Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal won’t play for the U.S. national team in the Olympics because of health and safety protocols, and Friday’s game against Australia was canceled.
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Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard averaged 28.8 points during the NBA season, but says he won’t have to carry the scoring load in the Tokyo Games.
The men’s U.S. Olympic team finally won a game at Michelob Ultra Arena, pounding Argentina in an exhibition after consecutive losses to Nigeria and Australia.
The USA men’s national basketball team fell to 0-2 in Las Vegas after an exhibition loss to the Australian national team Monday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The United States lost Saturday night 90-87 to Nigeria at Michelob Ultra Arena, the first loss by the U.S. against a country from Africa in international competition.
JiSu Park may only play 9.4 minutes per game for the Aces, but she rarely comes off the court while playing for her native South Korea.
The 32-year-old Kevin Durant is the only three-time Olympian on the team, earning gold medals in 2012 and 2016 in London and Rio De Janeiro.
Three USA Basketball Men’s Select Team players are out of training camp in Las Vegas after testing positive for COVID-19, according to head coach Greg Popovich.
Despite what ESPN analyst and former NBA player Jalen Rose said, Kevin Love made his second Olympics basketball team for reasons other than skin color.
The ban came hours after a state of emergency in the capital starting from Monday, declared by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to contain rising COVID-19 cases.
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo and the Americans began training camp Tuesday at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center in preparation for the Summer Olympics later this month in Tokyo.
Annie Kunz is headed to Tokyo in the heptathlon 45 years after her dad won a Super Bowl ring with the Raiders.
American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.
Sandpipers of Nevada, a Las Vegas-based swim club, is sending four athletes to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. After that showing, the club is getting attention from all over the nation.
Three-on-three basketball is played on a half court with a 12-second shot clock. Baskets inside the arc are a point and outside are two.