Stories By Dick Weiss
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoWisconsin winning without McDonald’s AAs
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas– Being selected for the McDonald’s All American game is typically considered the seal of good approval for a...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoCarolina blue after unexpected loss in Battle4Atlantis
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas– Paradise lost. North Carolina came into the Battle4Atlantis looking to re-establish itself as royalty in college basketball. They quckly learned they...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoCollege basketball needs special events to launch its season
INDIANAPOLIS– The Championship Classic is the answer to college basketball’s prayers for added national exposure in the first month of the season. The special...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoFSU is still unbeaten but Winston can’t escape scrutiny
There was was no denying Jameis Winston’s enormous talent on the football field. Florida State’s Heisman Trophy winning quarterback led the second-ranked Noles (6-0) to...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoHow good is this year’s Kentucky team?
LEXINGTON, KY — At this point, it is hard to determine just how talented Kentucky’s young basketball team is or will be...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoMaccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 against NBA during exhibition tour of States
BROOKLYN– Maccabi Electra, based in Tel Aviv, has historically been one of the best known professional basketball clubs in the world, drawing strong...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoPitino concerned shoe companies influcencing recruiting.
Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is concerned that shoe companies have too big an influence in summer trravel team basketball and recruiting. Louisville has...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoTeam USA strikes Gold
MADRID– United States’ senior national men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski only got to work with 6-3 point guard Kyrie Irving for 10 games at Duke...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoSerbia Set To Challenge USA For Gold
MADRID, Spain– Co-favorite Spain is history dispatched by 2013 Eurobasket gold medalist France in the quarterfinals of the FIBA World Cup...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoFaried Wanted Piece of Spain in WC Finals
MADRID, Spain– U.S. senior national coach Mike Krzyzewski has been pushing humility and respect for the rest of the international competition throughout...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoFIBA Investigating Australia’s play during loss to Angola
BARCELONA– FIBA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Australia following the manner in which the team lost its last group D World cup...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoFrance rocks Spain’s world in FIBA WC quarters
BARCELONA, Spain– For those of you who were hoping for a Team USA-Spain match up in finals of the FIBA...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoRose finally blooms offensively as Team USA moves to FIBA WC semis
BARCELONA, Spain– Derrick Rose has spent most of this FIBA World Cup for basketball trying to rediscover who he is and...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoNCAA lifts Penn State bowl ban, restores scholarships in football
BARCELONA, Spain– The NCAA finally had its eyes checked and can see enough was enough where overzealous sanctions against Penn State were concerned. The Nittany...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoFIBA changes World Cup format in hopes of growing the sport
BARCELONA, Spain– FIBA has an innovative blueprint on the table to create a new format for the World Cup of Basketball that would eventually make...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoCurry spices up Team USA offense
BARCELONA Spain– When guard Stephen Curry arrived at Team USA training camp for the 2014 FIBA World Cup, he was confronted...
