Stories By Dick Weiss
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/ 5 years agoNCAA Institutes New Agent Criteria.
LAS VEGAS—The NCAA has outlined new revolutionary criteria for agents who wish to represent student-athletes who wish to test the waters...
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/ 5 years agoCan U.S. World Cup Team Win Gold with New Faces?
LAS VEGAS—It is hard to know what to make of this U.S. national team that will participate in the upcoming FIBA...
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/ 5 years agoTimes Have Changed for Team USA
PHILADELPHIA— The United States won gold medals in the 2010 and 2014 World Championships with young, talented teams. But the Americans...
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/ 5 years agoUSA U19 team Reaches its Goal in FIBA Worlds
HERAKLION, Greece — The United States U19 World Championship team waited two years for this moment. The undefeated Americans,...
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/ 5 years agoRobinson-Earl Preps for FIBA U19 Gold Medal Final
HERAKLION, GREECE—USA Basketball U19 coach Bruce Weber has been following Jeremiah Robinson-Earl’s career since ninth grade when he led Bishop Minge...
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/ 5 years agoReggie Perry Makes a Case for FIBA U19 World Championship MVP
HERAKLION, GREECE—Reggie Perry was all set to scrap college basketball for an NBA career last spring. Mississippi State’s 6-9, 225-pound center,...
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/ 5 years agoJalen Green Plays Role of Unicorn for USA U19 Basketball
HERAKLION, GREECE— Jalen Green picked up his nickname “The Unicorn” in ninth grade when Dennis Gates, an assistant coach from...
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/ 5 years agoTwo Sport Star Jalen Suggs Has Breakout Game for USA Basketball U19 team
HERAKLION, GREECE—Jalen Suggs is the best two sport prospect in the Class of 2020. When the 6-5, 195-pound point guard from...
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/ 5 years agoUConn Returns to its Roots, Rejoins the Big East
The University of Connecticut has returned to its roots, rejoining the Big East Conference. Huskies’ athletic programs will begin play in...
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/ 5 years agoAtlanta to Host NBA Academy Games
The NBA is putting the finishing touches on the Academy Games in United States for the first time, opening the door...
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/ 6 years agoUSA Basketball Announces Invites to FIBA World Cup tryouts
‘COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— USA Basketball has announced the 20 players who are confirmed to attend the Aug. 5-9 Las Vegas training...
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/ 6 years agoEvan Mobley Flashes Enormous Talent at USA Basketball U19 Tryouts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— It has been hard to miss Evan Mobley at the USA U19 FIBA World Championship tryouts. The 7-0...
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/ 6 years agoZion Gets Shot to Make USA FIBA World Cup team
Zion Williamson, the projected first pick in the June 20 NBA draft, has been invited to USA Basketball’s August training camp as...
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/ 6 years agoUSA Basketball Boys U16s Cut to 18 Finalists
The USA Basketball U16, which is 25-0 and has won all five FIBA Americas tournament gold medals, has cut its...
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/ 6 years agoMichigan Hires a Michigan Man
Michigan went back into its storied history yesterday when they hired Juwan Howard, the big man on the Wolverines’ fabled Fab...