Basketball

Men's Basketball Semifinals Preview: US vs. Argentina
New York Times (blog)
That's horrifying even for opponents playing near-perfect basketball, as
Argentina found out in its game against the Americans in group play. Kevin
Durant and Carmelo Anthony have proved to be capable individual dynamos,
but more often the United ...
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Men's Basketball Semifinals Preview: Russia vs. Spain
New York Times (blog)
Men's Basketball Semifinals Preview: Russia vs. Spain. By ROB MAHONEY. Pau
Gasol of Spain, right, playing against Florent Pietrus of France on
Wednesday. Sergio Perez/ReutersPau Gasol of Spain, right, and Florent
Pietrus of France on Wednesday.
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US women's basketball heads to gold medal game
Fox News
The U.S. women's basketball team faced its first Olympic halftime deficit
in 12 years Thursday night as it tried to reach the gold medal game for the
fifth straight time. Not to worry. The Americans took a deep breath at the
break, then used a pivotal ...
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US Olympic Basketball: Enjoy It While You Can
The Atlantic
The most striking thing about the United States men's basketball team is
their frenetic pace of play. Professional basketball in the United States
tends to unfold with a somewhat deliberate rhythm. Players have favorite
spots on the floor from which ...
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Secret Weapon: Gold medalist in '48 returns to support Men's US basketball
Fox News
Lumpp is here at the invitation of U.S. basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski --
a little special something to motivate the team. Now one might wonder what
an elderly New Yorker might be able to tell a group of fantastically gifted
athletes quite accustomed ...
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Team USA Basketball 2012: Is Kobe Bryant More Important Than LeBron James?
Bleacher Report
In Team USA's men's quarterfinal victory over Australia we saw two
brilliant performances—one from Kobe Bryant and one from LeBron James.
Will the Americans rely more on Kobe or LeBron as they sit just two wins
away from a gold medal? LeBron James ...
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Source: Howard deal awaiting league approval
Boston.com
Philadelphia would get All-Star center Andrew Bynum from Los Angeles and
Jason Richardson from Orlando, while Denver would get 76ers All-Star Andre
Iguodala, playing for the U.S. men's basketball team Friday in the Olympics
semifinals against ...
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Friday at the Olympics: Men's basketball and volleyfall semifinals
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Team USA is one win away from its 17th medal in men's basketball and two
wins away from its 14th gold. And the Americans remain the prohibitive
favorites. In the semifinals (2-4 p.m., NBCSN/NBC basketball channel), they
face Argentina,- a team they ...
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SEC Men's Basketball Schedule Set
KWTX
The SEC Basketball Tournament semifinals and championship game will be
broadcast nationally on ABC. The SEC Network will televise the tournament
games on Wednesday and Thursday in addition to the Friday night games.
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