Olympics
BARCELONA, Spain – Gold medal at stake or nothing at all, the U.S. Olympic basketball team was bringing its best Tuesday.
Ben Wilden is rehearsing the trampoline act that he performs in “Mystere,” the Cirque du Soleil show at Treasure Island.
LONDON – London Games officials dismissed concerns Tuesday over a lost bus driver, a scramble for more security guards and some rain-soaked venues – embarrassments that had one tabloid newspaper headline using the Olympic rings to spell out the word “OOPS!”
WASHINGTON – Tough start for the Americans. The Olympic basketball team couldn’t get a stop, the president couldn’t get a kiss.
Kevin Durant scored 24 points and Andre Iguodala added 18 as Team USA cruised to a 113-59 victory over the Dominican Republic at the Thomas & Mack Center.