic took on the Cleveland Cavs Sunday night. (Discuss the fatal plane crash that killed the Polish President [...]

Polish powerhouse Marcin Gortat of the Orlando Magic goes dunky on Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers last night in the Magic’s 96-94 win over the Lakers. Gortat ended the game with 6 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 blocked shots. Odom had 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists in the losting effort.

YPSILANTI, Mich. –  A recent basketball game between Chicago State University and Eastern Michigan University was a reunion for two Polish natives who finished their high school basketball in the Chicago area. (Discuss Polish basketball in our forum) Both agreed that NCAA basketball was the best path for them. Pawel Kielbasa, Chicago State’s 6-10, junior, [...]