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Tijuana Zonkeys
The Zonkeys de Tijuana are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Tijuana, Baja California. The Zonkeys compete in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA). The team plays its home games at Auditorio Zonkeys. The Zonkeys were founded in 2010, and won back-to-back championships in 2014 and 2015. The name comes from the tradition of painting stripes on donkeys to resemble zebras, a practice once common on the city's famed tourist strip, Avenida Revolución. Tourists would pay to take pictures with or on the zonkeys. History The team was founded in 2010 and entered the league the same year. It became the first professional basketball team to play in Tijuana since the LNBP's Cosmos de Tijuana and the Tijuana Dragons of the ABA. They won their first championship in 2014 with a 4-3 finals series win over Caballeros de Culiacán. They defeated the Halcones de Ciudad Obregón in the 2018 finals in a six-game series. In December 2019, ex-NBA playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Circuito De Baloncesto De La Costa Del Pacífico
The Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit ( or CIBACOPA), officially known as the Liga Chevron CIBACOPA for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. The matches take place from March to June. History A league with the same name existed in the 1980s, and the second incarnation was founded in 2001. The charter members were Caballeros de Culiacán, Delfines de Mazatlán, Frayles de Guasave, Lobos Marinos de La Paz, Paisas de Los Cabos, and Pioneros de Los Mochis. Caballeros de Culiacán won the inaugural league title by defeating Delfines de Mazatlán four games to none in the finals. The 2019 season saw a total attendance of more than 220,000. The league celebrated its 20th season in 2020. A new franchise, Gallos de Aguascalientes, was set to join but were expelled before the season began. Teams List of champions Championships Teams that are no longer active are marked in ''italics''. Former clubs * Águilas Doradas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Halcones De Ciudad Obregón
The Halcones de Ciudad Obregón (English: ''Ciudad Obregón Falcons'') are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The Halcones are members of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) and play their games in the Arena ITSON. History The Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón were founding members of CIBACOPA in 2001, and won three championships until the issue of poor attendance forced the club to abandon the league in 2013. The Halcones were founded in 2016 by a group of local businessmen looking to bring professional basketball back to the city to develop and promote the sport. The team joined the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) as an expansion team for the 2016 season, where they had a seventh-place regular-season finish before getting swept 4–0 by the eventual champions Nauticos de Mazatlán in the first round of the playoffs. Ahead of the 2017 season, the Halcones signed American imports Kevin Caper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Antoine Wright (basketball)
Antoine Domonick Wright (born February 6, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. He attended preparatory school at Lawrence Academy at Groton; in 2002, he led the Spartans to an Independent School League Basketball Championship. After his junior year at Texas A&M University, he was selected 15th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Nets, the highest pick from the Big 12 Conference that year and in Texas A&M University history until Acie Law was drafted 11th in the 2007 NBA Draft. Wright played his first five seasons of professional basketball in the NBA. He has since played overseas and in the NBA D-League. Early years Wright was born in West Covina, California to Wanda Wright. He attended the Lawrence Academy prep school in Groton, Massachusetts, where in his three seasons he started 115 games and amassed 1800 points, 500 rebounds, 350 assists, 170 steals and 200 blocked shots. His career single game highs were 50 points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Solomon Jones (basketball)
Solomon Jones III (born July 16, 1984) is a former American professional basketball player. He is 6'10" and weighs 235 lb, playing the power forward and center positions. He played his college basketball at Daytona State College for two seasons (2002–2004) and then at the University of South Florida for another two seasons (2004–2006). He was then selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 33rd overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft. Professional career As a rookie, he played in 58 games for the Atlanta Hawks. He averaged 3.3 points a game and 2.3 rebounds a game in 11.5 minutes. After three seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, he signed a two-year deal with the Indiana Pacers. On January 3, 2012, he signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, but he was later waived on February 7. On February 15, 2012, he signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Hornets. On February 27, 2012, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Hornets. In September 2012, Jones signed with the Phoenix Suns. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mychal Ammons
Mychal Lemar Ammons (born January 2, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for South Alabama. High school career Ammons attended Vicksburgh High School where he averaged 21.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks as a senior and led the Gators to the 6A state championship game. This earned him the MVP award of the Mississippi State tournament and was named First Team All-State by MagnoliaPreps.com. College career After graduating, Ammons attended South Alabama where he, as a junior, was third in scoring (9.3 points) and second in rebounds (7.2) while playing an average of 27.9 minutes a game, shooting 43.9 percent from the floor, 37.1 percent from 3-point range and 64.4 percent at the free throw line. On April 16, 2014, he decided to forgo his senior season to play overseas. Professional career After applying for early entry to the 2014 NBA draft, Ammons signed a contract with Feni Industries of Macedonia on May 12, 2014. After av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adrián Zamora
Rodrigo Adrián Zamora Fernández (born 28 October 1986) is an American-born Mexican former basketball player. Zamora is the youngest of five siblings born to Francisco Zamora and Alberta Fernández. His family is originally from Gómez Farías, Michoacán. He averaged 19.3 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks per game at Gavilan College before transferring to Montana State Bobcats men's basketball, Montana State. Zamora debuted with the Mexico national basketball team, Mexico national team in 2010. References External links Adrián Zamora at RealGM {{DEFAULTSORT:Zamora, Adrian 1986 births Living people 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Aguacateros de Michoacán players American men's basketball players American sportspeople of Mexican descent Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Basketball players from California Caballeros de Culiacán players Dorados de Chihuahua (LNBP) players Forwards (basketball) Fuerza Regia de Monterrey players Halcones Rojos Vera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Omar Quintero
Omar Quintero Pereda (born 26 September 1981) is a Mexican professional basketball coach and former player. He played the point guard position for teams in Mexico, Spain, Italy, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico. He also played for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League. Quintero represented the Mexico national basketball team, winning several international medals. Quintero has coached the Mexico men's national team since 2021. Early life and college career A native of Nogales, Sonora, Quintero started playing basketball at the age of nine with his older brother Gustavo Quintero (basketball), Gustavo. He attended the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), where he played basketball for the Correcaminos UAT and set the Mexican collegiate record by scoring 87 points in a single game. Quintero attended one year of college (2002–03) in the United States, with National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA school Southern Nazarene University, where he played with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adam Parada
Adam Parada (born October 21, 1981) is an American-born Mexican former professional basketball player. He played most notably as an import in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Alaska Aces. He played four years at the University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Irvine, California, United States. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, U ..., but was not drafted by any team in the 2004 NBA draft. He became a mainstay of the Mexico national team. He first played as an import for the Red Bull Barako in 2008 and led the Barako to a third-place finish, becoming the first Latin American reinforcement in an Asian league. Pan American Games *Pan American Games 2011 Silver Medal Centrobasket *Centrobasket 2014 Gold Medal References RealGM profilePBA Online! Profile 1981 births Living people 2014 FIBA Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Idris Ibn Idris
Idris Ibn Dawud Alvarado (born October 19, 1991) is a Mexican basketball player for Panteras de Aguascalientes of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP), and the Mexico national basketball team. He participated at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup and previously played for UC Riverside. References {{Reflist External links Idris Dawud Alvaradoat RealGM RealGM.com is a sports website created in 2000. The site was originally a basketball site, but has since expanded its scope to provide information about American football, baseball, ice hockey and soccer. According to Alexa, the site ranked in th ... Bethany Swedes bio 1991 births Living people Mexican men's basketball players Point guards UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball players Bethany Swedes men's basketball players Halcones de Ciudad Obregón players Halcones de Xalapa players Toros de Nuevo Laredo players Basketball players from San Diego Mineros de Zacatecas (basketball) players Tijuana Zonkeys players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Víctor Ávila
Víctor Manuel Ávila Haro (born 23 March 1977) is a Mexican professional basketball player currently with the CIBACOPA team Caballeros de Culiacán. Since the CIBACOPA takes place for only a few months a year, Avila also plays for Halcones UV Xalapa in the LNBP. Throughout his career, Avila has played professional basketball in the United States, Mexico, Czech Republic and Puerto Rico. He has represented Mexico's national basketball team on many occasions. Achievements Individual *1999, 2003–07, 2009: Mexico national basketball team *2008: LNBP MVP *2006, 2007, 2009: CIBACOPA All-Star *2004, 2005, 2009: Mexico LNBP All-Star *1998: 2nd Team JUCO All-American *1997: JUCO Conference Freshman of the Year Team *2010, 2014: CIBACOPA Champion *2009: CIBACOPA Southern Division Champion *2008-2010: LNBP Champion *2007: FIBA COCABA Championship Gold Medal *2003: Centrobasket Bronze Medal References External linksOklahoma Sooners bioVíctor Ávilaat Latinbasket.com Víctor Ávil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno
Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno also known as Auditorio de Tijuana is an indoor arena in Tijuana, Mexico. It is the home of the Galgos de Tijuana of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional The Professional American Football League ( or LFA), is a semi-professional American football league in Mexico, founded in 2016. Starting with four teams, the LFA has since expanded to eleven members as of 2022. The regular season runs in the sp ... (LFA). The arena was built in 1969 and hosts a capacity of 4,500. Sources *http://sic.conaculta.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=auditorio&table_id=743&estado_id=2&municipio_id=4&l=en Fausto Gutierrez Moreno Volleyball venues in Mexico Basketball venues in Mexico Sports venues in Tijuana {{mexico-stadium-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The San Diego Union-Tribune
''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, ''The San Diego Union'' and the ''San Diego Evening Tribune''. The name changed to ''U-T San Diego'' in 2012 but was changed again to ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' in 2015. In 2015, the newspaper was acquired by Tribune Publishing. In February 2018, it was announced to be sold, along with the ''Los Angeles Times'', to Patrick Soon-Shiong's investment firm Nant Capital LLC for $500 million plus $90 million in pension liabilities. The sale was completed on June 18, 2018. In July 2023, Soon-Shiong sold the paper to Digital First Media, a company owned by Alden Global Capital. History Predecessors The predecessor newspapers of the ''Union-Tribune'' were: * ''San Diego Herald'', founded 1851 and closed April 7, 1860; John Judson Ames was its first editor and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
