Basketball
How the NBA has become a Global Phenomenon
Basketball in the past 30 years has become one of the most popular sports worldwide, with a fan base that covers all the continents.
The Growth of the WNBA: Women in Basketball Sports Media (Part 2 of 2)
With the growth of the WNBA, or “The W,” has also come the development of women in basketball sports media.
The Growth of the WNBA: How We Got Here and Where We’re Headed (Part 1 of 2)
The WNBA has grown in the last five years but has completely boomed this past season.
North American Basketball and Its Influence Around the World
The Denver Nuggets this week won their first-ever NBA Championship in a basketball league that in recent decades has gone global. Teams of the National Basketball Association have regularly done exhibition game overseas, where they can measure their strengths by […]
Giannis Antetokuonmpo Paves the Way for More Cross-Cultural Athletes
WHO IS GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO? Also known as the “Greek Freak” by many basketball fans, Giannis Antetokounmpo is the middle child of five brothers with Nigerian parents. Despite being born in Athens, Greece, the Antetokounmpo family were originally immigrants to the […]
March Madness and the Mad Numbers Behind it all
With the U.S. collegiate basketball season winding down, the thoughts of many a university student — and alumni as well as just regular sports fans — turn to March Madness and the NCAA Division 1 men’s and women’s basketball championship […]
College Basketball Coaching is a Killer Dream Job
If you’re a Third Culture Kid who’s back in the United States for college and your school has a competitive basketball team, the month of March holds particular influence in the minds of sports fans and the head coach has […]
