In a battle of two heavyweights on the last day of the FIBA Americas quarterfinals, Puerto Rico blew a 19 point lead in the fourth quarter, still ended up winning the battle, but losing the quarterfinals war to Brazil. Despite giving Brazil their first loss of the tournament, and having the same record, Puerto Rico [...]

Three of the four Americas teams have punched their tickets to the 2010 World Championships to be held next year in Turkey. At an undefeated 7-0, Brazil has already earned a spot in the World Championships by dominating their competition, and are now looking for gold with a stacked Argentina and Puerto Rico are the [...]

Tropical Storm Erika has forced the the organizers of the FIBA Americas Championships to schedule games earlier than what was set. (Follow the schedule change in our forum) Despite the weakened status of the storm, games of the eighth day of the FIBA Americas tournament have been moved to be played earlier in the day than scheduled. [...]

I scoured some images from the FIBA Americas Championship and pulled out my favorite twenty photos featuring Carlos Arroyo, Esteban Batista, Francisco Garcia, Anderson Varejao, Omar Quintero, Luis Scola, Guillermo Diaz, and more. Photos are all courtesy of FIBA – Thanks FIBA!

Brazil and Puerto Rico maintained their perfect records, each winning their first game in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Americas Championship, for a unblemished 5-0 record. Using a balanced lineup, Brazil has won their first four matches. They took first place in their tough preliminary group by downing the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Argentina, and Panama.  Brazil would [...]

Event: 2009 Americas Championships Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Discuss: Americas Championships Thread Info: The tournament will determine which four teams qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships of Basketball. The tournament will feature ten teams from Northern and Latin Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The favorites coming into [...]

Eddie Ríos Mellado, Puerto Rican teacher and inventor of the three point line, passed away on Saturday, August 22nd, after spending three weeks in the hospital. Ríos Mellado is credited as one of the inventors of the three-point line when he used the three-point arc in an official tournament played in 1962, eight years before it was [...]