Times have changed, especially in today's basketball world. Just ask Coach Krzyzewski and Team USA.
BEIJING -- There are two myths being perpetuated back home in the United States which need to be addressed before we get to tipoff of the US-Argentina
In recent years, Team USA used to worry about who was "the man."
And Team USA lost to just about everybody, jacking "hero" shots over the outstretched arms of defenders, then predictably going into scoring droughts, and coming in sixth, or third, or in
You know you have arrived in the ego-driven world of basketball when arguably the best player in the world decides that you, like him and Magic and M.J. and LeBron and Melo, et al, need just one name.
The US team certainly knew Patty Mills's name when
A Flurry Of Moves?: Depending on who you talk to you'll hear different things, the one common concept is that once the NBA resumes business next week, some activity is expected to pick up. The Indiana Pacers are still trying to find a taker on Jamal
Mention to Jeff Burton that he's having a quietly successful Sprint Cup season and he replies, "I'm not a big name, like Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. I'm not flashy. That's good, I'm happy where we are."
Last year, Clint Bowyer won his first Cup
"It's been my life story," Wade said. "I don't mind. I don't mind at all. Sometimes you get frustrated with it. At the end of the day, I enjoy the underdog kind of view."
With a dominant performance in these Olympics, Wade has proved he is playing at
For more than a quarter, Australia appeared to be writing the script for the ultimate upset, taking out the United States after the USA's unblemished and unchallenged 5-0 romp through Group B. The Boomers refused to back down from the challenge
James' defense has been a surprise only if you were not paying attention last season, when he routinely took the opposition's best player in crunch time. He could not stop Boston's Paul Pierce in Game 7 of the Celtics series, but no one could stop
The final score was 116-85, and if you want to know what this tournament has been like for the Americans, this little nugget should tell you: Afterward, a few reporters were seriously asking the U.S. players what it felt like to be tested for the first
Articles from the August 20, 2008 edition of The Times BANNER YEAR: American Henry Cejudo celebrates his gold medal in men's freestyle 55-kilogram wrestling after beating Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga at the Olympic Games. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los