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Nenad Krstic Suspended Three Games by FIBA for Chair Toss

Despite fears Thunder center Nenad Krstic might miss the entirety of Serbia's run in the 2010 FIBA World Championship following a rollicking brawl in a warmup against Greece, the big man will miss only the first three games of the tournament, FIBA announced Thursday. Serbian guard Milos Teodosic, who helped spark the...

FIBA Boss 'Appalled' By Greece-Serbia Fight, Nenad Krstic Blames Shirtless Fan

FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann of Germany has issued a strongly worded statement about Thursday's gnarly on-court fracas between the Serbian and Greek national teams at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens. In the statement, Baumann mentions none of the players involved in the fight, but promises to take the...

Serbia, Greece Brawl in Pre-Worlds 'Friendly' in Athens

Nary a summer goes by without two national basketball teams smacking the snot out of each other during a FIBA game. Last summer, we were fed two notable melees, Italy vs. Canada and the inordinately violent Mexico vs. Uruguay. With the 2010 FIBA World Championship right around the corner, regional rivals Serbia and Greece...

Greek Baby Shaq Too Fat For Olympiacos

Sofoklis Schortsanitis, the so-called Greek Baby Shaq whose NBA rights belong to the Clippers and whom as a 21-year-old in his first international competition caused big problems for Team USA in the 2006 Worlds, is fat. Like really fat. According to Ball in Europe, his club Olympiacos demands he stay below 330 pounds. He...

Sofoklis Schortsanitis News From the Web

03/21/11 Basketball / Vitoria aims at Maccabi's perimeter Source: Haaretz Taking Sofoklis Schortsanitis as a factor out of the game will be the primary goal tonight of coach Dusko Ivanovic as his Caja Laboral Vitoria hosts Maccabi Tel Aviv in Game 1 of their best-of-five Euroleague series.