Sam Neter Guardian Activate Summit

29.03.24RMC Sport | Discussing British Basketball ahead of London Lions EuroCup Semi-Final match up with Paris
21.03.24Bristol Flyers Podcast | Discussing Hoopsfix and the BBL All-Star Game at the Copper Box

14.02.24Euroleague Diaries | Spoke with Euroleague Diaries about Hoopsfix and British basketball when they visited London
07.09.22BallInEurope interview | Discussing the mess that is the British Basketball Federation
29.01.23Sky Sports Interview | A short section with a few words on my work with Hoopsfix
25.09.22Banana Broke Crew Podcast | Talking Hoopsfix and British basketball with the Banana Broke Crew
01.07.22The BBL Show Interview | Talking with the BBL Show all things Hoopsfix and British basketball

24.06.22 – BBC Sports Day Interview | Talking Jeremy Sochan getting drafted into the NBA
02.06.22Hoopsfix All-Star Classic proves British basketball is in safe hands | Discussing the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic
02.06.22Talksport Interview | Talking Hoopsfix and British basketball with Talksport

24.05.22BBC Radio London Interview | Talking our annual event, the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic

12.04.22The missed opportunities and unfulfilled potential of British basketball | A few quotes in the Guardian around the current status of British basketball
??.10.21Talking Twitter with Twitter | Interview with Twitter about how we use the platform for Hoopsfix
16.10.20 COVID-19 impact on U18 conference basketball | BBC Radio Oxford breakfast show with David Prevers talking on players needing to pull out of competition when they turn 18
06.07.20
Two Brits One Orange Ball Two Part Interview | Spoke with the guys at Two Brits One Orange Ball about all things Hoopsfix and British basketball


12.06.20Rising basketball star voices frustration as many courts stay closed amid social distancing fears | Spoke with The Telegraph about many local authorities decisions to keep basketball courts closed despite other sports facilities opening up
27.02.20 – Radio – BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Newcastle, BBC Jersey, BBC Stoke, BBC Herefordshire and Worcestershire, BBC Scotland, BBC Solent – Interviews on the passing of Kobe Bryant

26.02.20 – BBC News TV, BBC Global News TV – Interviews on the passing of Kobe Bryant
12.02.19Sam Neter on Hoopsfix and the state of British basketball | A podcast interview with the FBBL360 podcast about Hoopsfix and British basketball.
16.01.19NBA London games easily sell out, but basketball just isn’t Britain’s cup of tea | Spoke with the Washington Post’s Candace Buckner about British basketball ahead of the NBA London game.
01.12.18 Belfast Classic Interview with Basketball Ireland | Invited onto the Basketball Ireland Facebook Live stream of the Belfast Classic to talk about the event and British hoops (below)

07.09.18Sam Neter BSc Sport Sciences (Exercise & Fitness) Brunel University Alumni Profile | Interview with former university about my experiences there.
22.08.18Let’s Talk British Basketball – On Court Off Court Podcast| A long form podcast with the trio at On Court Off Court, discussing British basketball and Hoopsfix.
14.04.18 – Ayahuasca is life – Trapademic Podcast | Talk British basketball, Hoopsfix and psychedelics with Alex Wilson in a long form conversation.
18.12.17 – How this guy used his passion for sport to create Britain’s biggest Basketball site – Roadside Stories | A 20 minute interview with Leo from Roadside stories on the backstory of Hoopsfix whilst I was living in Bali

02.11.17 – Grassroots Basketball in the UK | Interview about British basketball with Cultivation UK
23.03.17 – Why Basketball is Not Famous in the UK (Op-Doc) | Interview in a mini-documentary filmed by a student about British basketball

12.01.17 – Outside of annual NBA event, Brits slow to embrace basketball – ESPN | With the NBA coming to London annually, I spoke with ESPN on British basketball and the NBA.
2016 – Everything You Need to Know About Snapchat Geofilters (And How to Build Your Own) – Buffer | Featured in the Buffer blog about our use of Snapchat for the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic
09.06.16 – British basketball & the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic – TalkSport | National radio interview as part of PR campaign for the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic.
09.06.16 – British basketball & the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic – BBC Radio 2 | National radio interview as part of PR campaign for the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic.

07.06.16 – British Basketball needs TV coverage to bounce back – Evening Standard | A short excerpt from an interview around British basketball for some PR work around the Hoopsfix All Star Classic.
01.09.14 – In Milwaukee and Abroad, Joe Prunty is Always Coaching – Bucksketball | Quick quote on GB Head Coach Joe Prunty
22.01.13 – Bosses fight funding cut – Daily Star | Short quote for launch of Fund British Basketball campaign
22.01.13 – NBA from Paris To London – L’Equipe | Talking about British basketball with leading French newspaper L’Equipe
17.01.13 – In Britain, Basketball Can Be a Tough Sell – New York Times | A short quote on the state of British basketball
01.08.12 – Meet the Pioneers: Sam Neter – Virgin Media Pioneers | Interview with Virgin Media Pioneers (see video below).

25.07.12 – Olympic Experts’ Network – Guardian | One of the Guardian’s basketball networks for the London 2012 Olympics.
22.06.12 – Talking British Hoops with Sam Neter – BallnRoll | Interview about UK hoops in the run up to the Olympics
22.06.12 – Meeting With Hoopsfix – Bealpha | Interview about Hoopsfix with BeAlpha, a men’s online lifestyle magazine.
21.12.11 – Talkbasket Podcast Volume 27 – Talkbasket.net | Interviewed about British basketball for podcast on Talkbasket.net, official media partner of the Euroleague.
20.08.11 – BBC World Service TV Interview at Olympic Test Event
03.12.10 – Youth Panel Speaker – 2010 Guardian Activate Summit | Video embedded below, skip to 30mins for pretty much the only value I provide to the discussion…nerves n’ all!

01.11.10 – Young & Ambitious – Flavour Magazine | Featured in popular youth urban magazine Flavour.
01.09.10 – Back British Basketball – Hinchion & Sons | A nice little recap of the BBB campaign put together by Aaron Hinchion, one of the creatives involved with the project who works at Albion.
19.08.10 – Why Do the British Stink at Basketball – Wall Street Journal | A piece that taught me to be wary of journalists.
10.08.10 – “Dirty Work” – Back British Basketball Film | The short film made about my exploits in the summer of 2010

14.01.10 – College basketball’s Iron Man is … British? – CBS Sports | Interviewed about GB point guard Ogo Adegboye.
2010 – The Man Who Would Save British Basketball – Ball in Europe | An interview with BIE, an ESPN affiliate, talking about British basketball and the BBB campaign.
14.08.10 – Channel 4 Interview in Summer 2010 | Interviewed at halftime of GB vs Ukraine Eurobasket qualifier about the Back British Basketball campaign (below):

State of British Basketball – Hackney Local News | Interview for local London paper about British basketball.

Published Work

08.04.13 – Boris Johnson Trick Shot – BBC News | Video filmed by my featured on BBC News

16.04.12 – Devon van Oostrum – Dime Magazine | One page spread written by me on top British talent DVO in one of the world’s largest basketball magazines, Dime.
01.11.11 – Flight School – MVP Magazine Issue 5 | One page feature written on top British baller Robert Gilchrist.
01.11.10 – Riding High – MVP Magazine Issue | One page feature on British teammates Tom Pereira and Justin Robinson at Rider University.
01.10.10 – Ryan Richards Earning His Spurs – MVP Magazine Issue 1 | One page article on 7 foot British talent Ryan Richards.
01.08.10 – 2 Years Until 2012- Daily Mirror | A blog I wrote on the Mirror’s website to promote the Back British Basketball campaign.
01.08.10 – GB Hoops a Force to Be Reckoned With? – SlamOnline | Trying to raise that awareness of UK hoops!
08.07.10 – Top British Basketball Accounts on Twitter – Fadeaway Magazine Issue 4 | Back page article on the must follow Twitter accounts in the British basketball world.
2008 – Peak performance music videos as a tool for inducing arousal – Journal of Sport Sciences Supp | My undergraduate dissertation abstract published.
A number of videos I have filmed, edited and produced for Hoopsfix have also been featured across the web on hundreds of websites, as well as broadcast on TV, on the likes of ESPN and the BBC.
Here is one that was broadcast on ESPN show DLHQ:

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