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Jence Ann Rhoads
Jence Ann Rhoads (born 31 December 1988) is an American professional handball player, a member of the United States women's national handball team and former professional basketball player . Personal life Rhoads mother, Melinda Rhoads, played for the United States national handball team for 10 years and was a member of the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Handball Team. Her father, Robert Rhoads, is a former professional basketball player who played college basketball at Wake Forest University. Basketball College Rhoads played for Vanderbilt from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, she garnered first-team All- SEC honors and second-team all-conference honors by the Associated Press. She was the only player in the school's history to have at least 1100 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds. Vanderbilt statistics Source Club career Rhoads signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Haukar in August 2011. On October 2, 2011, she helped Haukar win the Icelandic Company Cup by defeating Keflavík, 63–6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,081 at the 2020 census. Slippery Rock is included in the Greater Pittsburgh Region. It is home to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, attended by nearly 9,000 students as a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The post office for Slippery Rock Township was established in 1826 in the Ginger Hill area. The town of Ginger Hill was incorporated as a borough under the name Centreville in 1841, later changing its name to Slippery Rock in 1896. Geography Slippery Rock is located in northwest Butler County at (41.063746, -80.055007). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Slippery Rock Creek, the borough's namesake, runs through a valley south of the borough. The terrain around Slippery Rock is hilly, and the strip mining of coal has been a prominent commercial activity in the surrounding area, which is largely agricultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC ICIM Arad
BC ICIM Arad is a professional women's basketball team from Arad, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name BC Univ. Goldiș ICIM Arad, competes in the Liga Națională. The club is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Romanian women's basketball with 9 National Leagues and 2 Romanian Cups. Honours Liga Națională :Winners (9): 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13 :Runners-up (3): 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14 Cupa României :Winners (2): 2010–11, 2013–14 :Runners-up (2): 2006–07, 2019-2020 Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ... :Winners (1): 1986–87 Central Europe Women's League :Winners (3): 2010–11, 2012–13 2014–15 :Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Națională (women's Basketball)
The Liga Națională, formerly known as Divizia A, is the women's top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. Established in 1950, it is currently contested by eleven teams. CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (women's basketball), Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is the Liga Națională's most successful club with fourteen titles including a ten-years winning streak between 1984 and 1994, while CSM Târgoviște (basketball), CSM Târgoviște and BC ICIM Arad, ICIM Arad have dominated the championship in subsequent years with ten and eight titles respectively. In 2013 the Romanian champion took part in the Euroleague Women, FIBA Euroleague for the first time since the competition's refoundation in 1997. in FIBA Europe's 2012-13 Euroleague website Titles |
Njarðvík Women's Basketball
Njarðvík women's basketball, commonly known as Njarðvík, is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur, based in the town of Reykjanesbær in Iceland. It won the national championship and the basketball cup in 2012. As of the 2020–2021 season, the team plays in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna. Arena Njarðvík plays its home games at Íþróttahús Njarðvíkur, commonly nicknamed ''Ljónagryfjan'' (English: ''The Lion's Den''). Trophies and awards Trophies Úrvalsdeild * Winners: 2012, 2022 Icelandic Basketball Cup * Winners: 2012 Icelandic Basketball Supercup: : * Winners: 2002, 2022 Division I * Winners (5): 2000, 2001, 2009, 2015, 2021 Awards Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year * Lele Hardy – 2012, 2013 Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team * Harpa Magnúsdóttir – 1989 * Petrúnella Skúladóttir – 2012 Úrvalsdeild kvenna Playoffs MVP * Lele Hardy – 2012 * Aliyah Collier – 2022 Úrvalsdeild kvenna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson was hired as the papers cartoonist. He became known for controversial drawings on topics such as immigration, refugee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
