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Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum can afford to wait for the 2028 LA Olympics. After all, as long as Team USA continues to dominate—as they did in Paris—that’s what truly matters.
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In beating Australia, 85-64, in the semifinals, the American women’s team registered their 60th consecutive victory dating back to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (bronze medal).
The Brazil-born Schmidt racked up 1,093 points in 38 Olympic games.
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Around 10,500 athletes from 206 countries will be strutting their stuff in the Paris Olympics from July 26 to August 11.
Diana Lorena Taurasi, the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history out of the Phoenix Mercury, is seeking to extend her glittering Olympic women’s basketball record of consecutive gold medals to six when the United States seeks an eighth successive gold in the Paris Olympics
Legendary great Arnold (Red) Auerbach, who piloted the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in 10 trips to the NBA Finals from 1957-66, once named his 12 players he had most wanted for his team in the playoffs in an interview with prominent Sports Illustrated reporter Jack McCallum.
The Yco-Ysmael Steel rivalry was the fiercest rivalry in the commercial leagues from 1958 to 1967.
It would seem light years away but ‘Zen Master’ Phil Jackson, the winningest coach in National Basketball Association (NBA) history with 11 titles, once set foot on Philippine soil.
For legendary Los Angeles Lakers great Jerry West, whose silhouette appears on the National Basketball Association (NBA) logo, it’s back to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for an unprecedented third time in mid-August this year – this time in the Contributors category as an executive and consultant
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Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham is under the radar though it remains to be seen how long he can hold on. It hasn’t been a good season for the purple and gold and here are some notable issues the 50-year-old coach is dealing with.