Olympics
Before They Were Giants
August 20th, 2008
by CHN
by Pete Casey
As the “Redeem Team” continues to plough through their Olympic agenda in reclamation of roundball supremacy, I would like to take a full timeout to pay tribute to the original cast of U.S. cagers that established our long-standing tradition of taking home medals (mostly of the Gold variety) from each of the 16 Olympiads that our men’s national team have competed in prior to Beijing. First, let me preface the roster of names with a quick backdrop of those early games.
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Links: Team USA v. Australia Live Blog
August 20th, 2008
by CHN
by Lang Whitaker
Welcome to the quarterfinals. I’ll be with you live all morning. Tipoff is looming…
In games earlier this morning, Spain and Lithuania each won, advancing to the next round. No real surprises there, except it means China is out of medal contention.
Starting line ups:
AUS: Bogut, Newley, Bruton, Barton, Barlow
USA: Melo, Dwight, Kobe, Kidd, Bron
Here we go…
FIRST QUARTER
• USA win the tip. Australia starts in man to man and Dwight misses a hook shot.
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ESPN Considering An Olympics Bid
August 20th, 2008
by CHN
Olympics: How to Beat Team USA (or Die Trying)
August 20th, 2008
by Hoopsworld
Goal!
August 19th, 2008
by CHN
By Konate Primus
Its Day 11 at the Beijing games and the women of USA and China are really holding it down thus far. Going head to head for gold in almost every sport. Gymnastics, diving, beach volleyball, its really amazing so I thought it would only be right to drop a sick shoe for the ladies. They deserve it!
Links: Ru-Ru-Rubio!
August 19th, 2008
by CHN
by Lang Whitaker
Well, hello there. Even though I’ve been posting nearly every day for the last few weeks (thanks to Team USA), it’s been a minute since I had a chance to assemble a bumper crop of Links. But I’ve been saving some good ones, so I figured we’d just run through a smorgasboard today…
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Five Rings, 3 stripes
August 18th, 2008
by CHN
Olympics: Team USA 106 - Germany 57
August 18th, 2008
by Press Release
Team USA concluded its perfect run through Preliminary Play with its most dominating Olympic performance to date, throttling Germany by the score of 106-57 Monday night in Beijing. With the victory, the U.S. wrapped up prelims with a perfect 5-0 mark in Group B and has the top record entering the single-elimination medal round.
Dwight Howard led all scorers with 22 points and 10 rebounds while LeBron James added 18. Dirk Nowitzki led Germany with 14 points in 23 minutes.
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