Stories By Dick Weiss
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoKyrie Irving takes hard fall, adds drama to Team USA journey
BILBAO, Spain– Team USA shook off another sluggish start, then cruised to a 95-71 victory over the Ukraine here Thursday night to...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoBlowouts are all starting to look the same for Team USA
BILBAO, Spain– Team USA’s games in this FIBA World Cup of basketball are all starting to look the same. The unbeaten American...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoGeno blamed for alleged recruiting violation he never committed.
In the no good deed goes unpunished department, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma met with reporters recently to talk about the...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoInternational club teams to play nine games in USA
The NBA preseason will feature nine games involving international teams, a record for most ever played on North American soil in one...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoFaried moves out of the shadows
BILBAO, Spain– Kenneth Faried wasn’t supposed to be on Team USA’s roster when the original invitations were send out for training camp. ...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoDurant sticks with Nike, making the Swoosh more powerful
Nike has won the bidding war for the heart and soul of Kevin Durant, reestablishing themselves as the most powerful...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoTeam USA has had its share of close calls since 1996
BILBAO, Spain– When Team USA defeated Turkey, 98-77, Sunday in Group C pool play at the FIBA World Cup of Basketball here, they quickly established themselves as...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoTeam USA finalizes World Cup roster
NEW YORK– Under the circumtances, with so many withdrawals, Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff appear to have done...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoNBA Players feel Team USA participitation should be individual choice
NEW YORK– Ever since All Star forward Paul George of the NBA Indiana Pacers, a projected starter for Team USA in...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoUnder Armour makes $250 mill shoe deal offer to Durant
Under Armour seems intent on entering the bidding war with Nike for the rights Kevin Durant’s shoe contract. The Baltimore-based...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoTeam USA slices up Dominican Republic, but no cuts before Friday’s game with Puerto Rico
NEW YORK — The fans began chanting Derrick Rose’s name late in the third quarter of Team USA’s 105-62 blowout over the Dominican...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoLooking back at Dubai
DUBAI– When FIBA awarded its U17 men’s World championship to this Gulf States country, it was the first time a major age group...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoSwanigan throws weight around at FIBA U17 Worlds
DUBAI, U.A.E.– Caleb Swanigan wasn’t even on the radar when coach Don Showalter and talent coordinator B.J Johnson started to put together...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoTalented Harry Giles looks healthy again at FIBA U17 World championship
DUBAI, U.A.E.- Harry Giles, who grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C., in the heart of Tobacco Road, has ACC blood flowing through his veins....
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoNewman developing his own brand with USA basketball success
DUBAI, U.A.E- It hasn’t take long for Malik Newman to make the transition from prodigy to future NBA star.. The exciting 6-4...
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Dick Weiss
/ 10 years agoUS U17 men roll through pool play unbeaten
DUBAI, U.A.E.– Whenever US. senior grass roots development coach Don Showalter talks about Diamond Stone, the 6-10 264-pound center on his...
