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Dominant US basketball, soccer teams driving high betting interest on Olympics
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sports books say they expect strong betting interest in this year’s Olympics, driven by dominant U.S. basketball and soccer teams. But that very dominance is making it hard to make some bets on those teams without risking far more than you might win on...
US Olympic basketball team is eager to find balance between being players and being fans
PARIS (AP) — The U.S. men's basketball team is headed to the athletes village on Friday to mingle with fellow Olympians before the opening ceremony. Next week, the group wants to see Simone Biles compete. Stephen Curry hopes to watch beach volleyball and swimming. And most of the players have...
The US men's basketball team arrives in France, with its Paris Olympics opener on Sunday
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — And now, the real work begins for the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team. The four-time defending gold medalists arrived in France on Wednesday to begin their final preparations for the Paris Games. Their train from London arrived in their early...
South Sudan nearly beat the US in an Olympic tuneup. Here's how it happened
Takeaways from the U.S. Olympic team's 101-100 win over South Sudan in an exhibition game Saturday in London: At 39, 40 in a row LeBron James' layup with 8 seconds left was the game-winner, and the win marked the 40th consecutive time that the Americans have won an...
Durant returns to practice with US basketball team, 1 week before Paris Olympics
Kevin Durant practiced with the U.S. Olympic basketball team on Friday, a major step toward getting him back on track for the Paris Games that open next week. It was Durant’s first time on the floor with the team this summer. He strained his calf a few days before the July 6 start...
The U.S. men are favored for basketball gold at the Paris Games but many challengers await them
There is one goal, and it’s always the same goal for USA Basketball. The only acceptable result from these Paris Olympics is another gold medal. And the most recent gold was one of the toughest to get. At the Tokyo Games three years ago, the U.S. trailed Spain by 10...
Dalton Knecht hones game over 3-school basketball journey, now a projected lottery pick in NBA draft
DENVER (AP) — Dalton Knecht has always packed one thing with him throughout his cross-country, multi-school basketball journey — a chip on his shoulder. Feeling overlooked has powered the guard from Colorado along his stops at Northeastern Junior College (Colorado), Northern...
A postseason like almost none other for Luka Doncic, even without a title
Luka Doncic's first trip to the NBA Finals didn't result in his first championship. That said, the Dallas star most definitely left his mark on these playoffs. Doncic finished the postseason as the NBA's leader in points (635), rebounds (208) and assists (178). He's...
Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the inspiration for the NBA logo, dies at 86
The NBA has never confirmed the worst-kept secret in basketball, that Jerry West is the player whose silhouette is depicted in the league’s logo. There’s probably a reason for that: West never wanted to be the logo. “I’m just part of the game,” West said in a...
Jason Kidd has a chance to join a very small club in these NBA Finals
BOSTON (AP) — Jason Kidd won an NBA championship as a Dallas player in 2011. He now has a chance to win one as a Dallas coach, which would put him in a very small club. There are only 14 people in NBA history to win rings as both a player and a head coach. That group: Rick...
