Tag: Kemba Walker
TSX DAILY: Winchester claims first U.S. gold at wrestling Worlds; Int’l Judo Fed suspends...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 19 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | WRESTLING: American Jacarra Winchester wins wrestling world title; more coming
The United World Wrestling World Championships...
BASKETBALL: U.S. edged by Serbia, 94-89 in World Cup, will play Poland for seventh...
After winning 24 consecutive games in FIBA World Cup play over 13 years, the U.S. men’s basketball team lost for the second time in...
BASKETBALL: U.S. loses to France, 89-79, in FIBA World Cup quarterfinals; Australia advances
The U.S. men’s national team will not be playing for a medal in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, losing in the quarterfinals to France,...
TSX DAILY: U.S. qualifies for Tokyo, advances to FIBA World Cup quarters; Americans trail...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 10 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: U.S. beats Brazil in FIBA World Cup, headed to quarterfinals vs. France
There were...
BASKETBALL: U.S. swamps Brazil, Australia stomps France and Czechs advance in World Cup
None of the crazy possible scenarios came to pass on Monday in the FIBA men’s World Cup in China and a great elimination tournament...
BASKETBALL: Six clinch FIBA World Cup quarterfinal spots; U.S. throttles Greece, 69-53
We are finally coming to the moments of truth in the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. After the first two days of second-round...
BASKETBALL: Czechs stun Turkey; U.S. to play Greece (and Giannis) on Saturday
To paraphrase Richard Castellano as Clemenza in “The Godfather” (1972):
“Oh, Turkey ... won’t see them no more.”
After having lost a game to the U.S....
BASKETBALL: U.S. somehow survives, beats Turkey, 93-92, to clinch second-round berth
“The game was in our hands; we gave them the game.”
That comment from Turkish forward Furkan Korkmaz summed up the monumental struggle that was...
TSX DAILY: Iranian hatred of Israel sends its judo world champ to Germany; U.S....
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 2 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: Iran’s policy vs. Israel costs it a World Champion as Mollaei heads to...
BASKETBALL: U.S. skips past Czech Rep., 88-67 to open World Cup play in China
There were no upsets, but a lot of very competitive games on the opening days of the FIBA World Cup in China.
The United States...
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...
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...
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...
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...