Basketball: Britain gets first Olympic win in 64 years (Reuters)

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Aug 062012
 

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain won their first Olympic basketball game in 64 years and did so in style by thumping China 90-58 on Monday to the roars of the home crowd in their last contest of the London Games. The only other Olympic victory for Britain came in the 1948 London Games when after finishing 0-5 in the group, they beat Ireland in a classification game that put them in 20th place. The lopsided Group B victory came in a clash of winless teams, but it was an emotional triumph for Britain and veterans Robert Archibald and Nate Reinking who were playing their last game for their country. …

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U.S. Olympic basketball team prefers gold medal over ‘Dream Team’ label (Reuters)

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Jul 272012
 

LONDON (Reuters) – The star-studded U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team would rather not be given the “Dream Team” label, preferring instead to earn their own identity as gold medal winners once the London Games are over. Plenty of talk surrounding the team, which is loaded with top talent from the National Basketball Association (NBA), has been how they compare to the original U.S. Dream Team from the 1992 Games that included 11 future Hall of Fame players. “Dream Team? We don’t compare us to them,” LeBron James said on Friday at a jam-packed news conference. …

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Gasol replaces Nadal as Spanish flag bearer (Reuters)

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Jul 202012
 

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish basketball player Pau Gasol has been chosen to replace Rafa Nadal as the country’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the London Games, the country’s Olympic federation said on Friday. Nadal, the gold medal holder in the men’s singles from Beijing, was forced to pull out of the Games on Thursday after failing to recover from a knee problem. Los Angeles Lakers center Gasol is one of the country’s most recognised sportsmen and helped Spain win silver in Beijing four years ago, when they lost in the final to the United States. …

Bryant dismisses Olympic age cap idea as "stupid" (Reuters)

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Jul 172012
 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant, the face of the U.S. men’s team favored to retain its gold medal, has slammed the NBA for considering an age limit that would prevent many of the world’s top basketball players taking part in future Olympics. National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner David Stern has spoken about the possibility of limiting participation in the Olympic basketball tournament to players aged 23 and under following the July 27-August 12 London Games. …

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Davis to replace Griffin on Olympic squad (Reuters)

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Jul 132012
 

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anthony Davis, the number one pick in the 2012 NBA draft, will replace Blake Griffin on the United States squad at the London Olympics, USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo said Friday. Griffin, a two-time All-Star forward with the Los Angeles Clippers, has been diagnosed with a medial meniscus tear of his left knee and will not play in the London Games, Colangelo said. “We are sorry to have received confirmation of Blake’s injury which has forced his withdrawal from the USA Team for this summer,” Colangelo said in a statement. …

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