Team USA slayer Schmidt gets Ordem de Rio Branco
Posted May 5, 2008 at 10:17 AM by Os Davis
Section: Culture/History, Olympic History, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Oscar Schmidt, all-time Olympic Games scoring leader and b-ball star in five Olympiads, was this week given Brazil’s top honor to private citizens, the “Ordem de Rio Branco.”
Injury buzzsaw trims Olympic squads
Posted May 4, 2008 at 10:25 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Spain, Australia rosters face injury problems; Cape Verde has hard economic issues to worry about
How China saved Olympic women’s basketball, 84-81
Posted May 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Os Davis
Section: Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
In upsetting Team USA in the finals of the 2008 Good Luck Beijing women’s basketball tournament, the Chinese ladies’ team may have put a little suspense back into the Olympic women’s hoops.
Draw held for Olympic basketball tournaments
Posted April 27, 2008 at 03:12 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Between games on the final day of the Good Luck Beijing 2008 women’s basketball tournament, Lisa Leslie and Wang Zhi Zhi ceremonially assisted Olympic officials in putting together the pools for Olympic play.
Men’s b-ball power rankings; foreigners dominate NBA playoffs
Posted April 24, 2008 at 02:41 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Duncan, Gasol, Ginobili already smokin’ in the playoffs ... no wonder foreigners have won the last three NBA MVPs…
Good Luck tourney: Table set for back-to-back USA v. China
Posted April 24, 2008 at 08:08 AM by Os Davis
Section: Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
With four of each team’s five round-robin games in the books, the final day’s USA-China matchup will result in a final of ... USA vs. China.
Ouch! Oz loses game, Batkovic; Sterling digs Beijing
Posted April 23, 2008 at 03:40 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Australia loses both battle and war in falling to Cuba, 60-52; coach Stirling does her part in talking up Beijing Olympic organization.
Good Luck tourney day 2: China stuns Oz
Posted April 21, 2008 at 12:32 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
The Good Luck Beijing 2008 tournament continues…
Upsets rule Good Luck Beijing 2008 tourney early
Posted April 19, 2008 at 09:05 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Tipping off Friday at Beijing Olympic Basketball Stadium was the Good Luck Beijing 2008 Tournament featuring a six-pack of the world’s superpowers in women’s basketball.
Competitors at the event include Team USA, prohibitive favorite to take…
YouTubing with the Dream Team
Posted April 15, 2008 at 06:00 AM by Os Davis
Section: Culture/History, Olympic History, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
A handful of clips chronicling the best team that ever played the game.
Judging the basketball field: The hosts and the others
Posted April 10, 2008 at 02:35 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Summer Olympian’s look at the field on court for XXIX Olympiad basketball concludes with a look at…
China. So what to do with these guys? On one hand, China has unsurprisingly been the power in Asian…
Judging the basketball field: The enigmas
Posted April 7, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Summer Olympian’s look at the field on court for XXIX Olympiad basketball continues. Today, a pair of teams that could go two and out. Or could ascend to the podium for the first time ever. You just can’t tell with…
FIBA releases schedule for qualifiers
Posted April 5, 2008 at 05:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
A brief look at FIBA’s newly-released schedule for men’s olympic basketball qualifiers
Judging the basketball field: The potential surprises
Posted April 4, 2008 at 09:00 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Summer Olympian’s look at the field for the XXIX Olympiad continues. Nine teams have qualified for the Games thus far, with continental tournament placers from Argentina, the United States, Russia, Lithuania, Iran, Angola and Australia in.
Bulls to lead Brits
Posted April 3, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: London 2012, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
The British experiment to create a (temporary) basketball power in Europe began officially yesterday, with Ben Gordon and Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls listed on Team Britain’s 33-man roster for Eurobasket qualifiers in Poland in 2009.
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On October 9, 2008
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The problem is a new injury would leave him out of the competitions.