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Basketball
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...
Greek News
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.
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Sports
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...
events
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...
Basketball
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...
Basketball
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...
Basketball
NBA Final: Phoenix Suns Beat Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2
The Phoenix Suns beat the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of the NBA final by 118-108, despite Giannis Antetokounmpo finishing with 42 points.
events
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...
Sports
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...
Greek News
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...
Greek Food
A Guide for Your Greek Thanksgiving Table
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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...
Greek News
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...
Greek News
A Guide to the Greek Thanksgiving Table: Roast that Greek turkey!
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*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....
opinion
What Greece really needs from us right now
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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...
Interviews
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...