Olympic Basketball News

American provocateur Jason Whitlock got his desired result Tuesday, when he said Canadian athletes - and Vaughan's Andrew Wiggins in particular - "perhaps don't want it as much as some of the Europeans and certainly the American players."

Outside linebacker Larry English #51 of the San Diego Chargers rushes quarterback Terrelle Pryor #2 of the Oakland Raiders after getting past tackle Matt McCants #73 in the third quarter on October 06, 2013 at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California.

After a stellar Summer League showing, Doug McDermott will join Jimmy Butler as two of the 13 players selected for the 2014 USA Men's Select Team that will train July 28-31 with the National Team during its training camp in Las Vegas.

This story came out yesterday - insomuch as you can call something a college basketball coach said on a radio program a "story" - and we hesitated about posting on it.

J.R. Holden was furious with himself as he headed to the bench for a timeout. It was late in the finals of EuroBasket 2007 - the tournament to determine the championship of Europe - and Holden, a naturalized Russian, was wondering whether his citizenship might be revoked.

Lakers vs. FC Barcelona The Los Angeles Lakers face off with Pau Gasol's former team and European Champions FC Barcelona on October 7, 2010.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' star was greeted by pianist Lang Lang at the Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing in front of hundreds of basketball fans.

Huggins and Scott's fourth Masterpiece Auction of 2014 got underway Monday with an 1869 Peck and Snyder Cincinnati Red Stockings team card among the hundreds of items up for bid.

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Rose and four returnees from the 2012 Olympic men's basketball champions were among the 19 players selected Monday for this summer's U.S. national team roster.

Just a few hours after arriving in Brazil, LeBron James sized up the World Cup final and said it trumps the NBA finals.

Workers in the mixing room blend various spices to create Badia products. Miami-based Badia Spices has grown from a small company serving the local Cuban community to an enterprise that sells its products throughout the United States and in dozens of international markets, competing with the largest spice companies in the nation.

For those of you unfamiliar with Game Score, it's another stat developed by John Hollinger, designed to "...give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game."

The former Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson, who quit his new role as Minister of State at the Foreign Office in the Government reshuffle, seems certain to land a top job in sport should he decide to quit politics.

Shoni Schimmel scored an All-Star Game record 29 points and had eight assists as the East pulled out a 125-124 victory Saturday over the West in the first WNBA All-Star Game to go into overtime.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will enter next season with an improved roster, but even with the addition of Anthony Morrow , is Oklahoma City doing all it can to get better? The Thunder offense lacked shooting from the outside last year.

Shoni Schimmel is the first rookie named MVP in the All-Star Game, but she's been a most valuable person for Native Americans for quite a while.

Home in Australia for the final season of the equivalent of high school play, ending with a national championship in December.