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Krzyzewski set for final game as US coach
Mike Krzyzewski's job is nearly finished. Seven years after taking over a U.S. team that had been stripped of its power and grip on Olympic ...
Bryant prepares for likely Olympic last hurrah
Kobe Bryant, take a bow. No longer the greatest of the greats on the Olympic roster, Bryant is leaving the international stage after the London Games.
FIBA: No basketball age limit expected for 2016
Basketball's best will apparently be welcomed in Rio. The head of the sport's governing body said Saturday he doesn't foresee an age limit for the ...
Krzyzewski: Gold-medal game his last as US coach
Mike Krzyzewski's last game as U.S. coach will be for an Olympic gold medal. As the American men's team prepared to play Spain for the Olympic title, ...
EYES ON LONDON: Hulk, Uzbek dolls, Spice Girls
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ BUT IS ...
US tops Argentina 109-83, reaches gold-medal game
Once Carmelo Anthony drilled the 3-pointer that put Argentina away, the U.S. bench emptied onto the floor for a brief celebration. The real party ...
Olympic Viewing: Commercial crossover on NBC
If you occasionally have trouble telling where NBC's Olympic programming ends and the commercials begin, that's no coincidence. Mark Levy, vice ...
Dwight Howard to Lakers in 4-team, 12-player deal
Dwight Howard held some of the championship trophies in the Los Angeles Lakers' facility Friday, the first act of the next phase of his NBA career.
Jeter helps US break world record at Olympics
Five things to know about Friday, Day 14 of the London Olympics: —Carmelita Jeter powers U.S. relay to world record. —Durant helps U.S. pull away from ...
Column: Red welt over eye, Olympic gold in hand
You wouldn't know by watching Jordan Burroughs that Americans can't fight anymore. Not the men, anyway. And not at these Olympics. Just three days ...
US women win gold, don't know what they'll do now
They got a personal shout-out from President Barack Obama, partied with a few of the NBA players and actor Tim Robbins and stayed up into the wee ...
Secret Weapon: Gold medalist in '48 returns
When the U.S. men play Argentina on Friday night, one 89-year-old basketball fan promises to cheer louder than anyone else. He's Ray Lumpp, and this ...
'48 GOLD MEDALIST RETURNS
Ray Lumpp, 89, has been to the London Olympics twice. The first time he won gold on the USA Men's Basketball team in 1948. This time he's here as a ...
Source: Howard deal awaiting league approval
Dwight Howard's departure from Orlando is nearly complete. The All-Star center could be a member of the Los Angeles Lakers as soon as Friday, pending ...
Eastin breaks NFL's on-field gender barrier
Shannon Eastin earned her stripes by receiving the ultimate officials' compliment: It was almost as if she wasn't there. Just being there earned her ...
Pressure's up on US men's hoops against Argentina
The only way the U.S. men's basketball team fails to reach the gold-medal game is if Argentina figures out how to be 30 points better in five days.
Olympic Viewing: Blunt talk from Lisa Leslie
It's a good thing for the U.S. women's basketball players that they weren't near a television set at halftime of their semifinal game against ...
Column: Boxer: 'I might go into history books.'
She has a boxer's story: a troubled childhood, a brother in prison, a father who took up the sport to stay out of trouble yet couldn't watch her fight ...
Openly gay athletes still scarce at Olympic Games
It has been a great games for gay Olympians — probably. British equestrian Carl Hester won gold in team dressage in London. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe ...
US men's hoops team stands 2 games from gold
Now that Kobe Bryant, strangely missing, has finally joined the fun, the U.S. appears complete. Oh, there are some major defensive flaws, but that ...
Column: Set timer, press 'score' and stand back
The messaging has been anything but consistent. Same for the product on the floor. U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski keeps saying people tuning into the ...
Olympic Viewing: Different NBC rules on Twitter
Despite some lingering dissatisfaction with NBC's practice of holding back television coverage of high-profile events for prime time, things are ...
Court nixes $1M award against U. of Minn., Smith
The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned a $1 million award against the University of Minnesota and men's basketball coach Tubby Smith on Wednesday, ...
EYES ON LONDON: Last game for beach volleyball duo
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ ONE ...
US men 'ready' for Olympic hoop quarterfinals
Three games from gold, the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team believes its best is still to come. First up is Australia in the quarterfinal round, ...