The Friday Eurovision with Jeff Taylor   Jeff Taylor's Eurovision

The Eurovision is presented by Jeff Taylor, founder and owner of Basketball World News Ltd. Log onto FIBA.com each week and read his columns about the players, clubs and countries that are making headlines. Jeff hails from Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1987. A journalist in Charlotte and later New England, he moved to Europe in 1996 and worked for the Press Association for 11 years. Jeff has covered international basketball events for FIBA since 1996 and served as a television commentator at numerous tournaments, including working for the BBC at the Olympic tournaments in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004).
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Jeff-Taylor-Column 16/06/2013 Montenegro on a mission VALENCIA (Jeff Taylor's Eurovision) - The memory still burns for Montenegro. At the EuroBasket Women two years ago, the national team coached by Miodrag Baletic hardly put a foot wrong for six  more »
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Jeff-Taylor-Column 09/06/2013 Limoges not pleased with Giannakis' China job VALENCIA (Jeff Taylor's Eurovision) - I remember that moment in the hallway of the basketball arena in Hamamatsu, Japan, at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, as if it only just happened. Out of the  more »
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Jeff-Taylor-Column 02/06/2013 Winning in hard times VALENCIA (Jeff Taylor's Eurovision) - There is nothing like facing adversity to see what a team is really made of. After recent events in Spain's Liga Endesa, we know that CAI Zaragoza and Herbalife  more »
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Jeff-Taylor-Column 26/05/2013 Coach K's return VALENCIA (Jeff Taylor's Eurovision) - This was no ordinary week in the history of USA Basketball. On Thursday, Mike Krzyzewski confirmed he is to continue leading the men's national team through the  more »
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JT 25/08/2011 CIV - That Gonzaga Guy is good! ANTANANARIVO (Afrobasket) - Guy Edi is making his international bow with Ivory Coast right now and judging from his performance against Rwanda on Wednesday at the Afrobasket in Madagascar, he has a  more »
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JT 28/06/2011 A college hoops legend dies VALENCIA (The Friday Eurovision) - My heart sunk this morning when I read the news. The headline said: "NC State '83 title hero Charles killed in crash." Charles, 47, gave American college basketball  more »
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JT 08/04/2011 Here come the batmen! VALENCIA (The Friday Eurovision) - At the beginning of the third quarter of the Euroleague quarter-final decider between Real Madrid and Power Electronics Valencia on Thursday night, an 11th player  more »
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JT 01/04/2011 "Just Do It" Biyombo MADRID (The Friday Eurovision) - The Nike Hoop Summit is supposed to be about the celebration of gifted young players who are going to be the stars of tomorrow. Sadly for Congolese center Bismack  more »
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JT 25/03/2011 Tucker sees how coaches come and go EUROVISION – Tucker sees firsthand how coaches can come and go MADRID (Euroleague/NCAA) - If Real Madrid guard Clay Tucker has learned anything the past few weeks, it's that coaching is a volatile  more »
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JT 01/02/2011 Plenty to savor in Europe VILNIUS (Eurovision) - Has there ever been a better time to watch basketball in Europe than now?   The answer is absolutely, unequivocally no.   It’s not about following Europeans in the NBA, but  more »
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