BASKETBALL Preview: U.S. favored over Serbia, Greece and Spain in 18th FIBA World Cup
What used to be called the FIBA World Championship is now the FIBA World Cup and after a five-year hiatus, will be played in...
TSX DAILY: Amazing story of 17-year-old Nevin Harrison’s World title win ~ U.S. men’s...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 27 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | CANOEING: Nevin Harrison’s journey from junior competitions to World Champion in one year!
One of the...
BASKETBALL: U.S. World Cup team starts quickly, holds off Canada, 84-68 in Sydney
Back in the friendly confines of an arena instead of an outdoor football stadium, the U.S. men’s World Cup team got off to a...
TSX DAILY: USOPC Hall of Fame voting open, and our picks ~ fabulous Meeting...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 26 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: You can vote on the next class for the U.S. Olympic Hall of...
LANE ONE: You can vote on the next class for the U.S. Olympic Hall...
The concept of a U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame got going pretty late, conceived in 1979 and only admitting its first class in 1983....
BASKETBALL: Australia beats U.S. in Melbourne on Patty Mills’ 30 points before 52,079
Another record crowd of 52,079 filled the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday to see history and they got it: Australia defeated the U.S....
TSX DAILY: Track & field fans who want the sport to be more popular...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 23 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: If you think track & field could once again be a high-profile sport,...
BASKETBALL: Crowd of 51,218 sees U.S. beat Australia, 102-86, in Melbourne exhibition
The U.S. men’s World Cup team took another step forward on Thursday with a convincing 102-86 win over Australia at the Marvel Stadium in...
TSX DAILY: Ready for an international College Football Playoff? ~ Tokyo Sport Climbing faves...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 22 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | UNIVERSITY SPORT: FISU slowly moving toward college vs. college championship matches
Fans of American collegiate sports...
BASKETBALL Preview: U.S. men in Australia for exhibition in Melbourne at 5:30 a.m. Eastern...
The U.S. men’s World Cup team, fresh from a 90-81 victory over no. 2-ranked Spain at the Honda Center in Anaheim, is in Australia...
TSX DAILY: New ESPN promo urges kids to keep playing, but are they really...
= TSX DAILY ~ 19 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: U.S. survey says most kids quit sports by age 11, but is there really...
BASKETBALL: U.S. men defeat Spain, 90-81 in reassuring exhibition in Anaheim
The nearly hysterical reports from earlier this week about the U.S. men’s national team being out-classed in scrimmages against pick-up teams of G-League players...
TSX DAILY: Australia is having the “Olympic Talk” about Queensland; the Diamond League, money...
= TSX DAILY ~ 16 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: With a possible 2032 bid ahead, Australia’s Queensland region is now having the “Olympic talk”
Even...
TSX DAILY: The life of a triple Olympic champion includes “I just fainted, and...
= TSX DAILY ~ 13 August 2019 =
| 1. | ATHLETICS: Tianna Bartoletta’s odyssey now includes anemia
If you read her resume, you’d think Tianna Bartoletta would have...
PAN AMERICAN GAMES: Lima finishes successful Games with a busy Sunday as U.S. collects...
The final day of the XVIII Pan American Games will finish with the Closing Ceremony, but there was still competition in seven sports with...
WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES: Japan finishes atop the Universiade medal table in Naples; U.S. wins...
Almost 6,000 athletes from 118 countries attended the 30th World University Games, held in Naples (ITA). Some 222 events were held in 18 sports...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Diack indictment shows corruption on a grand scale; USA Synchro tries...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The German ARD network managed to obtain a copy of...
BASKETBALL: U.S. and China sweep to 3×3 World Cup titles, qualify for Tokyo 2020
The United States had never won a men’s 3x3 world title in the five prior editions of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup. In fact,...
THE BIG PICTURE: World Beach Games folds in San Diego; may be held elsewhere...
/Updated: see footnote/A long effort to bring a major international event to San Diego ended failure on Thursday as word leaked out that the...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Hot distance running at the Payton Jordan Invite at Stanford
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Sure, the Diamond League opener in Doha was spectacular, but...
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