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O Club Baloncesto Breogán S.A.D., conhecido por Cafés Candelas Breogán por motivos de patrocinador, é um clube de basquete profissional da cidade de Lugo (Galiza). Fundado em 1966 pelos irmãos Varela Portas e Prado, ascendeu pela primeira vez à Primeira Liga espanhola em 1970, convertendo-se num das equipas mais importantes da história do basquete espanhol, ocupando a novena posição na classificação histórica de clubes. Com participações em competições européias, actualmente milita na Liga ACB.

Os seus jogadores vestem um uniforme que consiste numa t-shirt cor celeste com um pantalón da mesma cor, ainda que em algumas temporadas este foi branco ou azul marinho. Actualmente a sua pista de jogo é o Paço dos Desportos, também sede oficial do clube, que conta com capacidade para 6.500 espectadores. O clube também dispõe de múltiplas equipas que juntam a crianças de todas as idades, formando um dos melhores filiais da Espanha. O nome de Breogán provem do herói nacional galego, chefe das antigas tribos galaicas.

Historia

Fundação

Em 1965 a cidade de Lugo possuía uma equipa de basquete na Segunda Divisão espanhola, mas por causa de uma reestruturação nas diferentes categorias, o clube perdeu o seu lugar deixando ao basquete lucense sem nenhum referente destacado. Por esta razão os irmãos José e João Varela-Portas Pardo fundam o Club Baloncesto Breogán em 1966, o qual começa a competir na Terceira Divisão provincial. O nome do clube foi proposto aos fundadores pelo escritor Celestino Fernández de la Vega. O primeiro foi muito bom no que diz respeito a resultados, ascendendo no final da temporada sem encontrarem nenhuma oposição, rematando mesmo a temporada invicto nas meias-finais e na final. Na seguinte temporada a historia repetiu-se, e o clube ascendeu à Segunda Divisão española ocupando o primeiro posto na liga.

Chegados à Segunda Divisão, na temporada 1968−69, os dirigentes do clube puseram-se como objetivo chegar à Primeira Divisão. Esse mesmo ano o clube volta rematar em primeira posição, como já fizera todos os anos desde a sua fundação, fosse quel fosse a categoria na que jogasse. Contudo, as coisas não haveriam sair tão bem: a equipa acudiria às meias-finais pelo ascenso em Saragoça, onde acabou invicto sem maiores problemas, mas devido a uma série de circunstâncias que se sucederam durante os seguintes dias, fizeram que o clube renunciasse voluntariamente à ascensão, acudindo a jogar a final sem possibilidades de promocionar de categoria. No ano seguinte o clube não se deixou afectar pelas circunstâncias e voltou conseguir ocupar o primeiro lugar, ascendendo enfim à Primeira Categoria do basquete espanhol, feito louvável já que nessa época tão só competían doze equipas na categoria, entre as que destacavam o Real Madrid, o Joventut ou o Estudiantes.

Primeira Divisão
A chegada do Breogán à elite do basquete acaparou a atenção dos meios de comunicação por causa da sua recente fundação e rápida ascensão. Na temporada 1970−71, o clube debuta na máxima categoria da Espanha. A sua estreia foi o 11 de outubro de 1970 num jogo disputado no Pavilhão dos Desportos de Lugo que enfrentou aos locais, conhecidos por motivos de patrocinio como "Breogán Fontecelta", contra o R.C. Náutico de Tenerife, com um resultado final de 88−68 a favor dos lucenses. Não obstante, a primeira derrota não tardou em chegar, e já na segunda jornada o Breogán perde conta o Real Madrid por 111 a 57. Finalmente, acaba a temporada num destacável noveno lugar. É necessário destacar que, nessa primeira temporada na Primeira Divisão, o máximo artilheiro da competição foi Alfredo Pérez, jogador do Breogán, con 595 puntos, máximo registro de pontos conseguidos na história até o esse momento.

No seguinte ano, na temporada 1971−72, o Breogán faz uma mala temporada e consegue só quatro vitórias: contra o Náutico de Tenerife (61-50), o Vallehermoso de Madrid (77-60), o Kas basco (65-62) e o Pineda catalão (57-56). Além disso consegue um empate fronte ao San José (59-59), acabando a temporada no posto número 11. No ano seguinte a liga ampliou-se a 16 equipas e os resultados melhoram bastante. De fato, o clube consegue onze vitórias durante a tempada, num ano no que Alfredo Pérez volta ser o máximo artilheiro, sendo o último jogador espanhol em conseguilo até o ano 2007. Porém, no ano seguinte o Breogán volta fazer uma má temporada, conseguindo tão só seis vitorias, e desce á Segunda Divisão. O Breogán despede-se com uma vitória em Lugo contra o Manresa La Casera por 64 a 52.

Queda e ascensão

Desde a temporada 1974−75, até a fundação da Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), o Breogán foi uma equipa que alternou multiplas promoções e rebaixamentos, chegando mesmo a descer até a Terceira Divisão. O ano 1974 começa com a equipa na Segunda Divisão. Contudo, o Breogán consegue varrer os rivais, acabando no primeiro lugar da liga e voltando à Primeira Divisão tão só um ano depois da perda da categoria. No ano seguinte, na temporada 1975−76, o Breogán atinge em Primeira o seu mellor registro de vitorias com 14, chegando a ocupar ao final da temporada a décima posição. Além disso, essa temporada o club consegue uma vitória histórica ao ganhar o 21 de dezembro ao Joventut, uma das melhores equipas europeus da época, por 86 a 75 em Lugo.

A alegria, porém, durou pouco, e ao ano seguinte o "Breogán La Casera" tan só atinge duas vitorias, ocupando o último lugar na liga e descendo de novo à Segunda Divisão. As vitorias esse ano aconteceram na primeira rodada contra o Estudiantes Monteverde (73-65) e na décimo primeira contra o C.B. Valladolid por (78-75), ambas jogando na casa. Com este mal ano começa a pior época da história do clube, que devido a muitos problemas e estando próximo ao desaparecimento, acaba jogando em 1979 na Terceira Divisão. Contudo, o clube nao se deu por vencido, e depressa chega em 1983, só três anos depois, a alcançar o primeiro lugar na Primeira Divisão B, conseguindo o ascenso à recentemente criada Liga ACB.

Chegada a Europa
Depois de recuperar rapidamente o seu lugar na Primeira Divisão, agora Liga ACB, o "Breogán Caixa Galicia" debuta na competição o 23 de setembro de 1984 com uma vitória fora da casa contra o Caja Álava Baskonia de Vitoria por 80−85. Este triunfo foi um presságio do que aconteceu no resto da temporada, já que o clube foi capaz de conseguir algumas vitórias memoráveis como a da segunda rodada contra o Estudiantes (108−105), repetida de novo na novena rodada, desta vez em Madrid (70−72). Assim, apos uma boa temporada, com jogadores como Manel Sánchez, Tito Díaz, Juanfra Garrido, Sam Pellom, Jeff Allen ou Jim Wright e treinados por José Antonio Figueroa, o Breogán joga os play-offs pelo título do campeonato. Na primeira fase o Breogán enfrentou-se ao OAR Ferrol, ganhando a eliminatória com dois triunfos consecutivos (86−81 e 78−77). Em quartos de final o rival foi o potente FC Barcelona, que eliminou aos de Lugo em dois partidos (105−87 e 90−82). Apesar da eliminação a equipa acaba em sexto lugar e consegue classificar-se para jogar a Copa Korać.

No ano seguinte realizaram-se algumas mudanças na equipa. Foi contratado um novo treinador, Pablo Casado, e um novo poste, Winfred King, que chegava em lugar de Sam Pellom. Apesar das alterações, o club novamente faz uma boa temporada e volta a jogar de novo os play-offs pelo título do campeonato. Na fase final o Breogán elimina o TDK Manresa em dois partidos (105−91 e 86−95) mais seguidamente é eliminado de novo pelo FC Barcelona (123−82 e 82−137). Quanto à Copa Korać a equipa é eliminada despois de perder seis jogar da fase de quartos final, onde teve que enfrentar ao Estrela Vermelha de Belgrado (vice-campeão da competição dois anos antes), ao ASVEL Villeurbanne (clube mais laureado da história do basquete francês) e ao Pallacanestro Varese (cinco vezes Campeão da Europa). Os resultados desta fase de quartos de final foram os seguintes:

Descenso e retorno
Em plena temporada de êxitos a meados dos anos 1980, o Breogán perdeu a um dos ídolos da torcida celeste, Jim Wright. A saída do clube do norte-americano foi motivada por um leque ameaças devidas a dívidas contrídas pelo consumo de cocaína, droga à que estava viciado. Na seguinte temporada, em 1986, também deixaram o clube Jeff Allen e Winfred King, pelo que o club teve de contratar dois novos jogadores forâneos, Art Housey, procedente do Ron Negrita Joventut e Victor Anger, que tão só tomou parte em treze jogos. Assim, cum elenco muito renovado, o Breogán encadeia um péssimo início de campeonato, perdendo de forma consecutiva os sete primeiros jogos da Liga ACB.

Para tentar mudar a situação sai do clube Anger e chega Rudy Woods. O Breogán melhora, aínda que sem poder evitar ter que jogar os play-offs pela permanência. Na primeira fase do play-off tevo que jogar contra o Gin MG-Sarriá de Barcelona, com o que perdeu em quatro jogos depois de ganhar o primeiro em Lugo e perder no sucessivo os três seguintes com resultados muito apertados. Trás uns anos no que o Breogán se tornou numa das equipas mais destacadas do basquetebol espanhol, o clube descende trás ganhar 13 jogos e perder 19. No ano seguinte, na Primeira Divisão B, o club volta à Liga ACB ao ocupar sem problemas a primeira posição.

A Liga ACB 1988−89 começou de novo com o Breogán na máxima categoria do baloncesto espanhol, numa equipa onde, além de Manel Sánchez e Tito Díaz, destacavan Ken Orange, Óscar Peña, Calvin Roberts e Antonio Sacedo. Esse ano os de Lugo conseguen 20 vitórias e 25 derrotas, atingindo a permanência no play-off contra o Valvi Girona, numa série que chegou ao quinto jogo, no qual venceu o Breogán por 78−61. Na seguinte temporada chegaram ao equipo, nomeadamente, José Manuel Cabezudo, Juanmi Alonso e George Singleton. Esse ano, apesar de terminar a temporada com mais vitórias que derrotas (22−18), a equipa tem de jogar novamente o play-off pela permanência, jogando na primeira fase do mesmo ao Caixa Ourense, a qual venceu após ganharem a série por 4-1, incluindo os dois encontros jogados na cidade das Burgas.

Estabelecendo-se na ACB

No ano 1990 chega a Lugo um dos norte-americanos mais prestigiosos da liga, Claude Riley, o qual permanece na equipa três anos com destacáveis resultados e tornando-se num dos ídolos da torcida lucense. No primeiro ano de Riley o clube consegue jogar os play-offs pelo título de campeão, embora perdendo na primeira fase contundentemente contra o Montigalà Joventut. No seguinte ano o equipo termina no meio da tabela de classificação. Isto faz que o Breogán tenha que jogar o "playout", uma eliminatória que decidia os lugares do 9 ao 12 numa competição com 24 equipas. Nesta fase os ravais foram o TDK Manresa e o Pamesa Valencia, ganhando dois jogos e perdendo outros dois.

Em 1992 chega ao clube um dos melhores jogadores que pasarom pela história do mesmo, o escolta procedente da Jugoplastika (que vinha de ser campeã da Euroliga durante três anos sucessivos) Velimir Perasović. O croata, que tão só jogaría um ano em Lugo, conseguiu fazer 24,5 puntos por jogo, sendo o máximo artilheiro da competição.
A temporada dava a impressão de começar bem para a equipa, já que perderam por tão só quatro puntos ante o FC Barcelona no Palau Sant Jordi (95−91) e tão só dois contra o Real Madrid de Arvydas Sabonis e Fernando Romay no Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (105−103), com 29 pontos de Perasović e 27 de Cabezudo. Apesar disso, o Breogán não conseguiu ganhar até a novena rodada, a 9 xornada, a partir da qual a equipa melhorou e conseguiu acabar outra temporada no meio da classificação.

No ano seguinte chegou a Lugo outro jogador que posteriormente destacou no basquete europeu europeo, o poste Tanoka Beard. Contudo, este basquetebolista, que ainda hoje mantém folgadamente o recorde de valoração num só jogo da Euroliga (63), tão só jogaría em oito ocasiões com o clube. A respeito da temporada, o Breogán volveu ficar na zona meia da classificação depois dum ano con muitas mudanças no seu elenco. Na temporada seguinte, a 1994−95, o club contrata ao ala-armador Tharon Mayes. Este ex-jogador da NBA, que fez unha média de 23 pontos por jogo, não pôde evitar as dez derrotas consecutivas ao início da temporada e o final descenso do clube.

Começando de novo

Após a queda de 1995, o Breogán ocupa ao ano seguinte o primeiro lugar na segunda categoria, a Liga EBA. Porém, não consegue a ascensão à Liga ACB nos play-offs. Isto faz que no ano seguinte o Breogán jogue na Liga LEB, uma competição de nova criação para fazer de nova segunda divisão. O clube não consegue os seus objetivos nos dous anos sucessivos, depois de perder por duas vezes na eliminatória definitiva e finalizando em terceiro lugar. Por fim, em 1998−99, com jogadores como Santi Abad, Kenny Green, Rod Mason ou James Donaldson (All-Star da NBA) e treinados por Paco García, a equipa se proclamou campeã de liga e voltou á máxsima categoria.

No ano seguinte na Liga ACB, a equipa decide manter aos dois estrangeiros da temporada anterior, Green e Mason, além de incorporar jogadores como o histórico José Miguel Antúnez, Sergio Luyk, César Sanmartín ou Jacobo Odriozola. Apesar disso, os resultados não foram bons e após quatro rodadas o Breogán não consegue ganhar nenhum jogo. O clube decide tomar medidas e despede a Kenny Green, substituindo-o para o jogo ante o FC Barcelona pelo poste de Miami Devin Davis. Ninguém esperava após essa mudança o que aconteceu, pois o Breogán ganhou ao Barça por 90-66, uma das maiores derrotas da sua história. Destacou a atuação de César Sanmartín com 33 pontos, 22 deles em tão só oito minutos (2/2 em lançamentos de dois, 2/2 em lances livres e 5/5 em lançamentos de três). Apesar da vitória, o Breogán continuou perdendo os seguintes jogos. De novo a diretiva toma medidas e demite a Rod Mason na décima rodada para contratar a Anthony Bonner. A mudança não pôde ser mais radical já que a equipa consegue começar a ganhar, mesmo tendo opções de jogar os play-offs pelo título do campeonato.

Na seguinte temporada, debido ao bom rendemento da equipa após as contratações de Davis e Bonner no ano anterior, o clube decide manter a espinha dorsal da equipa incorando além disso a Nacho Biota e a Ricardo González. A temporada começou bem, mesmo chegando a ganhar no complicado pavilhão do Adecco Estudiantes. Os bons resultados continuavan a chegar, mas o club entre numa fase ruim e surge um problema no elenco por causa do comportamento de Bonner. Consequentemente, o clube decide despedi-lo e contratar ao extremo Nikola Lončar. Finalmente, o Breogán acaba a liga na parte média. Na temporada 2001−02 o equipo começa mantendo a mesma equipa do ano anterior, contratando além disso ao base Joaquín Ruiz Lorente e ao poste estadunidense Bobby Martin. A equipa começa de de forma espetacular, chegando a ocupar os primeiros lugares da Liga, mas algumas derrotas levaram à equipa a ocupar finalmente o undécimo lugar.

Na procura dos play-offs

Na temporada 2002−03 voltam as mudanças a Lugo, chega um novo presidente, Francisco Moure Bourio, e regresa o técnico Andreu Casadevall. Com estas mudanças o clube tenta avançar mais um passo com o objetivo de estabelecer-se entre as melhores equipas da ACB. Para atingir este objectivo chegam novos jogadores, Bobby Martin é substituído pelo panamenho Rubén Garcés, os bases são substituídos pelos internacionais Javi Rodríguez e Joseph Gomis, também chega o poste Alfonso Albert e para a posição de extremo-base contrata-se a uma das estrelas do basquetebol argentino, o pampeano Jorge Racca. no começo da temporada o Breogán perde três jogos sucessivos, mas a continuação consegue ganhar ao DKV Joventut, ao Fórum Valladolid e mesmo ao Real Madrid no pavilhão Raimundo Saporta. Contudo, a contribuição de Racca estava a ser menor do esperado, e a temporada parecia que ia ser igual as anteriores. Porém, tudo mudou no final, já que o Breogán consegue ganhar nove dos últimos onze jogos, destacando vitórias contra o Real Madrid, o Tau Cerámica, o Auna Canarias ou o Pamesa Valencia. Na última rodada o clube perde contra o Ricoh Manresa por dez puntos, acabando de novo na parte média.

No ano seguinte o clube decide manter o elenco do ano passado que tão bons resultados obteve. A mudança mais destacável foi a do base Javi Rodríguez pelo britânico Danny Lewis. Com este estratégia o Breogán tinha esperança de poder jogar os ansiados play-offs pelo título de Liga. Porém, um começo péssimo impede atingir o objectivo à equipa, embora finalmente ocupa o noveno lugar acima de clubes como o Real Madrid. O lugar ocupado pelo clube na classifição final permitia participar em competições europeias, mas, incompreensivelmente, a União de Ligas Europeias de Basquetebol (ULEB) decide convidar ao Real Madrid (décimo lugar na Liga) antes que aos de Lugo. Esta decisão da ULEB não gosta nem ao clube nem à Federação Espanhola de Basquete (FEB), pelo que dias antes de finaliçar o termo do praço de inscrição decidem convidar também ao Breogán, que rejeita o convite devido a impossibilidade de prepararse para a competição em tão pouco tempo.

Apesar da frustração, a temporada 2004−05 começa com a chegada do histórico internacional espanhol Alfonso Reyes e de Alfons Alzamora. Contudo, este ano foi um dos mais lembrados pela torcida lucense por outra razão, já que chegava ao equipo o extremo-base estadounidense Charlie Bell. Ainda que Bell jogou tão só um ano em Lugo, tornou-se num ídolo na cidade e num dos jogadores máis relembrados da história do clube. A temporada começou com a lesão do próprio Bell, o que pôde mesmo ter feito complicada a sua continuidade na equipa. Porém, decidiu jogar lesionado e, ainda coxo, realizou verdedeiras façanhas, como fazer 37 pontos contra o Real Madrid ou 30 contra o Tau Cerámica. Uma vez recuperado, o se nível de jogo sobiu ainda mais, alcançando os 40 pontos contra o Pamesa Valencia, os 41 contra o Fórum Valladolid ou os 43 contra o Caja San Fernando, o seu máximo. Tal foi o seu impacto, que mesmo começou a aparecer em programas e reportagens nos meios de comunicação nacionais.

Bell consegiu ser eleito três vezes melhor jogador da semana (rodadas 15, 19 e 24) e outras três vezes melhor jogadro do mês (janeiro, fevereiro e março).  Além disso, no final da temporada liderou a classifição em lançamentos de três, com uma média do 44,49% de acerto, e foi o máximo artilheiro da competição com 27,0 pontos por jogo, a mais alta desde o ano 1990. Graças ao seu desempenho a equipa começou a ganhar, sonhando durante algúns momentos com jogar os play-offs pelo titulo da competição. Contudo, finalmente não o consegue. Charlie Bell acabou a temporada com 27 pontos partido, 3 rebotes, 2 assistências e 22,8 pontos de PIR (Performance Index Rating). Foi escolhido no quinteto ideal da temporada e estivo perto de ser eleito MVP. Além disso, ganhou o galardão de "Gigante do Ano" que entrega a prestigiosa revista "Gigantes" ao melhor jogador da temporada da Liga ACB.

Regresso ao poço

Depois da saída do "Génio de Flint" (como é relembrado Bell em Lugo) aos Milwaukee Bucks da NBA, o clube fez uma das mudanças mais radicais dos últimos anos. Para além de Bell, foram-se Gomis, Giffa, Hadley, Castiñeira e Esteban López e chegaram Pete Mickeal, máximo artilheiro da ULEB Cup proveniente do Makedonikos, Nebojša Bogavac do Hemofarm, Tyrone Grant, McNaull, Sartorelli e Urtasun. Junto a Javi Rodríguez, Đuro Ostojić, Marco Carraretto, Alfonso Reyes e Alzamora formaram o elenco para a temporada 2005−06. Por fim, a temporada começou bem, com três vitórias em quatro rodadas. Este bom funcionamento continuou até chegar à fase final da temporada, onde a equipa perde nove jogos nas últimas dez rodadas (em grande parte com resultados ajustados), o que fez ao equipo ter que jogar pela permanência na Liga ACB na última rodada ante o Fórum Valladolid na cidade castelhana. Porém, o Breogán perdeu e descendeu à Liga LEB. Foi destacável a temporada de Pete Mickeal, segundo máximo artilheiro da Liga, segundo jogador com mais pontos de PIR, seis vezes eleito melhor jogador da rodada e três vezes melhor jogador do mês.

O clube começou na temporada 2006−07 na Liga LEB com o pé errado, fracassando na primeira tentativa de ascensão ao finalizar em noveno lugar. No ano seguinte a situação melhorou, mais o clube perde nàs meias-finais da Final Four pela ascensão contra o Bruesa GBC. Apesar do amargor da derrota, no mínimo a equipa consegue ganhar a prestigiosa Copa Príncipe celebrada em Saragoça. O ano 2009 supõe um novo insucesso e o clube finaliça em quarto lugar por segunda vez consecutiva. Por causa dos contínuos fracassos desportivos e distintos problemas económicos, o Breogán, presidido por Raúl López, decide virar o rumo e começar a sanear economicamente o clube para fazer um projecto de futuro. Na temporada 2009−10 o clube recrutou jogadores a priori com pouca experiência e não muito conhecidos, estabelecendo como objetivo a permanência na categoria para ir consolidando-se. Contudo, com um orçamento inferior à metade do de anos anteriores e com um elenco inexperiente, o Breogán consegue jogar os play-offs pela ascensão, onde teve de jogar contra o Menorca. A fase começou com dois jogos na casa da equipa balear, os dois perdidos devido a polémicas decisões dos árbitros. De volta em Lugo, o Breogán ganha o terceiro jogo, mais é eliminado depois de perder no quarto. Porém, a avaliação da temporada por parte do clube foi positiva, mesmo com o presidente presumindo de boa saúde económica. Contudo, o próprio presidente abandona o clube para ocupar o cargo de presidente do Obradoiro compostelão (após negá-lo publicamente). Depois de fazerse cargo da presidência José Antão Bao, descobriu-se que a boa saúde não era verdade, já que o clube tinha uma dívida de 1 500 000 euros.

Um novo início

A nível desportivo, na temporada 2010−11 o elenco foi completamente renovado, chegando como jogadores como Eric Hayes e Cliff Brown. Como treinador continuou no cargo Rubén Domínguez. O ano começou com uma vitória fora da casa ante o Baloncesto Murcia, principal favorito para ocupar o primeiro lugar e que finalmente finalizou a temporada em primeiro lugar con tão só duas derrotas. Porém, uma série de maus resultados levaram ao club aos últimos lugares da Liga. Finalmente, o 12 de dezembro Rubén Domínguez é dispensado é chega à equipa o treinador gironense Pepe Rodríguez. Também cheragaram os jogadores Mickaël Mokongo e Eric Hicks, o que conduziu à saída de Hayes. Daí em diante o equipo melhora notavelmente, acabando a temporada com uma série de oito vitórias consecutivas (nesse momento melhor série de vitórias até o final da temporada duma equipa na história da Liga LEB). Nos play-offs pela ascensão os de Lugo jogaram na primeira fase contra o Baloncesto León, vencendo por 3 a 1 sem ser cabeça de série. Na seguinte fase, porém, o Breogán perde contra o Obradoiro. A nível económico o as despesas forám de 1 229 000 euros, enquanto os rendimentos ascenderam a 1 410 895 euros. Houve, por isso, um superávite de 181 482 euros.

Na temporada 2011−12, a empresa Leite Río deixa de ser o principal patrocinador do clube. A respeito da equipa, Pepe Rodríguez continuou como treinador, enquanto James Faldeine continuou como único membro do elenco da temporada anterior. Feldeine fora o melhor jogador do Breogán no final da temporada anterior e um dos jogadores mais queridos da torcida celeste. Como novos jogadores chegaram, entre outros, o extremo Joe Krabbenhoft e o poste Brooks Sales. Depois dum bom começo da temporada, a situaçao piorou, perdendo contra rivais teoricamente com aspirações inferiores. Isto provocou que em dezembro saísse da equipa Andy Ogide, que junto com a lesião de Chema González, levaram ao clube à contratação de Carlos de Cobos e Papa Dia. O 20 desse mesmo mês, na assembleia de accionistas, é nomeado um novo presidente, o advogado Júlio González. Depois de lograr oito vitórias consecutivas para o fim da temporada, o Breogán perde na primeira fase dos play-offs contra o Menorca. A nível institucional, Júlio González abandona a presidência, sendo nomeado novo presidente António Veiga.

As temporadas posteriores podem qualificar-se como de ressurgimento a nível social do clube. Após finalizar a Liga LEB em sexto lugar na temporada 2012−13 e em quarto lugar no ano seguinte, a temporada 2014−15 começava com grandes expectativas. Ao equipo chegaram jogadores importantes como Álex Llorca, Osvaldas Matulionis ou, já como a competição iniciada, o poste Gary McGhee. A equipa, esse ano treinada pelo técnico lucense Lisardo Gómez, mostrou-se muito competitiva durante toda a Liga, finalizando em terceiro lugar. Nos play-offs, após eliminar a Palencia e Valladolid, o Breogán jogou a final pela ascensão contra o Club Ourense Baloncesto, equipa finalmente vencedora. Esta final histórica, entre os equipos das duas cidades à beira do Minho, supôs para Ourense a ascensão (depois frustrada administrativamente), e para o Breogán, que esteve cerca de atingir o sonho no quarto jogo em Lugo, encontrar-se de novo com a sua torcida e a sua cidade. A quantidade de gente que acudiu ao Paço durante a final fez relembrar os grandes eventos do passado na máxima categoria. A temporada 2015−16 também levantou grandes expectativas, porém, a nível desportivo o desempenho da equipa não foi o previsto. O Breogán acabou a Liga em quinto lugar e perdeu na primeira fase do play-off contra o Básquet Coruña. A nível extracampo destaca a chegada da empresa lucense Cafés Candelas como  principal patrocinadora do clube.

50 aniversário e volta

Após o insucesso da temporada 2015−16 e a saída como accionista do clube da Deputação de Lugo, o verão de de 2016 foi muito convulso. Finalmente, Jesús Lázare é nomeado novo presidente do clube, tendo como propósito a reconstrução dum clube que não contava com nenhum jogador. Depois do adeus de Lisardo Gómez a meados da anterior temporada devido a uma doença, sendo substituído pelo seu assitente Quique Fraga, a primeira incorporação do clube foi o treinador Natxo Lezkano. Practicamente sem tempo para fazer pré-temporada, o clube começa a incorporar jogadores, não ficando fechado o elenco até o 20 de outubro com as chegadas de Jorge Romero, para suprir a um lesado Salva Arco, e o estadounidense Matt Stainbrook. Apesar de todas as dificuldades, o clube começa ganhando os quatro primeiros partidos de competição. De facto, a equipa consegue a maior vitória da história da Liga LEB ao ganhar por 50−113 ao Cáceres. A temporada decorreu com altos e baixos, mas com o tempo a equipa conseguiu finalizar em segundo lugar. Porém, na fase de play-offs devido ao cansaço acumulado, e após terem que jogar cinco jogos contra o Palma na primeira fase, perdem nas meias-finais contra o Burgos.

Para além do plano desportivo, durante a temporada 2016−17 o Breogán comemorou o quinquagésimo aniversário da sua fundação em 1966. Como parte desta efeméride prestou homenagem em cada um dos jogos diputados na casa a uma pessoa ou coletivo fundamentais no meio século de história do clube.
 A listagem de pessoas e coletivos homenageados foi a seguinte:

 José Ramón Varela-Portas (08/10/16, 2ª rodada): Fundador do clube junto com os seus irmãos.
 Lisardo Gómez (18/10/16, 4ª rodada): Treinador da secção dos jovens do clube. Treinador principal da equipa no período 2013−2016. Teve de deixar o posto devido a uma doença.
 Dr. Miguel Giao (29/10/16, 6ª rodada): Médico do Breogán durante 25 anos.
 Jogadores do Breogán nos começos da sua história (05/11/16, 7ª rodada).
 José Real (12/11/16, 9ª rodada): Torcedor do Breogán desde os seu começos. Incondicional do Paço dos Desportos apesar de ser invisual.
 Maria Teresa "Tita" Franco (26/11/16, 11ª rodada): Impulsora do desporto em Lugo, em especial do basquetebol. Ex-jogadora de basquetebol e ex-diretiva do clube.
 Julio Vila (02/12/16, 13ª rodada): Torcedor da equipo. Um dos fundadores da agrupação "Penha Breogán". Falecido em 2009, a homenagem foi póstuma.
 María Josefa Rubiás, Olga Ulloa e José Martínez (17/12/16, 15ª rodada): Três dos sócios mais grandevos do clube. Recibiram a homenagem em represantação de todos os torcedores de mais idade.
 César Sanmartín e Ricardo González (28/12/16, 16ª rodada): Jogadores emblemáticos do Breogán na etapa em Liga ACB entre 1999−2006.
 Paco Rivera e Arcadio Silvosa (30/12/16, 17ª rodada): Jornalistas lucenses que durante anos deram cobertura mediática do Breogán.
 Paco García (14/01/17, 20ª rodada): Treinador com mais jogos com o Breogám e protagonista da ascensão à ACB de 1999.
 Victorino Melle, Antonio Feás e Jorge Chao (póstumo) (04/02/17, 22ª rodada): Defensores durante anos do basquetebol lucense e do Breogán a nível federativo.
 Elenco da temporada 1984−85 (11/03/17, 27ª rodada): Jogadores do Breogán da tempada 1984−85, melhor equipa de basquete galega da história. Participam na homenagem Tito Díaz, Manel Sánchez, Tomás Jimenez, Liru, Suso Fernández e o treinador José Antonio Figueroa.
 Peña Boinas e Zocas (24/03/17. 29ª rodada): Uma das primeiras agrupações de torcedores do clube.
 Ramón Estévez e Ricardo Hevia (28/03/17. 18ª rodada): Estévez foi presidente do clube entre 1988 e 1993. Hevia foi treinador da equipa em três etapas 1989-91, 1992-93 e 1995-97.
 María José "Sesé" Castro (08/04/17. 31ª rodada): Trabalhadora nos escritórios do clube durante mais de 35 anos.

Pavilhão

O Breogán joga os seus jogos como local no Paço dos Desportos, un pavilhão inaugurado en 1992, com capacidade para 6.500 espectadores. O pavilhão é também utilizado pelo Ensino Porta XI, equipo de basquetebol feminino da cidade que compite na Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, a competição de elite no basquetebol feminino espanhol. Além disso, a arena é utilizada esporadicamente para a organização doutros eventos desportivos e culturais.

O Paço está situado no bairro de Azeia de Olga da cidade amuralhada, dentro do campus da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, motivo polo qual é às vezes chamado "Paço Universitário" ou simplemente "Universitário". O pavilhão dispõe de quadras de squash, ginásio e pistas polidesportivas anexas. Também conta com um pequeno pavilhão anexo dedicado ao basquetebol com duas quadras de basquete. Nos arredores há também uma piscina coberta, pistas de atletismo e um campo de râguebi. O estacionamento do recinto é também utilizado às vezes para a realização de concertos ou outras actividades.

Antes de mudar-se a jogar no Paço, o Breogán jogaba os seus jogos como local no Palácio Municipal de Desportos ou Pavilhão dos Deportos, recinto que se encontra no Parque de Rosalía de Castro no centro da cidade. Este polidesportivo, inaugurado en 1964, tinha capacidade para 3.500 espectadores, e continua a ser utilizado por outros clubes de basquetebol e regularmente pelo Prone, equipa de futebol de salão, agora no terceiro nível do futsal espanhol, mas que no passado tem conseguido ser campeão de competições europeias.

Nome

O nome do club provém do mítico rei céltico da Galiza Breogán. Existem muitas versões sobre ele, nas que é apresentado como o grande referente mitológico da nação galega. Contudo, na realidade, pode dizer-se que foi o referente das tribos galaicas, pois o conceito de estado-nação procede do século XIX. O nome Breogán significa "Breo-genus", isto é, "fillo de Brath", sendo "Breo" o Brath gaélico. Os descendentes de Breogán foram, entre outros, Ith e Beleno. Existem umas aras dedicadas ao "deus lar Berobreo" no Monte do Facho de Donão, no concelho de Cangas. As aras estão escritas em latim, sendo de notar que "deus lar" significava na sua origem "defundo divinizado", por isso é possível traduzi-las como aras dedicadas ao "defunto divizado" Berobreo.

De acordo com a lenda irlandesa inserida no século XI à compilação Lebor Gabála Érenn ("Livro da conquista da Irlanda"), o rei Breogán, fundador da nação céltica galega, construiu na cidade de Brigantia (identificada com a actual Coruña) uma enorme torre duma altura tão magnífica que os seus filhos podiam ver uma beira verde distante desde o seu ponto mais alto. O panorma dessa terra enganou-os para navegar ao norte da Irlanda, onde Ith foi assassinado. Em vingança, os filhos de Mil, neto de Breogán, saindo desde Brigantia chegaram à Irlanda e conquistaram-na. A Galiza descreve-se poeticamente no hino galego como o lar de Breogán.

Junto ao nome "Breogán" ao longo da história o clube recebeu muitas denominações diferentes devido às companhias que patrocinaram à equipa, sendo actualmente o patrocinador a empresa produtora de café Cafés Candelas, sediada na própria cidade de Lugo. Os nomes utilizados pelo clube ao longo do tempo são:

O Breogán na cultura popular

O Breogán é um símbolo da cidade de Lugo, sendo mais que uma equipa desde a sua fundação, já que é a equipa desportiva mais importante da cidade e uma das mais importantes da Galiza. Por causa disso a equipa tem grande representação dentro da cidade e mesmo em todo o país, nos que organiza actividades para promover a importância do exercício físico e o desporto, sobretudo com os mais novos. Também dispõe de acordos de colaboração com outras equipas da cidade e mesmo da província para promover o basquetebol lucense, sobretudo entre os mais jovens. Outra das actividades que realiza habitualmente são visitas e colaborações com instituições educacionais de toda a província, os quais participam em diferentes atividades.

Com respeito ao alcance histórico do Breogán a nível popular, é preciso destacar a película rodada e estreada em todos os cinemas a nível espnhol em 1985 por Mario Camus "La vieja música" (do castelhano: A velha música). A película, protagonizada por Federico Luppi, Antonio Resines, Paco Rabal, Miguel Rellán, Agustín González e Charo López, com a colaboração de distinguidos do basquetebol como Fernando Martín, Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Jim Wright, Tito Díaz ou Manel Sánchez, conta a história de um uruguaio que chega a Lugo com a sua filha para treinar ao Breogán, todo misturado com uma história de amor e sequências de partidos de basquete da época de grande qualidade. Como anedota dizer que um dos motivos pelos que se escolheu Lugo (além do Breogán) foi porque, de acordo com o realizador, queria recriar um clima "chuvoso e frio". Porém, apesar de ser filmada em inverno, para recriar a chuva teve que contar com a ajuda dos bombeiros, já que brilhou o sol durante toda a filmagem.

Uniforme

Clubes esportivos fundados em 1966
Lugo (Galiza)
Equipes de basquetebol da Espanha
Fundações na Argentina em 1966

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iiNet backs Movie Rights Group's legal process
Renai LeMay
news One of Australia's largest ISPs, iiNet, has indicated it supports the legal approach taken by a new company planning to target thousands of Australians over pirated downloads through platforms like BitTorrent, and would hand over customer information to the company if ordered to by a court.
Over the weekend, it was revealed that the company — named Movie Rights Group — had approached every major Australian ISP seeking information on users who had allegedly infringed copyright online, initially seeking the details of some 9,000 Australians who it claimed had downloaded the film Kill the Irishman. There are plans to broaden the company's efforts to other films.
Unlike the other major Australian organisation representing the film industry, the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, Movie Rights Group is taking a different approach to piracy. Instead of legally targeting ISPs for the actions of their users, it will merely seek to subpoena customer information from the ISPs and contact those who had allegedly infringed its copyright directly, seeking to settle the matter out of court or through legal action.
Every other major Australian ISP has so far declined to comment on whether they had received a communication from Movie Rights Group and how they planned to respond. However, in an emailed statement yesterday, iiNet regulatory chief Steve Dalby noted Movie Rights Group's legal process indicated "a similar approach to what which we have publicly supported in the past" – and iiNet saw now reason to recant that support now.
It is believed that most of Australia's ISPs sees their networks as being similar to a road, in that while they are responsible for maintaining the infrastructure, they believe they should not be responsible for the actions of users on that road. Movie Rights Group has professed a similar belief.
"We have constantly stated we don't support copyright infringement. It obviously follows, therefore, that we do support infringements being dealt with in accordance with Australian law," said Dalby. "The current framework means civil prosecution through the court system. If I understand the proposed model, it uses existing legislation and process, it removes the intermediary from the dispute, it follows due process and protects the rights of both the alleged infringer and the claimant."
Dalby said that the telecommunications industry proposed "a streamlined version" of the process which Movie Rights Group appears to be proposing to the Federal Attorney-General in 2008, prior to the high-profile court case between iiNet and AFACT over copyright infringement beginning. At the time, however, the film studios "ignored it", Dalby said, arguing at the time that iiNet was being uncooperative.
Dalby didn't directly answer questions on whether iiNet had been contacted by Movie Rights Group, and how the ISP planned to respond. However, he said if the ISP received a court order to release information, regardless of who to, "we would comply with our obligations under the law".
The iiNet executive pointed out this was clearly stipulated in iiNet's public privacy policy, which notes the company may disclose customers' personal information when required to by a legislative instrument such as a court order, for example. Dalby agreed customers had a right to know when their information was handed over to external parties.
In other posts commenting on the issue over the past week on broadband forum Whirlpool and on Delimiter itself, Dalby has appeared quite pessimistic about the chances of Australians targeted by an organisation like Movie Rights Group with this type of legal approach. "If you think they will just turn up without a reasonable case," he told Whirlpool users, "you don't understand corporate and legal process. Maybe they'll be successful and maybe they won't. But alleged infringers will probably need more than the Bart Simpson defence ("I didn't do anything, nobody saw me do it")."
The executive also stated that collecting the IP address information of those who were allegedly infringing copyright online would not breach Australian legislation around telecommunications interception.
"There is no interception required in order to generate or view IP logs," Dalby wrote on Whirlpool. "… in the normal course of events, when users of BitTorrent software make available (unauthorised or otherwise) copies of stuff, they advertise their IP address to the world. That's where your IP address is collected. It's public information. No interception is necessary at either the 'making available' stage or the IP log generation stage."
In addition, the executive noted he didn't believe it was a legal defence if a customer already owned a legal copy of the material they had downloaded. "Having a legally obtained copy is not the point," he wrote on Delimiter. "If you infringe copyright by making copies of it available online, without permission, the legal copy probably makes no difference."
So far, iiNet and Exetel (whose chief executive John Linton published news of the Movie Rights Group case on his blog) are the only major Australian ISPs to comment on the issue. Over the past week, spokespeople from Telstra and Internode have declined to comment on how they will handle the matter, while spokespeople from Optus and TPG have not responded to requests for comment.
Linton has also stated his belief — based on legal advice — that Exetel would be forced to comply with a court order regarding customer information if it received one.
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It's hard to see how iiNet could take any other approach than 'we will comply with the law', given the arguments the company made during its high-profile trial versus AFACT. However, this still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I know a lot of ISP customers are looking for a little bit more gumption from ISPs on this issue right now. It could be something as simple as saying that they would uphold the law if forced to, although they would fight the issue if they could, and will look out for the interests of their customers as much as they can.
But then, in today's fraught legal environment when it comes to online copyright infringement, perhaps that's too much to ask.
Exetel may balk Movie Rights Group's demands
Movie Rights Group website shut down, VP leaves
iiNet supports Govt's 'streamlined' piracy process
Mass piracy lawsuits: ISPs go completely silent
Anti-piracy scheme throws users to the legal wolves
movie rights group
online copyright infringement
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Anonymous 06/10/2011 at 10:53 am
Hey lets go after the downloaders instead if you know, building a service to offer this content up to them.
trog 06/10/2011 at 10:57 am
This is, as noted, exactly what iiNet (and every other ISP) has said in the past. If they get a court order, your details will be handed over. This is a Good Thing. It is how the justice system works and it is precisely how it should work.
It is EXACTLY what the media industry are lobbying to change – they don't want it to work like this; they want broad powers to be able to just ask ISPs for details for any of their customers and for their ISPs to have to hand them over. Getting individual court orders for each individual suspected infringement is a time consuming – and thus expensive – process.
If it is what the media industry does not want, then it is probably in everyone else's best interests – this should be obvious by now.
Martin Eddy 06/10/2011 at 1:54 pm
That's right. You can't blame iiNet for complying with the law.
Lea 06/10/2011 at 11:02 am
Its just so frustrating that the will happily spend the money to chase people for downloading, but they won't offer the goods for sale.
Grow some balls iiNet … wtf happened to you guys.
trog 06/10/2011 at 12:52 pm
iiNet are saying "we will comply with a court order". They can't "show balls" when it comes to doing this.
They know it will cost the media companies time and money to get a court order. This is what you want ISPs to say.
Anonymous 06/10/2011 at 3:25 pm
Point taken
I'm not a lawyer, and it shows. ;-)
I originally got the impression that the AFACT stance iiNet took seemed to be protecting the interests of users, and this article seemed to be contradicting that.
Mentasm 07/10/2011 at 9:23 am
iiNet are protecting customers by taking this stance. They support forcing copyright owners having to go through the existing legal process to be able to obtain ISP records. AFACT tried to sidestep that requirement and wanted ISPs to just cough up the details on their say so.
Dbremner 06/10/2011 at 1:26 pm
Balls for what? You think they have the opinion that their customers should be allowed to pirate stuff and that they should help them avoid facing the consequences?
What moral high ground are they taking by letting users continue to do it and protecting them? Right to privacy? There is none other than what they agreed in their terms and the terms say they will hand your details over if the court asks them.
Chad 06/10/2011 at 1:29 pm
the title of this story is misleading………
Doug Rathbone 06/10/2011 at 2:38 pm
[Comment censored due to potential legal concerns — Renai. I am looking into the issue you raised.]
DodgyBrothers 06/10/2011 at 5:07 pm
Thanks Doug.
[Paragraph censored due to potential legal concerns — Renai. I am looking into the issue you raised.]
I'm surprised that:
1. Mr Dalby is publicly coming out advocating the suing of end users. I thought this process would be more onerous on an ISP given that they would need to be joinded to the court cases each and every time that an IP address is required – along with the process required by a subpoena as distinct to forwarding on notices like Westnet were doing prior to acquisition at nearly 0 cost??
2. They are publicly backing a process which is potentially launched by some shonks in Broadbeach. Has iiNet done due diligence on this company given what's at stake? This could be embarrassing if this company gets exposed as a dodgy one.
@Renai – maybe someone needs to dig some more on these guys….
I did notice he keeps saying upload, make available online. I think that is a different legally to just downloading and can attract criminal prosecution.
Can do I suspect – but in this context MRG is certainly only looking at Civil prosecution.
I doubt they it will be a huge ongoing thing though. They make some money this time. Next time it's harder as it scares people off downloading movies or moves them into the underground more. Whether the license holders make anything from it or not it should reduce piracy. Who knows, maybe even TPGs evening speeds will improve because of it :)
Any lawyers in the house?
Does anyone know if MRG would potentially have to apply for 9000 separate court orders to get this moving or would they just have to get a single court order listing all 9000 infringers? If its the former, then this may take up a huge amount of time.
Fumanch 06/10/2011 at 4:47 pm
Just out of curiosity, why couldn't iinet or other ISP's simply delete IP addresses from its records so that no data can be recorded. I recall a swedish ISP doing something similar when IPRED was introduced:
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/swedish-isp-bahnhof-renders-ipred-useless-by-destroying-ip-addresses-20090417/
Or is there a law which stipulates ISP need to retain data of users for a set amount of time?
Either way seems like VPN's are going to get more and more attractive in the face of this nonsense.
Pretty sure they are legally required to keep records. They can be used for actual important things like catching terrorists or real criminals. They are also used in the billing process internally by the ISPs.
Guest 06/10/2011 at 5:39 pm
nice misleading title to get page hits
Zpan 06/10/2011 at 7:21 pm
Wonder what Australia's Pirate Party has to say and if they have done anything
Poo 07/10/2011 at 1:44 am
how about anonamous, they like this sort of thing
The G33K 06/10/2011 at 8:22 pm
Mr Dalby has not said anything new about how iiNet would hand over IP records, and in fact if a court orders the handing of records over under discovery rules then all ISP's would have to comply with it.
Interestingly it is how Steve has stated the answer that will annoy Movie Rights Group. iiNet will ONLY hand over identifiable information to any organisation (ie: MRG, AFACT et.al) when the appropriate due process has been completed. This was the crux of their winning argument with AFACT and the reason why AFACT cannot stand the idea that they have to actually pay fees to a court to get an order to obtain records. Since without that order if iiNet or any other ISP hands over some customers details they could be liable under current privacy statutes at the very least .
Steve's answer should be what all ISP's state, and for them not too at this stage is an indication of them not doing best practice to their contractual customers and/or shareholders. iiNet as per normal is leading the way in consistent, timely, ethical and concise statements and practices.
TheReader 07/10/2011 at 10:03 am
If you think that was the crux of the victory – then you're sorely mistaken. The single reason which AFACT lost at the full federal court was that at the time the notices were sent, it was believed that iiNet did not have enough information to make a fair determination on the content of the infringement notifications. This is what is now being taken to the high court. I suggest you read the ruling….
Insofar as any determination on costs and indemnity – these are minority decisions and certainly not binding.
As for the notion you are now raising about privacy – which does not enter into the AFACT dispute – it is moot in that process as the personal details of the subscriber were never requested. But in the MRG implementation of rights ownership, then yes, there is privacy at stake as the representative of the rights owner is asking for the personal details of the customer and one would think a court order is required.
You need to understand these are two distinct applications of law – one is attempting to put the onus on the ISP – the other using the ISP to directly deal with the customer directly
Harquebus 07/10/2011 at 9:29 am
http://torrentfreak.com/nothing-new-under-the-copyright-eclipsed-sun-110218/
Anonymous 07/10/2011 at 9:32 am
I'm thinking of downloading this piece of crap film and then deleting it before I even watch it.
is it infringement if you don't view the film? ;)
Guest 07/10/2011 at 9:37 am
Edit: Why is the website registered anonymously WITHOUT the directors names appearing on it.
Terry Green 07/10/2011 at 9:15 pm
Why are you incapable of running a whois ?
Registrant: LEMAY, RENAI JOHN
Registrant ID: ABN [I've removed the #, if anyone wants it they can find it themselves]
Eligibility Type: Sole Trader
Joerach 07/10/2011 at 9:40 am
Just shows that the law is a complete utter ass
Mafioso 07/10/2011 at 11:39 am
What's the difference, Australian consumer is being extorted at the till, why not in the court system as well.
Renai LeMay 07/10/2011 at 3:10 pm
I've deleted a couple of comments from this thread due to people investigating the background of the people behind Movie Rights Group. I have to protect myself here so I can't host this material on Delimiter until it's more fully investigated. Reading between the lines … I hope you understand ;)
Renai
Test 08/10/2011 at 6:27 am
The Age broke the story with the directors names this morning http://www.theage.com.au/national/plot-turns-nasty-on-illegal-movie-downloads-20111007-1ldw3.html
Terry Green 08/10/2011 at 11:35 am
… Gordon Walker, told online magazine Delimiter. …
Online magazine, hehehehe :)
Yeah I saw that, "online magazine" :) Hilarious!
Brett 08/10/2011 at 5:25 pm
It's interesting that here, whirlpool, dailytech – almost everywhere this is being covered, the comments detail the previous businesses of these guys….but still it's not been published in an actual news story.
[Deleted — Renai]
Where the hell did gutsy, hard hitting journalism go? Too scared of being sued? – then you should find a different job, because journalism is supposed to be about exposing the truth and until a journalist runs with the parts of this story that, by now, almost every geek in Australia knows.
I wonder what would have happened if Woodward and Bernstein said to deep throat, "I'm sorry, we really need to protect ourselves here".
Anthony 08/10/2011 at 10:54 pm
Feel free to put your money where your mouth is Brett. Make a proper article, and submit it to Slashdot, Boing Boing or something similar. Put your real, full name on it too. No pen name crap. Then I might read your comment without sniggering.
Defamation law is not something to be treated lightly. Renai needs to know more than Internet gossip before he can publish that sort of stuff.
Brett 09/10/2011 at 6:59 am
@Anthony – "Feel free to put my money where my mouth is"….well, that's interesting….see I never claimed to be a journalist :) I didn't chose a career in journalism, I certainly don't run a news website….what would you tell your mechanic if he said "don't like it, fix it yourself", what would you tell a lawyer who said "sorry I didn't defend you, but you should have put your money where your mouth is and defended yourself"…a ridiculous argument.
And as for defamation law not to be "treated lightly"…again, I question the chosen career of someone scared of defamation in relation to very public information that the directors themselves have put into Internic and ASIC records (hey, theage didn't seem too scared?).
How many journalists have been threatened with treason, violence and even death and still done their job. It's very easy to throw up a website and claim to be a journalist – anyone can do that…it's very difficult to actually BE a journalist.
And finally – internet gossip? I think you'll find that their history is a matter of public record, both Internic and ASIC
And I did put this information up – Renai deleted it :)….sure, not under my real name…are you suggesting that journalists sources should all be required to make their identities public, because that seems to be in direct opposition to what every journalist in history has wanted? Would you have outed deep throat? Pulled him aside and said "put your money where your mouth is"?
I guess I just dream of a different media, "One where Australian journalists get back to our job of holding the nation's rich and powerful to account." – wish I could remember who said that…..
Brett mate … I do what I can, but I don't run a multi-billion dollar corporation. I'm one guy. Delimiter's readers are intelligent enough, as I know they have, to do their own research on this particular issue.
Richard Hockey 11/10/2011 at 11:12 am
This is not internet gossip, its information on the public record. Not really sure why Renai will not publish this.
Krystin Dix 09/10/2011 at 2:26 am
You have raised some valid shaping options for once users go past their quota. But in reality how many of the Australian population will use 100GB? How many would hit the 500GB limit per month. You talk about the bigest plans of been 1TB right, Per day this is about 33GB a DAY!!!. Who today does that for a single user. I mean a whole family may push that limit with say 3 kids youtubing. A couple of different game downloads maybe. Renting a HD movie yeah might get to it. But that is ONE HD MOVIE a DAY to push that Limit.
Now you go to the storage of that data. Lets say you store a Generous %25 of that each month say it movies / tv shows / other data. Where do you store it. If your winging over the plan prices at the moment You will whinge about buying additional Hard Drives. You will whinge about the archival process. I understand that with NBN speeds there is no need to store the files but somewhere it needs to be stored (either on the content providers side or home users).
The simple fact that the majority of users on the internet use around 20 – 30GB a month.
Now for all of those power users. There is nothing stopping you having 4TB a month. Just have 4 subscriptions. You have 4 different ports on your ONT box – why not use them. One from one providor at slow speed but high quota. One at fast speed but low quota for when you want a file now not in 2 mintues time.
I honestly don't get why people are cringing over the current price offerings when other means of internet in Australia are of either a lower quality or a more adsorbent price.
And as for shaping 100mbit plans to 10mbit. Say if I subbed a 100/40 plan with 20gb of data – got shaped on the first day – I could still push over 3TB going full speed for 30 days. I certainly think this is not in the RSP's budget for those cheep plans.
Thomas 17/04/2012 at 10:14 pm
Even of they get the ip address and details of the user. The letters they send out are only bluffs, in the hope the that people pay up out of fear of going to court.
If you operate a wireless network, they have to prove who downloaded the movie. to do that they need to come into your house / office which would require a warrant. Then they have to find the file on one of the many computers / phones / ipads or whatever. Then they have to prove this device was online at the time in that location.
Considering that whomever downloaded the file would delete it straight away, they know they will not win. Hence if you are one of the 20% who ask them to prove who, when, where. You do not hear back.
Also a wireless network can have open access, like at a hotspot at startbucks. They can't locate the user at all. Your home network may have had no password on it and anyone within 50meters of your house could have downloaded the file. Someone could have guessed your password,then used your netwok, a staff mamber may have downloaded. The point here is how do they prove who did it.
As the owner of the network you are not responsible, just like the isp.
I agree to non-piracy. but spamming possibly innocent people is also not right.
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Although I've been coming to California on a regular basis only since summer 2010 (which hardly makes me a native plant) I've been attending the Memorial Day jazz weekend at Sacramento every year I could.
In fact, I seem to have brought my video camera and notebook with me in 2011 and 2012, too. Evidence below.
But before any reader gets engrossed in Recent Glories, may I direct your attention — as the attorneys always say in courtroom dramas — to what is happening in May 2014?
Here is the Festival's site.
Jazz purists, please don't be alarmed if you don't recognize all of the headliners: the SMF has taken a broader view of "Americana" and "roots music" than it did in earlier years, but there is a wide variety of pleasing sound for all. The complete list of artists is available here.
I'll simply note a few JAZZ LIVES' favorites (in an ecumenical alphabetical order): the Au Brothers, Gordon Au, Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band, Clint Baker, Dave Bennett and the Memphis Boys, Eddie Erickson, the Freebadge Serenaders, Grand Dominion, High Sierra, Katie Cavera, Kim Cusack, Meschiya Lake and the Lil Big Horns, Marc Caparone, Midiri Brothers, Mike Daugherty, Pat Yankee, Ray Skjelbred and his Cubs, Red Skunk Gipzee Swing, Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, Stephanie Trick, Vaud and the Villains, Vince Bartels All-Stars . . . and more.
The thought of all that, even spread out over multiple venues from Friday through Monday, is both elating and exhausting. While I lie down, perhaps you'd like to peruse Years Gone By . . .
Hal Smith's International Sextet
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Vince Bartels' Tribute to the Jazz Greats
The Reynolds Brothers and Clint Baker
Rossano Sportiello and Dan Barrett
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Vince Bartels, Dan Barrett, Allan Vache, Russ Phillips, Nicolas Montier, Jason Wanner, Jennifer Jane Leitham, Jeannie Lambert
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Come celebrate at the Sacramento Music Festival with us this year.
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THE BRAVE JOURNEYS OF JENNIFER LEITHAM: "I STAND CORRECTED"
Posted on December 26, 2012 | 1 comment
Jennifer Jane Leitham by Garth Woods
I first encountered the virtuoso jazz string bassist Jennifer Jane Leitham at the Sacramento Music Festival a few years ago — and was impressed by her eloquent improvisations. Not only did she have technique, but she was a powerfully focused musician. Although I had never encountered the jazz string bassist John Leitham in person, I had heard him on recordings with Mel Torme, George Shearing, and other jazz notables. I STAND CORRECTED is a marvelous film documentary that traces the transition from John to Jennifer. It is a deeply felt collaboration between Jennifer and filmmaker Andrea Meyerson. You don't have to be a jazz fan to admire the film or its subject. It chronicles the life-long journeys of Jennifer Leitham, who courageously exists in two simultaneous realms. One story — more familiar — is how a young person born in Pennsylvania (not New Orleans, New York, or Kansas City) becomes a jazz musician in a time and place not all that hospitable to jazz. Or perhaps not to larger kinds of improvisation. But I STAND CORRECTED is about much more than "becoming a musician": early inspirations, good teachers, learning one's craft, breaking in, getting a nationwide reputation, working alongside famous players and singers — with heartbreaks that keep the story genuine, not an unbroken climb to the top. I STAND CORRECTED is about a young woman born into a boy's body who, early on, knew she was in the wrong place, in a society that would not admit such things might be possible. It is a record of how John became Jennifer while not letting her essence be destroyed in the process. For John Leitham was a wondrous musician before Jennifer emerged in the public eye, and one of the sweetest aspects of this saga is Jennifer's awareness and acceptance of both selves: this isn't a film about an enraged, wounded adult trying to obliterate her younger self, but an adult who wants to emerge as the person she knows herself to be. I STAND CORRECTED offers that human story and more in a most moving film. For one thing, Jennifer is an exceedingly likable guide, honest but not pompous nor didactic or narcissistic. I STAND CORRECTED is not a sermon telling us that we should all be tolerant. There are no scientific or academic talking heads, no instant revelations. The film is a casual but strongly felt journal of one woman's struggle to be the person she was meant to be. Jennifer is both candid and light-hearted without ever undercutting the seriousness of her quest. The film touches on emotional crises (a divorce, family members unable to accept Jennifer when they knew only John) and medical catastrophes, without becoming bleak. Of course, it helps that an audience has seen Jennifer onstage, ebullient and serious at the same time, playing at the highest level of her art, testing herself while having the time of her life. And the film is generously leavened with musical performances where Jennifer shows off her prodigious talents as improviser, composer, singer. But the real story is more than a music video. Along the way, John-in-the-process-of-becoming-Jennifer is forced to be a spy in enemy country. But she finds allies, friends, and supporters. Some of them are genuinely unaffected noble people: Doc Severinsen is someone you would always want in your corner — gentle yet unwavering, both parent and friend to someone who strongly needs both. "I hired a bass player, not a man or a woman," he tells her. Bless him. Ed Shaughnessy is not far behind. (Jennifer's younger brother is a prize, too.) I was reminded that Doc and Ed were born n an era of drinking fountains labeled COLORED and WHITE outside train stations in many states. But they and other jazz musicians learned quickly that it didn't matter what you looked like on the outside. It didn't matter who your life-partner was. Black, white, gay, straight? Could you play? What was your heart like? How well did you love? Meeting these gracious, generous people is one of the film's pleasures. But they are only reflecting back something shining out of the film's heroine. Jennifer Leitham is gently making her way, as we all must. Her courage is admirable, for she made the transition at the height of her career, when "coming out as a woman" could have ended her life as a performing musician. I STAND CORRECTED introduces us to a person for whom making music was a way to save herself, to define herself . . . and her music is a great loving gift to all of us. The salvation young John found while playing the electric bass left-handed (a conscious choice, perhaps an early sly way of saying "I am different") radiates through this film — a gift Jennifer gives to us. And as she trusts herself, we trust her. We are all trying to become the person we feel we are meant to be, and some get close to that goal. Jennifer Leitham's quest didn't end when she came out of the hospital after surgery. It continues every time she performs or tells her story — a story that will give some other young person courage to be him or herself. I STAND CORRECTED is beautifully yet unobtrusively presented: the film shifts back and forth from the early life of John Leitham to the music of Jennifer Leitham to her voyage of self-discovery, the situations she must face and the oppositions that result — as well as the emotional rewards. At the end of I STAND CORRECTED, we feel privileged to have met a happy, realized, creative human being: a woman with four birthdays. And as we are slowly — too slowly — leaving behind the world where skin color or sexual preference determines identity and worth, I STAND CORRECTED will be understood as a small milestone on the way to a world where the idea of MAN or WOMAN is put aside as irrelevant in favor of PERSON, of BEING. It is a rewarding film both musically and spiritually. Make every effort to see it. Its heroine's courage and perseverance are inspiring. In a world where many people make judgments based on someone's external presence, we need to be reminded that the truths lie within. Here is the film's website — where you can see trailers and find out where it is being shown. May your happiness increase.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Jazz Worth Reading, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love
Tagged Andrea Meyerson, Doc Severinsen, documentary, Ed Shaughnessy, Garth Woods, George Shearing, I STAND CORRECTED, Jazz Lives, Jennifer Jane Leitham, Jennifer Leitham, John Leitham, Mel Torme, Michael Steinman, Milt Hinton, Ray Brown, string bass, transgender, transition
"COMING FROM MY HEART": JENNIFER JANE LEITHAM'S "I STAND CORRECTED"
Jennifer Jane Leitham is a remarkable musician and a singular person. I met her for the first time a year ago at the Sacramento Music Festival, and liked her on the spot: she is forthright and sweet-natured.
But I wasn't only meeting someone who could truly play that cumbersome instrument: I was meeting a woman who had triumphantly made it through a very long and arduous journey.
She's a brave person, and the documentary about her, I STAND CORRECTED, is something you should see. Here's the trailer:
This process of being human, of becoming the person you were meant to be, is not always easy, although those who keep on keepin' on may find deep rewards.
I STAND CORRECTED has been showing all across the country . . . look for it wherever courageous motion pictures are shown!
And if the trailer moves you, click here to vote for the trailer (it's number 139, down the page) so that this film can be seen by a wider audience.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Jazz Worth Reading, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing
Tagged courage, gender, I STAND CORRECTED, Jazz Lives, Jennifer Jane Leitham, Michael Steinman, Sacramento Music Festival
SACRAMENTO SWING: VINCE BARTELS, DAN BARRETT, ALLAN VACHE, RUSS PHILLIPS, NICOLAS MONTIER, JASON WANNER, JENNIFER JANE LEITHAM, JEANNIE LAMBERT (May 27, 2012)
This set — one of the last ones at the 2012 Sacramento Music Festival — was a lovely combination of modern ideas, rich swing and inventiveness, and a repertoire going back almost ninety years. But there was no archaeology, no fancy business: playing the old tunes as they had been in their prime, or reinventing them according to some aesthetic principles. No, this set was simply a gathering of people who had similar philosophies: swing is everything; sweet melodies uplift our hearts; go for yourself.
Leader / drummer Vince Bartels is a substantial man with a gentle touch on the drums, and he assembled a multifaceted band of like-minded musicians: string bassist Jennifer Jane Leitham; pianist Jason Wanner; tenor saxophonist Nicolas Montier; trombonist Russ Phillips; clarinetist Allan Vache; cornetist Dan Barrett — with a special guest appearance by singer Jeannie Lambert.
SWING THAT MUSIC, both for Louis and as a statement of principles:
SUGAR:
I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU:
THE ONE I LOVE, that 1924 pop hit that jazz fans remember fondly because it was the first song — at the Chicago Musicians' Union — that Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong played together:
BUT BEAUTIFUL, a feature for Ms. Lambert and Mr. Phillips — celebrating their twenty-eighth anniversary — is something special:
POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS shows off Jason Wanner, living proof of how novices with the right stuff become young masters in jazz:
And a Condon-styled CHINA BOY, with Town Hall Concert breaks at the end:
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Hotter Than That, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Real Thing, The Things We Love
Tagged Allan Vache, Dan Barrett, Earl Hines, Eddie Condon, Jason Wanner, Jazz Lives, Jeannie Lambert, Jennifer Jane Leitham, Louis Armstrong, Michael Steinman, Nicolas Montier, Russ Phillips, Sacramento Music Festival, Vince Bartels


It's the first Friday night of the fall and truly perfect. Low humidity and a slight cooling breeze brought a sense of October; not your typically muggy September evening. The enticement of comfort increased the number of patrons at the Red Door Saloon who were jockeying for a spot on the open-air deck, looking to shake off the cobwebs of the work week, making plans for the weekend.
As a full, bright yellow sun slips slowly past the western horizon, turning orange, then settling into a home-team red hue before disappearing altogether, the teens — and anyone else within earshot, including the people on the deck at the Red Door Saloon and beyond — hear the crackle of a public- address system and the sudden forceful sounds of a full band signaling the arrival of the East High Eagles on their own gridiron for the first time in over 30 years. Friday Night Lights have returned to East Nashville.
As the leader of the 85-year-old institution, Ball was instrumental in helping to bring back football to East High in 2009. It had been nearly two-and-a-half decades after quarterback Michael McGuire ran into the end zone from the five-yard-line in overtime to beat Maplewood 6-0 in the old facility's final game on Nov. 2, 1985.
Initially, the team played its games at Tennessee Preparatory School's field, but Ball and first East Literature Magnet High School coach James "Bubba" Spears started talking about a home field almost immediately. Spears brought his mentor, Jerry Pigue, out of retirement, a pair of former archrival Stratford stars, Spears as a quarterback and Pigue as a legendary coach, helping to get the once-hated Eagles program restarted.
The first year they managed to get lights for the field, but that's where the plan stalled. Spears left to kickstart the Hillwood program, and Junior Ward got involved. Ward was an all-state, all-everything track standout at East High, graduating as a world class athlete in 1960. It wasn't long before he found himself back home as a teacher, coach, and mentor to students inside and outside the classroom. After he retired, he became a supervisor of officials that call TSSAA contests. In those duties, he visits games and evaluates the work of the keepers of the rules.
Ward created the nonprofit East Nashville Football Stadium Foundation and started raising awareness and funds. He called on alums from all walks of life to help return football to the East campus facility, including 1945 grad Richard Fulton, who went on to become a state senator, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a threetime mayor of Nashville. That, of course, was all after the undersized, but ferocious Fulton gained legend status by blocking three punts in a single football game for East High.
November|December theeastnashvillian.com 73 The new facility has amenities not dreamed of when the original was constructed. Long, winding ramps that lead to the grandstands and the field to meet compliance with ADA regulations; a visitor's grandstand on the other side of the field; a skybox for alumni use, and a fully functional concessions building where more than just hamburgers and hot dogs are offered. The variety of menu items has exploded with the addition of outside, local, neighborhood vendors, all getting a chance to establish a business while sharing proceeds with the school athletic department under the watchful eye of East Nashville resident Laura Wilson.
"We are Citizen's Kitchens, a commissary kitchen, where small businesses go to grow," Wilson explains on opening night. "Every time you see a food truck or a mobile food vendor or a baker without a kitchen, they need a commissary kitchen. We are excited to be opening a new kitchen in the basement of the old Hunters Automotive called Hunters Station, with an 8,000-square-foot kitchen to help others grow their business.
The current excitement over East High's new stadium can be traced back to a wrecking ball in 1987.
Built in 1932 by the Works Progress Administration, the original J.J. Keyes Stadium, named for the first principal of East High who served from its opening until his death in 1936, sat with its back to McFerrin Avenue, where Ross Elementary now is located, rising up over 100-feet at the very top. Constructed of concrete, it was the largest high school football stadium in Nashville, with a capacity of nearly 7,000 people.
The seating area stretched over 70 yards, from the 10-yard line in the northern endzone to the 15-yard line on the southern end. There were four tunnels that came from underneath the seating area, each emblazoned by a large red letter, E-A-S-T. Once reaching the bottom row of seats, there were eight walkways that went all the way to the top; there were 128-steps from there to the top and back, as any athlete unfortunate enough to suffer the discipline of "running the stadium," could tell you.
On the field, J.J. Keyes Stadium was the definition of home field advantage. The cinder track that surrounded the football and encroached on the left field area of the baseball field in turn two, was also the better portion of the left rear part of the northern end zone. Teams often would go another direction rather than send a receiver into that corner. Teams that did manage to score in the northern end zone usually did not kick extra points after the first score. It was barely 10 yards from the goal posts to a short fence, where neighborhood kids would gather to see who could catch the kicked extra point ball. If the ball made it over the fence, it typically did not come back. Many a good Saturday pick-up game on the field was facilitated by a team making their first visit to the old Keyes Stadium.
But a decision to make East a middle school beginning in the fall of 1986 took away the need for a football facility. Metro school officials made the decision to not only close the high school portion, but to destroy the stadium to make way for the new Ross Elementary. The history, the memories, the uniqueness that was J.J. Keyes Stadium was reduced to rubble by a wrecking ball and hauled away in less than six months.
Over 400 former players, cheerleaders and band members from six decades are on the field at halftime when the new stadium is dedicated, again in the name of the school's first principal, J.J. Keyes. There were elected officials, members of Keyes' family, officers of the East Nashville High School Alumni Association, and others on hand as the announcement was made.
"It [East High] reminds me of my old high school back in California," Ball says. "It has such a rich history. The alumni here are like the ones back home; they have just brought me into their family, and I know what it means to them to bring a home field back to this property.
"It's been a real adventure; a seven-year climb," he continues. "We've had great support from the alumni, the district, from the mayor's office, from the council. All the dignitaries at halftime have a connection to East High.
The difference in the eyes of former players goes beyond explanation, especially those from the last decade who watched the once majestic community centerpiece begin to show signs of neglect from a lack of maintenance and care. The field where the new stadium sits was a rock pit, with large boulders sticking out of the ground.
"This is sacred ground to me," says John Drake, a 1983 grad who played collegiately at MTSU and is now a deputy chief with the Metro police department. "I grew up playing pickup football on the old field, then played in high school. We didn't have the greatest of teams, but we worked hard, we tried hard, and we competed. It's just good to come back now and see a field that used to be a rock pit become an elegant field.
"I don't think any of these kids, or the ones to come, will have any earthly idea what we played on," he adds with a laugh.
The night doesn't have the fairy tale ending envisioned for it: Chattanooga Brainerd captures the first win at the new Keyes stadium, edging the home team 22-16. But even with the loss, there is still joy in the neighborhood.