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Column: The best women's game would be US vs. US
When it was over — finally, mercifully, exhaustively — they laughed, shrugged, danced, hugged and celebrated for a solid hour, as if they had won.
US women win 5th straight gold, rout France 86-50
The names change, not the results. Just call the U.S. women's basketball team Olympic champion — again. The Americans won their fifth straight gold ...
Bolt leads 4x100 relay to world record at Olympics
Five things to know about Saturday, Day 15 of the London Olympics: —Repeat performance: Bolt closes out world-record relay for Jamaica. —Drive for ...
London wraps up a dazzling Olympics
Usain Bolt made himself a living legend — just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
US men stay unbeaten, rout Argentina 126-97
Excused to leave the postgame news conference, Chris Paul said thank you, walked to the end of the dais, lost his balance and nearly fell. He stayed ...
US men's basketball enters tough final week
Mike Krzyzewski said this was the plan all along: Get to the final week of the Olympic tournament healthy and playing well. It's the moment the U.S.
Kobe not Kobe so far for US men's Olympic team
Kobe Bryant is the most popular basketball player on the planet, the star of stars in a glittering galaxy of them on the U.S. men's Olympic team.
US men's basketball gets test, and LeBron wins it
It's a collection of superstars with MVP trophies, scoring titles and all sorts of impressive statistics. And it wasn't until the U.S.