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Vibe 3on3 2008 Cairns
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Vibe 3on3 2007 Kempsey
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Young Achiever: Jaden Weldon
Young basketball player Jaden Weldon is shooting for the heights in his chosen sport – basketball. At just 14, he is playing in the successful Under 16 Sydney Comets team and he has his sights set on playing for Australia. Wiradjuri boy Jaden, grew up in Sydney and started playing basketball at the age of […]
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Patrick Mills – Blazin’ into the playoffs
Having bided his time patiently on the Portland bench over the past two regular seasons, and never once whingeing or offering a single word of discontent to the media, Patrick Mills’ steely persistence and resolve is now beginning to pay dividends. Patrick has been averaging up to 20 minutes a game towards the end of […]
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Big dreams, better futures in Darwin
Young people from across the Darwin region descended on the Darwin Basketball Stadium on Friday for the third Darwin/Palmerston National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge – the Vibe 3on3. It was a day for the young people of the Northern Territory to shine with the local organising committee describing the event as ‘by […]
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Redfern 3on3 a Slam Dunk!
More than 300 young people making up over 60 teams, descended upon the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) for the annual Christmas Vibe 3on3® challenge yesterday. The local community was joined by students from La Perouse, Caringbah and Western Sydney. Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people interacted with role models on the day including Trent […]
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Mills drafted by Trailblazers
Considering he’s only the second Indigenous player to be drafted into the NBA, it’s quite prophetic really that Patrick Mills should be selected by a team called “The Trailblazers”. Since emerging from the AIS as a precious teenage talent, 20 year-old Patrick has indeed been burning trails right through Australian, US and International basketball arena’s. […]
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Mills stars against Team USA
In one of the biggest moments of his young career, Indigenous basketballer Patrick Mills has stared in the Boomers exhibition match against Team USA in the lead up to the Beijing Games. The 19-year-old, who was raised in Canberra, recently finished a hugely successful first year at St Mary’s College in the United States where […]
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Jawai signs two-year deal with Raptors
After becoming the first Indigenous Australian to be drafted into the NBA last month, Nathan Jawai has signed a two-year guaranteed deal with the Toronto Raptors. Originally drafted by the Indiana Pacers, Jawai’s trade to the Raptors was made official yesterday but was the Draft’s worst kept secret. Jawai will play alongside fellow draftee and […]
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Patrick Mills at the 2006 Deadlys
Deadly Vibe magazine issue# 116 2006 Basketball prodigy Patrick Mills could soon become one of the biggest names in Indigenous sport, and the talented basketballer will now have to make room in his suitcase for a Deadly as he heads to the United States for a shot at his dream. It’s been an eventful year […]
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Timmy Duggan
Timmy Duggan – Bouncing Taipan Darwin-bred Timmy Duggan has been bouncing a basketball since he was six years old. Today at 23, Timmy’s still bouncing that ball, the only difference being that he has now fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a full-time member of the Cairns Taipans, currently one of the most exciting teams […]
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Alison Lacey
Deadly Vibe Issue 71 January 2003 Bouncing Into The Big Time Too cool for netball, Alison Lacey has just scored herself a spot in the national U16 basketball team. Alison Lacey can’t get enough of her beloved game of basketball. For this 15-year-old Koori girl from Canberra, “˜training’ isn’t a dirty word so much as […]
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Keep On Smilin
There’s a good reason that former Harlem Globetrotter Dwayne Cross is known as “˜Smiling’ Dwayne Cross. Big Dwayne just can’t keep the grin off his face as he hosts each and every 3 on 3 around the country. Ask him what it is that he likes about emceeing the event, and he answers without a […]
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Scott Butler
Deadly Vibe Issue 92 October 2004 Scott Butler, basketball umpire Queensland referee Scott was selected by FIBA, the international governing body for basketball, to represent Australia at the 2004 Olympic Games. Scott referees in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL). Although only in his early thirties, Scott has been refereeing competitive basketball for more than 15 […]
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Michelle Musselwhite
Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 She shoots, she scores This year’s Deadly awards were so jam-packed with talented Indigenous people that in just about every category it was a struggle to predict the winner. One of the hardest categories to judge was Female Sportsperson of the Year, as four sublime female athletes – touch […]
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Kevin Coombes
Deadly Vibe Issue 92 October 2004 This Sporting Life Indigenous Australians all share a fierce pride and adulation when it comes to our sporting heroes, and we all love nothing more than cheering them onto greatness from the sideline as they do us proud. But what happens when the bright lights of the stadiums, the […]
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