Brody Bishop

Brody Bishop (born May 28, 1984 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia) is a Canadian-British professional basketball player, currently playing for the Bristol Flyers the English Basketball League (EBL).

The 6"1 point guard's love for basketball was instilled by his father Mel Bishop, who was also a basketball star in England during the 1970s, playing for Cinzano Crystal Palace.

In high school, Brody led his team, the Prince Rupert Rainmakers, to a 'AA' provincial championship in 2000-2001 and went on to play for the Under-17 provincial team. Following his high school graduation, he left to play basketball JuCo Basketball at Gogebic Community College in Michigan and then returned to Canada where he attended Laurentian University in Ontario, starting at point guard for each of his four years. In his final season at Laurentian, he averaged 15.7 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game and 3 assists per game.

In July 2007, Bishop signed his first professional contract with BBL team Plymouth Raiders, after turning down offers from fellow BBL team Sheffield Sharks and their EBL rivals Sheffield Arrows. He chose Raiders because he "felt it would be a good fit (for him) as a first year player." Bishop made his debut wearing the number 13 vest in the BBL Cup Winners' Cup first leg against Guildford Heat on September 9, 2007. Despite losing 77-83, he was crowned as the games MVP.

Brody

Brody (Ukrainian: Броди, Polish: Brody, Yiddish: בראָד, translit. Brod) is a city in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Brody Raion (district), and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv. Population: 23,784 (2013 est.).

Brody is the junction of the Druzhba and Odessa–Brody oil pipelines.

History

The first mention of a settlement on the site of Brody is dated 1084 (Instructions by Volodymyr Monomach). It is believed to have been destroyed by Batu Khan in 1241.

From 1441 Brody was the property of different feudal families (Jan Sieniński; from 1511, Kamieniecki).

Brody was granted Magdeburg rights and city status in 1584. At this time it was known under the name Lubicz (Любич, Polish: Lubicz) that gave name to the Lubicz coat of arms of the owner, Stanisław Żółkiewski (not to be confused with Lubech, Lubecz).

Since the 17th century, the city has been populated not only by Ukrainians and Poles, but also a significant number of Jews (70% of the town's population), Armenians, and Greeks. From 1629, the city became the property of Stanisław Koniecpolski, who ordered the construction of Brody Castle (1630–1635). The castle, or rather the fortress, was designed by the French military engineer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan. In 1648, during the Cossack insurrection, the castle took eight weeks for Bohdan Khmelnytsky to capture. Notably, according to the book History of the Rus, the town′s Jewish population was spared after the sack. The Jews of Brody were found not to have been engaged in maltreatment of the Orthodox Christian (Rus) population and were only required to pay a "moderate tribute" in kind.

Brody (disambiguation)

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Bródy is a Hungarian surname. The "ó" is a long o [oh] in Hungarian and the "y" indicates a "from": "from Bród".

Brody is a surname of Jewish origin, associated with the Ukrainian city of Brody. It is also a surname of Irish origin (while Brodie is a Scottish name).