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Giannis Antetokounmpo Named NBA East All-Star Captain

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named a team captain and starter for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, the league announced on Thursday. This marks the seventh consecutive season that he has been voted an All-Star Game starter and...

Antetokounmpo Becomes First Greek All-Star Team Captain in NBA History

The Greek Freak of the Milwaukee Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo, was officially named a starter and team captain for the East conference of the 2019 NBA All-Star game! This is Antetokounmpo's third straight selection to the glitzy All-Star NBA game. Lakers...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Leads All-Star Ballot Ahead of LeBron

The Greek phenomenon, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, leads the All-Star balloting after the first 12 days of the fan vote. Antetokounmpo is ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers' star LeBron James by nearly 7,500 votes, leaving Kyrie Irving in third...

It’s all Greek to me in the World of NBA

Surely a match between a team with a 7-30 record and a team that struggles to enter the playoffs would not be the centre of media attention. We are talking of course, about the encounter between the Milwaukee Bucks...

NBA All-Star Game: Team Giannis Triumphs Over Team LeBron

Team Giannis defeated Team LeBron 184-175 in an All-Star Game that saw Jayson Tatum collect MVP honors, scoring 55 points on 22-for-31 shooting to set the record for the most points scored in an All-Star Game. In one of the...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Beats Michael Jordan with New All-Time Record

Giannis Antetokounmpo rocked the Washington Wizard's Tuesday night, surpassing NBA legend Michael Jordan along the way. Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Wizards 112-98, with the Greek Freak knocking out another triple-double, officially taking Michael Jordan's 18th lace spot...

Antetokounmpo Leads Eastern Conference in Votes for NBA All-Star Game

The "Greek Freak", Giannis Antetokounmpo, is leading the vote tally in the Eastern Conference so far for the 68th NBA All-Star Game, which is set to take place next month in North Carolina. Antetokounmpo is not a newcomer to the All-Star...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Named All-Star Game Starter

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named a starter for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game,  receiving the most player votes and tying in most media votes, the league announced on Thursday. The Greek Freak received the most player votes (226), tied for...

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Visits Greece

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, traveled to Greece in September, just prior to her official trip to Armenia with Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ). While in Greece, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard met with Greek Government...

A Guide for Your Greek Thanksgiving Table

By Peter Minaki As Greeks living in the US and Canada, Thanksgiving is an easy celebration to adopt. Thanksgiving dinners are big, drawn out affairs. Greek dinners are big, plenty of food for everybody and it’s only natural that the Greek...

The Ancient Greek Thanksgiving Celebration and a Recipe for Greek Turkey

Thanksgiving day is celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Traditionally it has been a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest, something that the ancient Greeks also did thousands of years ago. Today we give give thanks not...

A Guide to the Greek Thanksgiving Table: Roast that Greek turkey!

*By Peter Minaki - As Greeks living in the US and Canada, Thanksgiving is an easy celebration to adopt. Even in ancient times, there were celebrations (panigyria) that gave thanks to the bounty of the land and the harvest....

What Greece really needs from us right now

By Gregory Pappas An article I read on CNN.com prompted me to take stylus to iPad and begin writing this commentary. The article talked about Greek Americans to the rescue-- organizing to help the homeland in her time of need. The...

Chancellor Linda Katehi in a Tell All Interview

By Alex Mizan* Linda P.B. Katehi became the sixth chancellor of the University of California, Davis, on August 17, 2009. As chief executive officer, she oversees all aspects of the university’s teaching, research and public service mission. A...