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African Blogtable: Who makes it out of the NBA conference

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 25 Sep 2020

Every week the African Blogtable brings together the top basketball minds from across the continent to answer pressing questions about the NBA Playoffs

Slam-dunk apps for basketball in Nigeria

Sport Tolu Olasoji - 24 Sep 2020

Would-be professionals have taken to technology into their own hands to arrange fixtures and tournaments for their favourite sport

African Blogtable: Which team will dominate this year’s NBA Western Conference finals?

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 20 Sep 2020

This year’s NBA Western Conference finals sees the Lakers face off against the Nuggets, a matchup that last recalled a decade ago. We asked our team of experts for their predictions

African Blogtable: Who’ll emerge victorious when the Raptors take on the Celtics?

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 5 Sep 2020

The Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics meet in the Eestern Conference playoffs this week. Our African Blogtable contributors weigh in on which team they think will take it

More than a game: NBA players in wildcat strike to protest racial injustice

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 27 Aug 2020

In 1961, Bill Russell led his fellow Boston Celtics in refusing to play in an NBA game in protest of systemic racism. It happened again on Wednesday.

African Blogtable: Upsets and flukes in the NBA playoffs

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 25 Aug 2020

This week, some lower-seeded teams won their first games against the top-seeded teams. Were these once-off wins or should LeBron and Giannis be worried?

Welcome to the African Blogtable: Let’s talk NBA playoffs

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 19 Aug 2020

The NBA playoffs have officially begun and the race to the championship is tight. African sports journalists from all over the continent share their answers to some burning questions about this season’s potential winner

Africa, tune in: The NBA is back on your screens

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 28 Jul 2020

The NBA’s been on pause since March but will be back in full effect on Thursday. What’s happened since the stoppage and what’s about to happen?

How the coronavirus has hit global sport

Article Agency - 9 Mar 2020

Here is a look at the effects on sport of the coronavirus, which on Monday had killed over 3 800 people while infecting more than 110 000 in over 100 countries

The Basketball League Africa gears up for its inaugural season

Article Refiloe Seiboko - 4 Mar 2020

Twelve teams. Seven cities. One champion. The first BAL season is about to tip off, and we’re here for it (as soon as coronavirus fears abate)

Kobe Bryant wrote his own legacy

Article Luke Feltham - 30 Jan 2020

Few athletes have the penchant for storytelling that the Lakers legend had for much of his life

NBA legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash ⁠— reports

Sport Agency - 26 Jan 2020

National Basketball Association (NBA) legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles, celebrity website TMZ reported, in an...

Chinese TV takes NBA opener off air after row

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Oct 2019

Games were not shown on the Chinese network on Wednesday morning.

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Apple pulls Hong Kong app used by protesters after China warning

Article James Edgar - 10 Oct 2019

The tech giant's pulling of HKmap.live was blasted as bowing to China

2019: The year of the Raptor

Article Refiloe Seiboko & Luke Feltham - 14 Jun 2019

Canada’s NBA franchise, and Africa’s biggest influence on the league, is one of those special stories that only comes around once every few years

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