Basket News was a weekly French magazine about basketball. In 2008, the magazine merged with Maxi-Basket. On April 3, 2013, after releasing its 643rd issue, it was switched to a tabloid format.
Basket News was covering all the latest news, including coverage of French, European, and American championships, as well as major events.
History Following the liquidation of the publisher of the newspaper Basket Hebdo (created in 1996), the editorial team was reunited to relaunch a weekly newspaper dedicated to basketball. The project culminated in 2000 with the launch of Basket News.
In 2008, Basket News acquired and merged with Maxi-Basket and MVP Basket. Maxi-Basket changed its name to Maxi Basket-News, and adopted a new version, still dedicated to French basketball news with a monthly publication.
MVP Basket also changed its name to Basket News America (BAM), the magazine's content still being dedicated to American basketball, also with a monthly publication.
The new versions of these magazines appeared for the first time on October 3, 2008. At the same time, the weekly Basket News continued its publication with a new presentation.
Basketball awards From the 1996-97 onwards the editorial team of Basket Hebdo that later created the Basket News magazine, started organising awards for the best European, American and U-22 player in Europe and also best European in NBA.
In 1997-98 a jury of 55 European journalists from 19 countries voted the best players in Europe. Dejan Bodiroga won the European player of the year a record 4 times. - Bodiroga, Edney, Fotsis & Nowitzki are the MVPs of the season (02-03) - Eurobasket.com
The winners were determined via a readers' poll.
Best European player 1997-98: Predrag Danilovic1997-98 awards - Eurobasket.Com 1998-99: 1999-00: Dejan Bodiroga 2000-01: Dejan Bodiroga 2001-02: Dejan Bodiroga 2002-03: Dejan Bodiroga (4)
Best American player 1997-98: Dominique Wilkins 1998-99: Tyus Edney 1999-00: 2000-01: Alphonso Ford 2001-02: Tyus Edney 2002-03: Tyus Edney (3)
Best Young European player (U22) 2000-01: Luis Scola 2001-02: Sofoklis Schortsianitis 2002-03: Antonis Fotsis
Best European in NBA 2002-03: Dirk Nowitzki
See also Eurobasket.com
References
External links Awards 2001-02 Awards 2001 and 2002