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Cleveland Cavaliers draft pick Saliou Niang is among the leaders in player efficiency rating with the Italian national team at EuroBasket 2025.. Niang helped the Italians qualify for the round of 16 after finishing 4-1 during the group stage, averaging 9.8 points and 4.3 rebounds on 70% shooting from the field. He led the team in scoring with 15 po...

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Miami Heat forward Simone Fontecchio is one of multiple players on the Heat competing in EuroBasket, and he will represent his native country of Italy in the tournament. He put his job playing basketball in the NBA and his time playing for the Italian national team into an interesting perspective. Fontecchio indicated that he views NBA basketball a...

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Marco Belinelli, 39, has officially announced his retirement from professional basketball, ending a career that spanned over 20 years. In an emotional statement, Belinelli said, “I gave it my heart. Every piece of me. Every single day. Basketball gave me everything… and I gave it everything I had.” Belinelli began his professional journey with Virt...

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For years, Italian sports lost out on promising talent. Not due to a lack of skill, motivation, or dedication, but because of the law. Thousands of young athletes who grew up in Italy - many of whom were born there or arrived as small children to foreign parents - were denied the chance to represent the Azzurri in international competitions. Why? B...

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Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens has said throughout the offseason that that team wanted Joe Mazzulla to be its coach for a long time. It made that more than a proclamation Friday, announcing it has signed Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension. Length and details of the new deal were not released. In a statement, Mazzulla called his new...

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  I sopravvissuti del disastro dell'Andrea Doria del 1956 commemorano l'anniversario all'Italian American Museum di New York Lady Gaga domina le nomination degli MTV VMA 2025 con 12 candidature Richard DiLiberto riconfermato presidente della Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture La docuserie su Diana Taurasi: uno sguardo inedito alla...

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On Monday night, in downtown Manhattan, in front of a theater of about 100 people, Diana Taurasi answered the question on everybody’s mind: What now? What does the greatest women’s basketball player of all time do in retirement? The Italian American UConn women’s basketball legend answered in the most Taurasi way, simple and straight to the point. ...

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Earlier this month, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo was granted Italian citizenship and was primed to participate in EuroBasket later this summer after being listed on the preliminary roster. This came after DiVincenzo was trying to earn Italian citizenship for years. However, recently it was announced that DiVincenzo won’t be playing...

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Italy were crowned FIBA U20 EuroBasket champions for the first time since 2013 after defeating Lithuania in Sunday's Final. They led for the majority of the contest, including by 16 points at half-time, on their way to confirming an 83-66 triumph to end a 12-year wait to recapture the trophy. It was another Final defeat for Lithuania - after also c...

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Current Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, after previously expressing interest in playing for the Italian national team in the 2025 EuroBasket, now will have a chance to live out his dream. Monday afternoon, the Wolves guard was granted official Italian citizenship, making him eligible to play for the Italian team in national competiti...

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