Olympic Basketball News

In this photo taken Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009, San Francisco 49ers football player Vernon Davis learns the game of curling with members of the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club, in San Jose, Calif.

When students from Caledonia's Special Olympics programs attend events, spectators won't have any doubts about where they're from.

Kate Ellis ... John Coates wonders where she is. Photo: Andrew Meares November 22, 2009 - 3:16PM Australian Olympic chief John Coates has slammed the Federal Sports Minister Kate Ellis, claiming she has "gone missing" since the release of the Crawford report which rejects calls for increased Olympic sports funding.

In thanking a lady for her interesting comment while we awaited the exciting moment when Bob Piers would arrive at Victoria Park Tuesday night carrying the Olympic torch, my response in brief.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games invites players to face-off in some of the most intense winter competitions, taking you to lifelike Olympic venues where you can choose from a legendary cast of playable characters, including new faces to the series to be revealed later this year, As far as Nintendo consoles are concerned, Mario and sports ...

John Thompson and Kay Yow first shared a special experience 21 years ago as coaches of the U.S. men's and women's Olympic basketball teams.

" A self-proclaimed "ordinary citizen" will kick off the Olympic torch run when it hits Penetanguishene next month.

TORONTO, CANADA, November 16, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Proceeds support 2010 World Championship teams though Canadian Basketball Foundation- Just in time for the holidays, Canada Basketball is pleased to introduce the new CB Classic Collection apparel line, featuring limited edition vintage designer bamboo graphic t-shirts. Launched under the new ...

Visually impaired students selected to carry the Olympic Torch. RBC Olympian Rowan Barrett, left, TDSB Vision Torch Team Robin Stewart and Vision Program student Ramya Amuthan hoist a replica Olympic torch at Hollywood Public School on Tuesday.

THEY'RE under starters orders a ' and now they're off. Preparations for the 2012 London Olympic Games got under way in Leeds after the heads of the Serbian National Olympic Committee dropped in for a recce.

Austin Trout is so close now. The journey has been long and difficult and, in some ways, he has been close before.

Community torchbearer Brad McLellan and Canadian Olympian Kara Grant with an Olympic Torch similar to the one that McLellan will carry when the Olympic Torch Relay arrives in Bathurst on Nov.

Larry Probst needs to be the U.S. Olympic Committee chairman for at least eight years.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. Rutgers University head women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer will be honored prior to her team's contest versus Stanford on Sunday, Nov.

Nike, which has been a sponsoring partner of USA Basketball since 2006, has extended the relationship.

In this Aug. 23, 1999 file photo, Detroit Shock coach Nancy Lieberman-Cline, center, gives some instructions to the team in Auburn Hills, Mich.

As soon as Mebrahtom Keflezighi, better known as Meb, won the New York City Marathon on Sunday, an uncommon sports dispute erupted online, fraught with racial and nationalistic components: Should Keflezighi's triumph count as an American victory? Keflezighi in California after he finished second in the 2004 Olympic marathon.

Queen Elizabeth II visited the Olympic Park on Tuesday to inspect preparations for the 2012 London Games.

Northwest Tucson Special Olympics sent three softball teams to the Arizona State Fall Championships Oct.

Yuan Weimin signs his memoir in Nanjing. His tell-all about China's Olympic bid has caused some to brand him a traitor.