Tag: International basketball
The Latest: Euroleague suspends all games because of virus
LONDON (AP) - The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak's affect on sports around the globe (all times local):___10:55 a.m.The Euroleague says it is suspending...
The Latest: Nebraska urges quarantine of tournament-goers
BEIJING (AP) - The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak (all times local):7:50 a.m.Nebraska officials are asking dozens of people who attended a Special Olympics...
First basketball Olympic gold medal up for auction
Bill Dennis remembers the stories his father-in-law Bill Wheatley would tell about playing in the 1936 Olympics.It was the first time basketball was a...
Silver: NBA, USA Basketball still may play in China in 2020
CHICAGO (AP) - The NBA and USA Basketball are still considering playing in China later this year, though the complexities of both the political...
LeBron James among 44 US Olympic basketball team finalists
LeBron James is considering a return to the Olympics.James - a two-time gold medalist and three-time Olympian - was among 44 players announced by...
Catchings, Jackson headline women’s hoops Hall of Fame class
NEW YORK (AP) - Tamika Catchings, Lauren Jackson and Swin Cash are headed to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.The trio headline the Class...
Kobe’s boyhood hero Oscar Schmidt celebrates ‘annoying kid’
SAO PAULO (AP) - For little Kobe Bryant growing up in Italy, the player that amazed him as a child was a skinny and...
Virus in China affects sports events, Olympic qualifiers
GENEVA (AP) - Amid growing concern about the spread of a new virus in China, international sports in the country have been postponed and...
Virus cases in China top SARS as evacuations begin
BEIJING (AP) - Countries began evacuating their citizens Wednesday from the Chinese city hardest-hit by a new virus that has now infected more people...
Deaths rise to 132 in China outbreak as foreigners leave
BEIJING (AP) - Countries began evacuating their citizens Wednesday from the Chinese city hardest-hit by an outbreak of a new virus that has killed...