Articles filed under Basketball
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A’ja Wilson dominates as U.S. women beat Japan 102-76 to open campaign for 8th straight Olympic goldJul 29, 2024 5:24 pm - VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner dominated the paint and helped the U.S. win its Olympic opener as the Americans chase an unpr...
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Caitlin Clark would get ‘high consideration’ if U.S. team were picked nowJul 28, 2024 8:52 pm - If Dawn Staley could time travel, the most popular player in the WNBA might just be on Team USA. The decision to leave Clark, whose popularity sent women’s college basket...
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U.S. men's basketball team rolls past Serbia 110-84 in opening game at the Paris OlympicsJul 28, 2024 5:04 pm - VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — LeBron James was feeling some nervousness, some butterflies, maybe even a bit of angst as he listened to the national anthem play before his f...
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Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlementJul 26, 2024 6:05 pm - Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed ...
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WNBA All-Star Game has record 3.44 million viewers, the league's 3rd most watched event everJul 23, 2024 9:59 pm - NEW YORK — The WNBA All-Star Game drew a record number of viewers with 3.44 million people watching the contest in Phoenix on Saturday night. The game, which saw the WNBA...
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Wembanyama returns home for Olympics. The basketball star will be one of Paris' biggest attractionsJul 23, 2024 5:59 pm - PARIS (AP) — Sports often are a secondary attraction in Paris, with athletes having a difficult time standing out in a cultural sphere driven largely by food, fashion and...
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‘I apologize’: But Dwyane Wade shouldn’t feel sorry about lone season with the BullsJul 23, 2024 6:00 am - Dwyane Wade went on Carmelo Anthony’s podcast and offered apologies for his lone season with the Bulls. Don’t bother. That season was a highlight of recent Bulls history.
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Warner Bros. Discovery, TNT Sports informs NBA it will match Amazon Prime Video's offer to air gamesJul 22, 2024 6:45 pm - Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it will match the $1.8 billion per year o...
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LeBron James scores final 11 points for U.S. in 92-88 win over Germany as pre-Olympic tour endsJul 22, 2024 6:39 pm - On Friday, LeBron James will carry the U.S. flag. But first, he carried the U.S. men's basketball team. Again. James scored the final 11 points for the Americans down the...
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U.S. women's Olympic basketball knows it has work to do after loss to WNBA teamJul 21, 2024 2:37 pm - PHOENIX — There is no panic in the U.S. women's Olympic team. The Americans have been in this spot before. The U.S. lost to the WNBA All-Star team on Saturday night 117-1...