Russia Takes Euro Title -- Black Russian Intoxicates Spain

Russia defeats Spain 60-59 (IN MADRID!!) for the Euro title. Winning basket scored by that great Russian..........J.R. Holden of Bucknell University http://www.cskabasket.com/team/?a=player&p=7357&season=54&lang=en

Holden born..........."Pittsburgh (USA)." He became a Russian citizen in a process that can best be described as "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, yeah, you are a citizen": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Robert_Holden

Well, one rather faux Russian aside, the Russians surely must have benefited from the old-school Russian coaching of..............David Blatt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blatt. Born 1959 -- Boston, Massachusetts.

HM