Visit to Agia Sophia Hospital in Athens, Final Four 2007
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 A joyful noise on the part of young patients and Euroleague Basketball stars filled the largest children's hospital in Greece during the first official act of the 2007 Final Four. The visit to Agia Sophia Hospital in Athens by two stars from each Final Four team not only tipped off one of the biggest weekends in world sports, but also marked the start of Euroleague Basketball's cooperation with UNICEF's international "Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS" campaign. The arrival of some of the tallest men they had ever seen proved good cause for lots of smiles among dozens of children who are patients at the hospital.
Many came down from their hospital rooms to be showered with gifts at a reception in the hospital lobby. Others who were unable to leave their hospital beds were then visited in their rooms by Dimos Dikoudis and Robertas Javtokas of Panathinaikos, Matjaz Smodis and David Andersen of CSKA Moscow, Luis Scola and Pablo Prigioni of Tau Ceramica, and Marcus Brown and Berni Rodriguez of Unicaja. The players were joined by Euroleague Basketball CEO Jordi Bertomeu and UNICEF Greece president Lambros Kanellopoulos throughout the visit.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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