NewsBite

Our Journalists

Matt LogueSports reporter

Matt Logue is an award-winning sports journalist and author who brings more than 20 years’ experience to NCA NewsWire and CODE Sports. Starting out in regional newspapers in Dubbo and Bathurst, he moved to Sydney in 2006 and spent eight years at Rugby League Week magazine. He has also worked at the Newcastle Knights as a senior reporter under seven-time premiership-winning coach Wayne Bennett, Big League magazine and the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs. Matt is passionate about all sports, but has particular loves for rugby league and basketball.

Latest

HOUSTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 11: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors celebrates a three-point basket against during the second half of a quarterfinal game in the NBA Emirates Cup at Toyota Center on December 11, 2024 in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Alex Slitz/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Alex Slitz / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Shaq: NBA’s ‘small ball’ is boring, so where does the NBL sit?

Trigger-happy NBA stars have turned the American basketball league into a three-point shootout competition, even Shaq is bored. But has ‘small ball’ made the jump into the NBL?

0

Perth star Bryce Cotton is rated as one of the best shooters in world basketball

‘Hell yeah’: Why King Cotton deserves a shot in the NBA

On a record-breaking streak, Wildcats’ Bryce Cotton is attracting interest from all over the globe and one former NBL MVP says the NBA would ‘be insane’ to not give the star guard a shot.

0

12 days of xmas art square

NBL’s fight to turbocharge league over Xmas

All the NBL wants for Christmas is record crowds, record ratings and all eyes on Aussie hoops. Wishful thinking? Maybe not.

0

NBL Scores and News

12 days of xmas art square

The 12 days of hoops Xmas: NBL’s fight to turbocharge league

All the NBL wants for Christmas is record crowds, record ratings, and all eyes on Aussie hoops. Wishful thinking? Maybe not. The league is going nuclear with 15 games in 12 days, headlined by clear air on Christmas night.

0

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 13: Hawks Head Coach Justin Tatum speaks to his players during the round 12 NBL match between Melbourne United and Illawarra Hawks at John Cain Arena, on December 13, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Josh Chadwick/Getty Images)

‘Breakdown in trust’: Hawks hit back after coach’s mic warning

Illawarra has called for consistency about the use of in-game audio after copping an official warning from the NBL due to coach Justin Tatum ditching his microphone. LIKES AND DISLIKES

0

The many faces of the Hammer Shane Heal.

Hammer’s high praise for Kings’ highest scoring team in history

As Sydney prepare to honour one of its proudest moments of the nineties, Shane Heal recounts his memories of the highest scoring team in Kings history and how that record breaking season sits up with his NBA and Boomers success.

0

Melbourne United

South East Melbourne Phoenix owner Romie Chaudhari. Credit: phoenix Media

Phoenix owner ignites bitter rivalry with ‘tall poppies’ sledge

He hasn’t been short of a word on his cross-town enemy this season but, ahead of the Throwdown, Phoenix owner Romie Chaudhari has reignited the bitter rivalry with Melbourne United.

0

Former Bullets NBL Player Harry Froling, Zillmere. Picture: Liam Kidston

Froling’s mission to protect players after one-punch attack

If Harry Froling had been injured during a game or at training, he would have been financially covered. Instead, he was left at rock bottom to fend for himself. He wants that to change – and not just for basketballers.

0

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 07: Jaylen Adams of the Kings shoots the ball during the round 11 NBL match between New Zealand Breakers and Sydney Kings at TSB Bank Arena, on December 07, 2024, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Masanori Udagawa/Getty Images)

More than a warning: Tonic yin yang Kings desperately needed

Some pundits earmarked the Sydney Kings as NBL title favourites before a ball had been bounced. They’ve looked a long way off at times. Here’s why coach Brian Goorjian believes everything’s about to change. LIKES AND DISLIKES

0

Australia's coach Brian Goorjian reacts at the end of the men's preliminary round group A basketball match between Canada and Australia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

Barrage of abuse that made NBL’s greatest coach quit social media

Brian Goorjian has been in the spotlight as the Kings endure a difficult start – and the barrage of abuse he’s copped online has led to the veteran coach quitting social media altogether.

0

1
2
3
4
5
6
…
116

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/matt-logue/page/4