Tag: International basketball
Connecticut Sun’s Rizzotti to continue as Olympic assistant
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — New Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti plans to keep her second job this summer as an assistant coach on the United...
Adebayo, Butler lead Heat by Spurs for third straight win
SAN ANTONIO — Bam Adebayo scored 23 points while Jimmy Butler had 18 points and 11 assists to help the Miami Heat beat the...
Antron Pippen, Scottie Pippen’s oldest son, dies at 33
Antron Pippen, the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen and once a top college prospect, has died. He was 33.
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Column: The Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only
In 1964, less than two decades removed from World War II, Japan used the Summer Olympics to showcase its astonishing recovery from a horrific...
Michael Jordan will present Kobe Bryant for Hall induction
Michael Jordan will present Kobe Bryant for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next month.
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Tennessee Vols sign wing Quentin Diboundje from France
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has signed Quentin Diboundje from France, the seventh international player during coach Rick Barnes' tenure.
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USA Basketball picks Grant Hill as Colangelo’s replacement
USA Basketball said Saturday that Grant Hill will be the replacement for Jerry Colangelo as its men’s national team managing director following the Tokyo...
African basketball league to go ahead in Rwanda in May
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The inaugural African basketball league will take place in Rwanda in May after a delay of more than a...
Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS
NEW YORK. — The Catch-22 for U.S. men’s soccer in the Olympics is this: The better a player gets, the less likely he is...
Gasol hopes to revive career in his return to Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain — Twenty years after leaving Spain to try his luck in the NBA, Pau Gasol has returned home as one of the...
