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United earn bragging rights in NBL derby Melbourne United remain on top of the NBL ladder after withstanding a late challenge to defeat local rivals South East Melbourne Phoenix 96-90. The derby clash at Bendigo Basketball Stadium gave Victorians their first taste of NBL action this season with United reaffirming their status as title contenders with their third win of the campaign. Rookie Jack White led the way with 22 points, six rebounds and four blocks as Melbourne joined the Hawks as the o...

Yanni Wetzell had an impressive NBL debut for the South East Melbourne Phoenix in Adelaide. The South East Melbourne Phoenix were resolute in their pursuit of rising Kiwi hoops star Yanni Wetzell for the 2021 Australian NBL season. And we saw exactly why over the opening round. The Breakers may have been twiddling their thumbs inactive over the early skirmishes of the Covid-delayed season (they debut in round 2 on Friday in Adelaide), but that did not stop a Kiwi making one of the big-impact p...

This NBL off-season lasted nearly an entire year. Think about that for a second. We had a pandemic disrupt everything, players opt in and out of contracts, salary cuts across the entire league, the start to the new season pushed back and back, and teams re-located then re-relocated some more. Editors Picks Sides were forced to operate amid unprecedented uncertainty, while the league did its best to outsmart a virus thats seemingly uncontrollable. It seems miraculous that, in the end, we ended u...

Natwest has been slammed for wasting taxpayers money on hot-shot lawyers to crush new payment protection insurance claims. The bank – 62 per cent owned by taxpayers – is thought to have spent in excess of £10,000 on individual court cases to battle customers who believe they were mis-sold PPI. In a court hearing in September, Judge Simon Mitchell questioned why NatWest was spending so much defending a PPI claim. He said: This is a £2,000 claim which the Royal Bank of Scotland are running ...

Posted: Dec 16, 2020 3:40 PM AT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 The wood turtle is considered a species at risk because their habitats have been washed away in recent flooding. (Parks Canada)