By Gary Washburn GLOBE STAFF AUGUST 30, 2015 Less than a year from the opening of the 2016 Rio Olympics, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo is comfortable with the process of selecting the 12-man team that will be shooting for a third consecutive gold medal. The competition for roster spots is staunch. Colangelo wanted it
They trot it out there every year at Oscar time — “the honor is being nominated, win or lose” — and it sounds nice. Then everyone promptly forgets the honorees who don’t go home with the little gold guy. So as much as folks might want to believe that the honor among NBA players is
Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports Olympic gold medalists LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Kevin Love,James Harden, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook and Dwight Howard highlight the 34-man USA Basketball roster for next week’s mini-camp in Las Vegas. Eleven of the 12 members of the 2014 World Cup championship team are also part of the
By Sean Deveney: Sporting News It was 2005, not long after he had been given a new role in the basketball world as executive director of USA Basketball, when Jerry Colangelo convened one of the most high-powered hoops meetings in history. He was tasked with reconstructing Team USA in the wake of the 2004 Athens Olympics debacle,
Dan Feldman Jul 30, 2015, 2:33 PM EDT USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo believes LeBron James wants to be part of Team USA. Does that mean LeBron – who turns 31 before the 2016 Olympics and has significant mileage – is a lock for Rio? Read More at NBCSports.com
July 27, 2015 10:30 am • KEVIN SCHINDLER Special to the Daily Sun COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Randy Johnson is being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today because of his talents for throwing a ball, not swinging at one. Yet on the day before he’ll take the stage to give his acceptance speech in front
By Timothy Jay Ibay Jul 21, 2015 09:53 AM EDT Wikimedia Commons/FileUSA Basketball will be holding a minicamp next month. USA Basketball recently handed out a list of invites to new players for an upcoming minicamp in Las Vegas, ESPN’s Marc Stein reports. According to the report, seven new players will be added to the 34 current