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US men beat Nigeria 156-73 in Olympic basketball
The last group in England with this many records was The Beatles. The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team beat Nigeria 156-73 Thursday night, an epic ...
Anthony Davis: From college star to US Olympic sub
Anthony Davis stopped dribbling, tucked the ball under one of his long arms and shook hands with the tall reporter whose face seemed so familiar.
Dempster to Texas, Victorino to LAD, Pence to SF
The team with the newest owners was the busiest ahead of the trade deadline. The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Shane Victorino on Tuesday as the trade ...
Phillies send Victorino to Dodgers
Shane Victorino will hear an unfamiliar sound at Chavez Ravine: cheers. The Phillies traded the two-time All-Star center fielder to the Los Angeles ...
Column: US opponents turn out to be the dreamers
The question was whether the U.S. Olympic basketball team could be beaten. "Sometimes a team wants to show that this is their tournament," French ...
US team could get tough test from France in opener
As the world watched the queen, David Beckham and what seemed like all of England take part in the Olympic opening ceremonies, Mike Krzyzewski stayed ...
Organizers display SKorea flag instead of NKorea
London Olympic organizers mistakenly displayed the South Korean flag on a jumbo screen instead of North Korea's before a women's soccer match ...
Elton John: 'I shouldn't be here today'
Elton John says he should be dead because of his self-destructive lifestyle decades ago. "By all rights, I shouldn't be here today," he told the ...
US men hold off Argentina in basketball exhibition
Dressed like the Dream Team, tested like its predecessor never was. The U.S. Olympic men's basketball team held on for an 86-80 exhibition victory ...
Obama takes in Olympic basketball tune-ups
President Barack Obama basked in the glow of the Olympics on Monday, getting a courtside look at LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and other members of USA ...
Steve Nash elaborates on reasons he chose Lakers
Steve Nash could have earned more money while enjoying the twilight of his remarkable NBA career in Manhattan, his offseason home. Or he could have ...
Aspire: Magic Johnson's channel for black families
As the crowd counted down, Magic Johnson pulled a large silver lever jutting from a box labeled "ASPiRE." With that, his new cable network went live.
Drexler denies he gave quotes about Magic in book
Clyde Drexler denied Wednesday making negative statements attributed to him about Magic Johnson in an upcoming book about the Dream Team. In Jack ...
Column: LBJ gets a better seat among NBA's greats
Some of the NBA's greatest players ever didn't need to see a championship ring to count LeBron James in their ranks. In what amounts to a game of ...
Column: Cavalry rides to LeBron's rescue in time
History is rarely this neat. We've been browbeating LeBron James for nearly two years, but a few minutes at the end of Game 4 was all it took to prove ...