NBA.com/Rocky Widner It wasn’t the most glamorous week for Andrew Bogut. While the Warriors continued to rack up wins, Bogut was on the receiving end of a few unfortunate plays. It started on national television against the Dallas Mavericks last Wednesday. Golden State was down by 22 points at one point in the first half. Tyson Chandler put Andrew Bogut on a poster with this … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 15
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Croatians Around the NHL: Introducing Borna Rendulic – Goals and Injuries
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Borna Rendulic of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche has done something no Croatia-born athlete has ever done before: Score a goal in the NHL. That's right, Borna is the first ever Croatia-born and trained player to not only play, but also score in the NHL. The 22-year-old was born in Zagreb and made his professional hockey debut in the 2006-07 season with KHL Medvescak at the … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NHL: Introducing Borna Rendulic – Goals and Injuries
Igor Tudor Resigns as Coach of Hajduk Split
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Only days before the start of the spring half of the HNL season, Hajduk Split coach, Igor Tudor, has resigned from his position with the club. Players and club officials attempted to persuade the former Croatian International and one of the longest-tenured coaches the club has ever had to stay with the team, but Tudor refused. Tudor nor the club released a reason … [Read more...] about Igor Tudor Resigns as Coach of Hajduk Split
Croatians Around the NBA: Week 14
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Cary Amundson- USA Today Sports It was another rare week for the Warriors by not winning all of their respective games. Golden State found themselves down by 11 against Utah at half-time last Friday. A dramatic comeback wasn't meant to be, as they lost 110-100 to the lowly Jazz. They were pummeled on the glass by a 55 to 41 rebound margin. It was a shocking performance, … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 14
Tuesday Night Funnies: Who throws a shoe?!
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In Wednesday's second leg Copa del Rey quarterfinal match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, Atletico's Arda Turan threw his cleat at the linesman in frustration with his side down a man and trailing 3-2. What's more shocking than him actually throwing his show is that he only received a yellow card for the offense. What's up with that? Barcelona won 4-2 … [Read more...] about Tuesday Night Funnies: Who throws a shoe?!
Croatians Around the NBA: Week 13
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Photo: Noah Graham/NBA/Getty Images It has become a broken record when covering the Golden State Warriors. Since their two-game losing streak in early November, this team has had either a productive or perfect week. This wasn’t any different for Andrew Bogut and company. It started with another convincing win over the Houston Rockets. This was supposed to be one of the … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 13
Cowboys to face Poland in quarters after Brazilian scare
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After going a perfect 5-0 in the group stage of the 2015 World Handball Championships in Qatar, the Croatian Cowboys were given the ultimate scare this past Sunday against Brazil in the round of 16. In a match they were supposed to comfortably dominate, Croatia went down early, trailing 4th place Group A team Brazil 15-13 at halftime. However, Croatia dug deep in the second … [Read more...] about Cowboys to face Poland in quarters after Brazilian scare
The Call Has Been Made!
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Mirko CroCop Filipovic will face the Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga in Krakow, Poland on April 11th, 2015 as part of the UFC Fight Night 64 event. Gonzaga holds a devastating head kick knock out of Mirko back at UFC 70 and also took his title shot in the process. This has to be the Croatians worst and most devastating defeat to date and now he has a chance to avenge that loss in … [Read more...] about The Call Has Been Made!
Bogdanović: “European basketball not even same sport as NBA”
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After a 123-84 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers Thursday night, where Bojan Bogdanović did not score in 13 minutes of play for the Brooklyn Nets, the Croatian national sat down with CroatianSports.com. The 6'8" Bogdanović spoke about how European basketball doesn't compare to the NBA on any level, saying "it's not even the same sport," due to the amount of games. He also said … [Read more...] about Bogdanović: “European basketball not even same sport as NBA”
