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Candace Parker blamed UConn coach Geno Auriemma for the Olympics snub that ruined her USA Basketball career
"I don't think Geno wanted me on the team," she told Bleacher Report's Taylor Rooks. "He doesn't li…
Meredith Cash
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Candace Parker said she was 'more angry' at USA Basketball over a former teammate's Olympic snub than her own
Candace Parker was famously snubbed from USA Basketball's 2016 Olympic team. This year, a similar s…
Meredith Cash
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Sue Bird learned she'd be Team USA's flag bearer for the Olympics opening ceremony in a surprise speech from her best friend
Fellow five-time Olympian and four-time gold medalist Diana Taurasi surprised the point guard with …
Meredith Cash
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A WNBA superstar was cut from the US Olympics squad despite winning MVP of the qualifying tournament and leading scoring in 2020
After Nneka Ogwumike was left off Team USA's Olympics roster, her sister - fellow WNBA star Chiney …
Meredith Cash
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A 3x3 basketball star won Olympic gold exactly one year after walking for the first time following a traumatic injury
A star for the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces, Kelsey Plum tore her Achilles tendon just one month before th…
Meredith Cash
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Hundreds of Team USA athletes sang happy birthday to Kevin Durant at the Olympics even though his birthday is still 2 months away
Kevin Durant's USA Basketball teammates seemingly coordinated the prank while Team USA was at Olymp…
Meredith Cash
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WNBA superstars are smack-talking each other before their college teams face off in the Final Four
While at training camp for USA Basketball, big-name alums of the Final Four teams — like A'ja…
Meredith Cash
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A top women's basketball recruit lost her senior-year high school eligibility because of an $800 stipend check and USA Basketball snafu
According to ESPNW's Walter Villa, USA Basketball sent Davenport a $857.20 stipend check to cover h…
Meredith Cash
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Breanna Stewart won another championship just days after securing gold in Tokyo - and 'proper recovery' was the key
The WNBA star told Insider "recovery is one of the most important things in my routine" after a dev…
Meredith Cash
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Coach K explains why he relates Gregg Popovich taking over the USA Basketball program to their military experience
"He and I have both talked about this. We're both military backgrounds, the Air Force Academy, main…
Scott Davis
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Best of the Tokyo Olympics: 17 stunning photos of USA women's basketball winning its 7th-straight gold medal
Brittney Griner shoots a jump shot for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics.Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Meredith Cash
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USA Basketball coach Dawn Staley says 'you have to consider it' after rumors swirled that she could become the first woman head coach in NBA history
"When you have an opportunity to be something different and open up the doors for other... women, y…
Meredith Cash
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Coinbase inks sponsorship deal with the NBA as crypto continues its push into pro sports
Coinbase has inked a multiyear partnership that includes the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League…
Isabelle Lee
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Team USA dropped 145 points to break a basketball World Cup record — but some are calling it poor sportsmanship
Team USA has won each of the past three FIBA World Cups, and this young group has no intention of s…
Meredith Cash
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The NCAA announced reforms to college basketball, but critics blasted them for failing to address the biggest issues
Per the NCAA's announcement, a player's relationship with an agent must be "terminated when the stu…
Brandon Wiggins,Scott Davis
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A WNBA superstar teared up about feeling 'unvaluable' following her highly-discussed Tokyo Olympics snub
"They always say that in trials, you grow stronger, and that what is inside of you is exacerbated,"…
Meredith Cash
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Stephen Curry is reportedly skipping the 2016 Rio Olympics
Thompson said USA Basketball players were advised to not bring their families to Rio and to sleep i…
Scott Davis
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Newsmax host says he's rooting against 'woke' Team USA and 'took pleasure' in seeing them lose at the Tokyo Games
Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield revealed his feelings about the Tokyo Games in a segment called "the…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Nobody is a bigger fan of the USA swim team than the USA basketball team
The basketball team recently had the day off before facing off against Australia. Th…
Ian Phillips
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Soldier Throws Down Windmill Dunk In Army Boots At USA Basketball Game
Mills was dunking in pregame warm ups, according to the NBATV crew, and then he was asked to come o…