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Share Closely following on the news that the Mahindra Group will be partnering the NBA to launch a recreational basketball league in three Indian cities, here’s another corporate venture in expanding sports not named “cricket” in India: Reliance Industries, led by India’s wealthiest Mukesh Ambani is partnering with US-based sports marketing company IMG Worldwide in a joint... 

Share Here’s great news if you are a baller in Ludhiana, Bangalore, or Mumbai. Or a fan of the NBA. Or capitalism. A day after BFI General Secretary Harish Sharma spoke to me about the possibility of a pro basketball league in India, the NBA and industrial conglomerate Mahindra Group announced a partnership to launch a new multi-city community-based recreational basketball league in those three... 

Share Sitting courtside at the NBA All Star Game at the Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Harish Sharma, the secretary general of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), was more awestruck by the scenes off the court than the superstars on it. Off the court sat the biggest crowd to ever attend a basketball game – a mind-boggling,Guinness-Book-of-Records shattering 108,713 people. That is more... 

Share You may have already heard of Talwainderjit Singh “TJ” Sahi. The 6′2″ Punjab point guard is one of the finest players in the country and even took his game to a division II team in California. Here is a famous video of TJ Sahi leading the Indian team in an international game last year against Asian powerhouses China. China played without injured superstar Yao Ming .... 

Share Another edition of the Ramu Memorial Basketball Tournament (RMBT) concluded on Sunday night, with Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and South East Central (SEC) Railway lifting the Men’s and Women’s trophies respectively. Held at the Indian Gymkhana in Mumbai, the RMBT is an annual, prestigious All-India basketball tournament, now in it’s 26th edition. The tournament has historically... 

Share The group stages of this year’s Ramu Memorial Basketball Tournament(RMBT) concluded last night, with defending champs Western Railways dominating the Men’s competition. SEC-Railway go into the final undefeated in the Women’s field. Held at the Indian Gymkhana in Mumbai, the RMBT is an annual, prestigious All-India basketball tournament, now in it’s 26th edition. The... 

Share Now, with the trade deadline behind us and the rosters for the NBA teams more or less finalized, I’ve decided that it’s a good time to make my end-of-season predictions for the NBA. These include my predictions for end-of-season awards (MVP, ROY, etc), the All-NBA team, and who will be the last team standing as 2010 NBA Champions… Lakers 2009 There are a few more months to... 

Share For some fans, the Trade Deadline the most exciting time of the NBA calender – more than the NBA draft, the All Star Game, even the Finals. The deadline passed yesterday (afternoon or late night, depending on your time zone), sending many old faces to new places. Here is my (not so humble) analysis of all the teams involved in deals leading up to the deadline… Dallas Mavericks The... 

Share The Ramu Memorial Basketball Tournament, a prestigious all India basketball competition now in its 26th edition, is ready to tip off from Feb 21. The tournament is held at the Indian Gymkhanain Mumbai and will last a whole week. It features some of the top (men and women) teams in the country fighting for the coveted trophy. Ramu Memorial Basketball From the official website: The hallmark and... 

Share Following basketball star Geethu Anna Jose’s “ban” from being able to in a professional league in Australia (as reported on TimesNow.tv), I wrote an article on my blog protesting against Geethu’s plight, called How to suppress your superstars – 101. This article was also published here on SportsKeeda.com. The TimesNow.tv article mentioned this: “…...