US NBA stars worry about playing global events
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US National Basketball Association stars are concerned that playing in international events is hurting their ability to play their best in quest of a league crown.
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International stars have begun preparing for the World Basketball Championship quarter-finals while wondering if any team can stop an American juggernaut from rolling to a title.
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This would be the loss to finally confirm â-fter considerable evidence had strongly suggested it â -t the best American players just can&#39;t cut it worldwide on their ability to dunk anymore.
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National Basketball Association players trying to win a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the United States have gotten the wake-up call that the "Dream Team" days are done even if supporters have not.
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It will be the Beijing Olympics before US National Basketball Association stars have another chance to reclaim global supremacy after losing Friday to Greece at the World Basketball Championship.
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If the global marketing miracle known as the NBA has finally come to face the fragile rapport it has with its core audience at home in the United States, let it be said that the Palace of
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In other sports, the All-Star game is a necessary evil. In the NBA, it's the occasion for a party -- and this year's in Vegas will be the biggest yet
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The NBA has come to booming, basketball-crazy China &#151; but it doesn't expect to make any money soon. The league flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China, featuring the Houston Rockets &#151; with Chinese-born star Yao Ming &#151; and the Sacramento Kings.
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The Sporting News - NBA All-Star Weekend is upon us. There will be dunking, showmanship, a lack of defense until the final minutes, lots of flashy parties, and the persistent sense that the players care more about each other than they do our attachment to them.
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The NBA All-Star Game is getting stale, and the way to fix it is to pit American players against international players, playing not for show but for pride.
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With back-to-back World Cup qualifying games on the line, US team coach Bruce Arena has called in his heavy hitters from overseas.
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LAS VEGAS - Today is The Day. By the time the Wilson sisters of Heart take the stage at the Las Vegas Hilton and Penn &amp; Teller bring out their woodchopper, the United States men's basketball team will know if it has punched a ticket to China. It appears to be pretty much a foregone conclusion, despite attempts by the ...
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BASKETBALL Los Angeles Sparks star Lisa Leslie has withdrawn from next week's world basketball championships because of family medical problems. Leslie, recently chosen the WNBA's most valuable player, won't play in the Sept. 12-23 championships in Brazil because her mother-in-law is facing surgery and her uncle has been hospitalized since a car accident Aug. 27, USA Basketball spokeswoman Caroline Williams ...
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The NBA is considering playing some of its regular season games in China, commissioner David Stern said Friday. The Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets, team of Chinese national Yao Ming
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Unable to set aside their differences in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal will now be facing new challenges with teams on either side of the continent.
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Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups are expected to be linchpins of USA Basketballâs next team, which begins Olympic qualifying in Las Vegas on Aug. 22.
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When Michael Jordan led the first NBA-studded &quot;Dream Team&quot; into the Olympics in 1992, the hope was that their dazzling displays of basketball would inspire others to play better and bridge the gap with the Americans.