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APU Udine
APU Udine, officially Amici Pallacanestro Udinese, also known for sponsorship reasons as APU Old Wild West Udine, is an Italian professional basketball team of the city of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The team currently plays in Serie A2, Italy's national second league. Despite being a distinct club, APU Udine ''de facto'' inherited the fanbase of Snaidero Udine, the historic club of the town dissolved in 2011. History 2011–2016: Beginnings within the minor leagues Amici Pallacanestro Udinese was founded on 29 June 2011; the club's aim was to inherit the fanbase of Associazione Pallacanestro Udinese, better known for sponsorship reasons as Snaidero Udine, a historic club of the Italian Serie A. The acronym APU is in fact the same used in the past for the previous city's club. After five seasons within the minor leagues of Italian basketball, on 11 June 2016, the team, led by coach Lino Lardo, won the Final Four in Montecatini Terme, defeating Forlì and achieving the promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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APU or Apu may refer to: Film and television * ''The Apu Trilogy'', a series of three Bengali films, directed by Satyajit Ray, with the fictional character Apu Roy, comprising: ** ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road'') (1955), the first of the three films, covering the early childhood of Apu ** ''Aparajito'' (''The Unvanquished'') (1956), the second film, covering the remaining years of Apu's youth and adolescence ** ''Apur Sansar'' (''The World of Apu'') (1959), the final film of the trilogy, covering Apu's adulthood * Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a fictional character from the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' (appearing 1990–2020) Literature * Apu Roy, the fictional character in two novels by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay: **''Pather Panchali'' (1929), the basis for the first film of ''The Apu Trilogy'' ** ''Aparajito'', a second novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, the basis of the second and third films of the trilogy * ''Apu'' (magazine), a Finnish family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Nikolić (basketball, Born 1997)
Stefan Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Стефан Николић; born May 29, 1997) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second to Real Madrid – agai ... of the Italian Serie A2. Due to the Italian formation during his youth, he is considered an "homegrown player" in the Italian championship. References External links Player profileat realgm.com Player profileat eurobasket.com 1997 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade Italian men's basketball players Italian people of Serbian descent KK Crvena zvezda (youth) players Lega Basket Serie A players Pallacanestro Cantù players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy Serbian men's basketball players Small forwards Virtus Bologna players Napoli Basket pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Eleven or 11 may refer to: * 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music * Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scafati Basket
Scafati Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Givova Scafati, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Scafati, Campania. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). History Scafati Basket traces its history to Silvio Pellico, a club founded by a group of students in 1949. That merged with Savoia in 1955 to form Scafatese Basket, which would be renamed Centro Sportivo Scafatese in 1969. The team played in the amateur regional Serie C and Serie D until the early 1990s when, under the presidency of Aniello Longobardi, it climbed up divisions to reach the first tier Serie A in 2006. It was relegated from the Serie A in 2007–08. Arena The team has played its home games in the PalaMangano (named after former head coach Massimo Mangano), it holds 3,700 seats. Sponsorship names Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as: *Rida Scafati (2001–2003) *Eurorida Scafati (2003–2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basket Napoli
Napoli Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as GeVi Napoli, is an Italian professional basketball team of the city of Naples. It's the ''de facto'' successor of the Basket Napoli which was dissolved in 2009. The team has achieved the promotion to the Serie A after the end of the 2020–21 season of the Serie A2 Basket. History 2016–2019: Beginnings In August 2016, after a corporate failure of Napoli Basketball, Ciro Ruggiero founded a new team, known as Cuore Napoli Basket. The transfer of the sporting title from Cilento Basket Agropoli allowed the newborn Neapolitan team to play in the 2016–17 Serie B. In the same season, Cuore Napoli Basket managed to win promotion to Serie A2, after having arrived first in Group C of the regular season and beat Bergamo Basket in the playoff's final. During the same season Napoli also won his first Italian Cup in the National Basketball League. At the end of the 2017–18 season, Cuore Napoli Basket relegated to Serie B, after losin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Mian
Fabio Mian (born February 7, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player for Scafati Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Professional career He played for two seasons, from 2018 to 2020 for Aquila Trento. Mian signed with Cremona on August 4, 2020, after having played with the team from 2014 to 2017. He ended the 2020–21 season with APU Udine for a short end of the season experience in the Serie A2, second tier Italian national league. Mian, on June 30, 2021, returned in the Serie A signing a two years contract with Pallacanestro Trieste. On December 28, 2022, he signed with Scafati Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tie .... References External links Eurobasket.com Profile 1992 births Living people Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Foulland
Nana F. Foulland (born October 21, 1995) is a video analyst for the Oklahoma City Thunder and former American professional basketball player who last played for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of LNB Pro B. He played college basketball for Bucknell University, where he was named Patriot League Player of the Year and Patriot Defensive Player of the Year in 2017. Early life and college career Foulland attended Berks Catholic High School in Reading, Pennsylvania. He committed to play college basketball for the Bucknell Bison. As a freshman at Bucknell, he was named to the Patriot League All-Rookie Team. In his sophomore season, Foulland averaged 11.8 points and 6.9 points per game and was named second-team all-Patriot League. At the close of his junior season, Foulland was named Patriot League Player of the Year, conference Defensive Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. Foulland led the Bison to conference regular season and tournament c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Johnson
Dominique Johnson (born June 9, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Al Ittihad Alexandria. College career Johnson played his college basketball at a small and very modest Christian university, called Azusa Pacific University. He is among the rare players that play professional basketball, after coming from a NAIA college school. Professional career On November 1, 2010, Johnson was selected in the third round (2010 Annual NBA Development League Draft) by the Idaho Stampede. On January 22, 2011, he joined the team of the Texas Legends, wearing the number 9, in whose colors he spent nearly two full seasons. For the 2011–12 season, Johnson was invited to the Minnesota Timberwolves training camp. He was later waived. In the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Johnson signed a non-guaranteed contract in the NBA, with the Sacramento Kings, for training camp. After being waived, on November 5, 2012, as part of a trade, he was sent to the Santa Cruz W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Mussini
Federico Mussini (born March 12, 1996) is an Italian basketball player for Pallalcesto Amatori Udine of the Italian Serie A2 Basket, second tier national championship. Career Federico Mussini made his debut for Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in May 2013 against Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, but only played one minute. In the 2013-14 season, Mussini only played in 9 total games for Reggio Emilia, but he played 11.6 minutes per game on the way to Reggio Emilia winning the 2013–14 EuroChallenge. Mussini was loaned to Stella Azzurra Roma for the 2013-14 Nike International Junior Tournament, where he was named to the All-Tournament team after averaging 19.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 2.5 steals. In the 2014-15 season, Mussini saw increased role for Reggio Emilia as a back-up point guard to Andrea Cinciarini. With Mussini drawing strong interest from the NCAA, Reggio Emilia reportedly offered him a 5-year contract. Mussini said that he planned to decide his future by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Giuri
Marco Giuri (born 8 July 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player who last played for APU Udine of the Italian Serie A2 Basket second tier national league. He is a combo guard. Professional career Marco Giuri began his professional basketball career with Virtus Siena in Serie B from the 2005–06 season. He played 27 matches of regular-season and two matches of play-out. For the following season he was with A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale, in Serie A2. Giuri played just eleven matches because he was loaned to Basket Vigevano again in Serie B. From 2007 to 2009 he played 52 games in Serie A2 with Basket Livorno, and from 2009 to 2010 with Aurora Basket Jesi. In December 2011 he was bought by Enel Brindisi in Serie A2. With the Brindisi based club, he won the LNP Cup and achieved the promotion to the LBA. In 2012 he was with Basket Barcellona and in 2013 with Basket Ferentino. For the 2014–15 season in Serie A2 Giuri played with Scaligera Basket in Verona. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Italy
The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Rome tested positive for the virus. One week later an Italian man repatriated to Italy from the city of Wuhan, China, was hospitalized and confirmed as the third case in Italy. Clusters of cases were later detected in Lombardy and Veneto on 21 February, with the first deaths on 22 February. By the beginning of March, the virus had spread to all regions of Italy. On 31 January, the Italian government suspended all flights to and from China and declared a state of emergency. In February, eleven municipalities in northern Italy were identified as the centres of the two main Italian clusters and placed under quarantine. The majority of positive cases in other regions traced back to these two clusters. On 8 March 2020, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Beverly
Gerald Leon Beverly (born November 18, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Iwate Big Bulls of the Japanese B3 League. He played college basketball for the Daemen Wildcats. College career Beverly played four seasons at Daemen College. In 120 career games for the Wildcats, he averaged 15.0 points on .667 shooting with 8.4 rebounds in 25.3 minutes per game. Professional career After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Beverly signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga, appearing in eight games for them. On October 30, Beverly was selected by the Los Angeles D-Fenders in the third round of the 2016 NBA Development League draft, but was waived on November 10. Six days later, he was acquired by the Canton Charge making his debut two days later in a 127–121 loss to the Grand Rapids Drive, recording 10 points, nine rebounds, one steal and two blocks in 25 minutes off the bench. On August 29, 2017, Beverly signed with the Israeli team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
