Tag: USA Basketball
TSX DAILY: USOPC is saying the right things, but will it have cash to...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 16 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: The USOPC is working, changing, but its reach is shorter than its desires
The...
TSX DAILY: U.S. men lose again at FIBA World Cup, but better days are...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 13 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: How the U.S. failure at the 2019 World Cup could be the start...
LANE ONE: How the U.S. failure at the 2019 FIBA World Cup could be...
There wasn’t a lot of attention given to the U.S. team in advance of the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. It was a...
TSX DAILY: France tops U.S. in FIBA World Cup; Quintana back in La Vuelta...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 12 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: France’s fourth-quarter 22-5 run ends U.S. hopes at FIBA World Cup
Even though undefeated, the...
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: Shocker as Spain takes down favored Serbia; U.S. plays Brazil on Monday
With the struggles of the U.S. team against Turkey in group play, it looked like Serbia was the team to beat in the FIBA...
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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
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: Crazy 2020 Triathlon qualifier ends in double disqualification
= TSX DAILY ~ 15 August 2019 =
| 1. | TRIATHLON: Women’s Olympic qualifier ends with hand-in-hand Brits disqualified, but Summer Rappaport makes U.S. team
This is why...
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