Karlsruhe is the third-largest city of the German state (Land) of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. It is also a former capital of Baden, a historic region named after Hohenbaden Castle in the city of Baden-Baden. Located on the right bank of the Rhine near the French border, between the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen conurbation to the north and Strasbourg/Kehl to the south, Karlsruhe is Germany's legal center, being home to the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) and the Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice.
Europahalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Clifford Samuel Avril is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at Purdue and was drafted in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. He has also played for the Seattle Seahawks, with whom he won Super Bowl XLVIII and made a Pro Bowl.
Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany.
Michael Stockton is an American professional basketball player for Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez for the French Pro A. He played college basketball for the Griffins from Westminster College. He's the second son of long time Utah Jazz Hall of Fame point guard John Stockton.
Daniel Theis is a German professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After seven seasons in the Basketball Bundesliga where he was a four-time All Star and three-time champion, Theis signed with the Boston Celtics of the NBA where he played for four seasons before a trade brought him to the Chicago Bulls in March 2021. The Bulls traded Theis to the Houston Rockets in August 2021, who in turn traded Theis back to the Celtics in February 2022, before being traded to the Indiana Pacers in July 2022. With the Celtics, he reached the NBA Finals during his second stint with the team.
Nathan Michael Sudfeld is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Indiana and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round in the 2016 NFL Draft. Sudfeld also spent four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles as a backup quarterback, seeing occasional playing time and was a part of their Super Bowl LII-winning team.
Ovie Soko is a British professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL) and the EuroCup. Soko played college basketball for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Duquesne University. He entered the 2014 NBA draft but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds. Soko is of Nigerian heritage on both his paternal and maternal sides.
The 2016–17 ProB was the 10th season of the ProB, the third level of basketball in Germany. The champions and finalists of the league are promoted to the 2017–18 ProA. Weißenhorn Youngstars won the title after defeating PS Karlsruhe Lions in the finals.
Derrick Dewayne Allen is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach for Rasta Vechta of the ProA.
PS Karlsruhe Lions is a German professional basketball team located in Karlsruhe. The team competes in Germany's ProA league, the country's second division. In 2017, the team promoted from the third tier ProB to the second tier. The team is part of the multi-sports club Post Südstadt Karlsruhe (PSK).
Adam Pecháček is a Czech basketball player for Artland Dragons of the ProA and Czech national team.
Justin James Pitts is an American basketball player for HLA Alicante of the Spanish LEB Oro. He played college basketball for the Northwest Missouri State University. A 5’10” point guard, Pitts was named the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year for the 2016–17 season.
Ivan Rudež is a Croatian professional basketball coach, currently serving as head coach for Kaposvári KK.
Justin Windell Gordon is an American basketball player for the Newcastle Eagles of the British Basketball League (BBL). He played college basketball for the Wofford Terriers.
Ferdinand Leontin Zylka is a German basketball player who plays for Circus Brussels of the BNXT League.
Stanley Mace Whittaker Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the s.Oliver Würzburg of Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Keiser University Seahawks, where he was coached by Rollie Massimino.
Matthew Jon Freeman is a New Zealand basketball player who plays for the PS Karlsruhe Lions of the German ProA.
KC Ross-Miller is an American professional basketball player who plays for CSM Târgu Mureș in Liga 1. Previously, he has played for Surrey Scorchers, KK AV Ohrid, MBK Baník Handlová, PS Karlsruhe, and MBK Rieker Komarno.
James Batemon III is an American professional basketball player for the Crailsheim Merlins of the German Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball with North Dakota State College of Science and Loyola Marymount. Following his college career, Batemon played professionally in Europe. In 2022, he was named the LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player.
