(August 23 , 2011)
August 23 , 2011
NBA Legends Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and Dikembe Mutombo will headline Basketball without Borders (BWB) Africa 2011. Returning to South Africa for the eighth time Sept. 1-4, BWB is the NBA’s and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program, which uses sports to influence positive social change.
The trip will reunite Georgetown University alumni Ewing, Mourning, and Mutombo for their first trip to Africa together since the three were part of a contingent of NBA players, officials, coaches, and legends that traveled to Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and South Africa for basketball youth clinics in 1994.
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Top Youth From Around Africa Set To Participate in BWB
(August 8 , 2011)
August 8 , 2011
After a
successful event in Rio de Janeiro, Basketball without Borders now heads to Ljubljana, Slovenia from Aug. 8-11 for the highlight of the 2011 camp schedule.
This marks the
first BWB camp to be held in one of the former Yugoslav republics and celebrates the program’s 10th anniversary. The 2001 inaugural camp, held in Treviso, Italy, featured 50 campers from former Yugoslav republics. The 2011 BWB Europe camp is reuniting many of the original NBA players who coached during the inaugural camp, including Vlade Divac (Serbia), Rasho Nesterovic (Slovenia), Dalibor Bagaric (Croatia), Bruno Sundov (Croatia), and Dragan Tarlac (Serbia).
First held in 2001, Basketball without Borders is the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development program that uses the sport to create positive social change in the areas of education and health and wellness.
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(August 2 , 2011)
August 2 , 2011
For more than a decade, Basketball without Borders has taken the game internationally to high-risk areas. But rarely has that been done more poetically than in BWB's recent trip to Brazil.
Operating in an area that was under police control just eight months ago, NBA Legends Allan Houston, Dominique Wilkins, Adonal Foyle and Sam Perkins came together with NBA staff, local organizations and 40 of the best young basketball players in the Americas to teach skills essential for basketball and life.
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(July 31 , 2011)
July 31 , 2011
The final day of Basketball without Borders Americas 2011 was full of fun and basketball, all day with the BWB All Star Game as the highlight. Campers took in a tour of Rio’s famous Corcovado in the morning, while a group of about 40 girls from Mangueira's basketball teams participated on a day clinic led by NBA Legend Sam Perkins.
In the afternoon, ten campers represented seven countries on All-Star rosters for the Blue and White teams with Argentina having the most representation with seven players. The White team was led by NBA Legends Adonal Foyle and Dominique Wilkins and NBA coaches Kaleb Canales, Alex English. NBA Legends Allan Houston and Sam Perkins coached the Blue team along with NBA coaches Phil Weber and Austin Ainge.
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September 4 , 2011
The final day of camp started with a visit to the Apartheid museum in the suburbs of Johannesburg. The museum, which charters the history of Apartheid and the ensuing struggles, welcomed the NBA contingent and provided for an evocative and emotional morning.
(August 8 , 2011)
