If you let Serge Ibaka tell it, all the talk about Team USA’s talent for the London Olympics is misplaced – or at least should be shared. That’s how good he says he feels about his squad, Spain. The Oklahoma City Thunder forward, who will compete in his first Olympics, said his 2008 silver medal-winning [...]
London Olympics: 100 Meter Race Will Be ‘Spectacular’
July 9, 2012 | Posted by
London Olympics: Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin, Yohan Blake and others will go head to head at men’s 100 meter competition. The world’s second-fastest man, America’s Tyson Gay, promises a men’s 100 meter competition at the London Olympics that will be “spectacular.” After beating USA teammate Justin Gatlin, in the Diamond League meet in [...]
Team USA Roster ‘Deeper’ Than In ’08
July 8, 2012 | Posted by
With LeBron James and Kobe Bryant leading the way, Team USA has assembled what Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul called deeper than the gold-medal winning 2008 squad. “(Like) all of us talk about, you’ve got to think about how much better all of us are now than we were in ’08,” Paul said. [...]
Joakim Noah Out Of Olympics With Injury
July 5, 2012 | Posted by
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah will not play for France at the London Olympics because of a left ankle injury. “I’m absolutely not ready,” Noah said in Wednesday’s edition of L’Equipe newspaper. “Not ready to run, not ready to jump. And even less to play.” Noah added he would need more time and work to [...]
Black Swimmers Have Historic Presence in London Olympics
July 5, 2012 | Posted by
With Cullen Jones, Anthony Ervin and Lia Neal on the London Olympic swimming squad, the United States will have more blacks wearing red, white and blue at the Summer Games in history. Jones qualified for his second individual event in the London Games with a victory in the 50-meter freestyle. Jones, 28, was timed in [...]
Miami Heat Chris Bosh To Miss Olympics
June 29, 2012 | Posted by
Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh will join champion teammate Dwyane Wade as a spectator at the London Olympics. Bosh, who missed part of the playoffs with an abdominal strain, remains in pain and his agent, Henry Thomas, told USA Today that his client has to miss the Games in order to heal. “This injury was [...]
David Beckham Excluded From England’s Olympic Team
June 28, 2012 | Posted by
Perhaps the most famous soccer player in the world, David Beckham — the former England captain — was not selected to the British soccer team for the Summer Olympics, to be played in his native London. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder made Britain coach Stuart Pearce’s shortlist of 35 but was not amongthe final 18-man [...]
Tony Parker Might Miss Olympics With Eye Injury After All
June 26, 2012 | Posted by
Two days after saying he would play in the London Olympics despite a serious eye injury, San Antonio Spurs star guard Tony Parker recants that prediction and says not playing is very much a possibility. Parker was caught in the middle of the now-infamous fight involving singer Chris Brown and members of hip-hop star Drake’s entourage. [...]
Tony Parker Expected to Play in Olympics, Despite Eye Surgery
June 24, 2012 | Posted by
Basketball star Tony Parker is recovering from eye surgery in Paris after he suffered a corneal laceration during the Chris Brown-Drake brawl in the W.i.P. nightclub. It is still unclear whether Parker will be healed in time to play for France in the Olympics, which begin in five weeks in London. Parker’s attorney Elizabeth Eilender [...]
Women’s Olympic Basketball Coach Accused of Discrimination
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
USA Olympic Basketball – A lawsuit filed earlier this week is set to put American basketball on trial. Kelley Hardwick, 46, filed an employment discrimination lawsuit on Monday at the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, claiming U.S. women’s head basketball coach Geno Auriemma made demands leading to her being removed from her position as [...]
