Spain survived a scare from China, and form held in the other five matchups.
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One key upset highlighted a day on which most of the usual suspects won with ease.
The Spanish Olympic Basketball teams, male and female, were photographed for a newspaper advert prior to the games, all making “slit-eyed” faces.
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team dazzled President Bush and perhaps a billion more fans in one of the most anticipated events of the Summer Games. The Americans soared for array of reverse slams and tomahawk jams drawing oohs and ahhs from the fans as they cruised to a 101-70 victory.
The Olympics features plenty of basketball stars on teams *other than* Team USA. Here’s ten of those players….
I know this was on BumpShack yesterday, but anything that can make a Canadian shed a tear deserves a 2nd look. I give you the USA Basketball Anthem for these next 2.5 weeks. Too bad Michael Redd had to make an appearance.
8 Aug
Olympic Preview: The U.S.`s Great Experiment by Kevin Pelton
Posted in basketball by | No CommentsMoving away from the “Dream Team” format to an “Actual Team” one is expected to produce a gold medal in Beijing.
New coach Trent Johnson will take a football approach to LSU`s basketball preseason.
SLAM talks to Shawn Kemp about kids, drugs, Italy and making it reign! Man I used to love this guy when he was with the Sonics.
Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony talks about making a run at the gold in Beijing.
