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- ↑ MK Lions (17 May 2007). "Macaulay in charge - All back". Milton Keynes Lions. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
- ↑ MK Lions (8 May 2007). "Lions end Hancock hour". Milton Keynes Lions. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
- ↑ "'The BBL is very underrated': London Lions owner and head coach Vince Macaulay on the state of British basketball and how the game can grow in the UK".
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