ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
David Robinson is the only U.S. player to have won three Olympic men's basketball medals while 12 have won two. Current players Jason Kidd, who won gold in 2000, and Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, and Dwyane Wade, who all got bronze in 2004, can join the list of multiple medal winners: Player Olympics Medals read more
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
BEIJING -- No, Carmelo Anthony has not technically given a guarantee. Anthony got out of the guaranteeing business four years ago when he promised a gold medal for the Americans and they ended up with a fold medal. Nevertheless, Anthony can sense redemption is at hand. Four years after Team USA's Greek tragedy, he's counting on standing on the top of the podium Sunday. read more
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The most dramatic affront to the Olympic ideal has to be the Redeem Team, the latest incarnation of the Dream Team.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Plus, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing (Hachette Book Group), has announced it will publish a new book by Duke University basketball coaching legend and U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K). Tentatively slated for publication in Spring 2009 and co-written with his daughter, Jamie K. Spatola, Krzyzewski will reveal the unique...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Date: Aug 27th 2008 5:02p.m. Contributed by: leemack Eleven of the 12 member of The Redeem Team, aka the gold medal winning U.S. Men’s Basketball Team, celebrated Beijing-style at an exclusive party with a tightly controlled door at Block 8’s rooftop cabana bar, The Beach on Sunday night. And City Weekend was, of course, there. When they entered at around 1 a.m., the crowd broke into cheers and chants...
Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Denver Inside the Pepsi Center, sitting in a close-down row, I think I’m seeing Carmelo Anthony out there on the court. I think I see him muscling in for a leaner from about 12 feet, with a bunch of bodies...
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Filed under: Casually Obsessed Black Voices Blogs : It's been a long eight years since the USA Men's Basketball team has been the best in the world, but in 2008 USA basketball is back on top. Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, and LeBron James led the USA Men's Basketball team in a win over... Read more
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
As a Philadelphian, I will always forgive Larry Brown for many of the egotistical brainfarts he's committed in his loooong and well-traveled coaching career for the rejuvenation period he brought to...
Real Talk NY (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
USA’s basketball team won the gold medal which ended the 8 year drought at the Olympics. The team consisted of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Michael Redd, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, Chris Paul, and Tayshain Prince. This reassures the world that the best basketball players in the [...]
Concrete Loop (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
LaLa Vasquez and her 1 year-old son Kiyan Anthony were spotted taking a fun stroll around Beverly Hills on the Thursday. The fiance of Carmelo Anthony, is rumored to be working on a new show that will be premiering sometime in January or February on either VH1 or MTV. The always classy Nia Long was spotted [...]
Gossip Thug - GossipThug.com (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
LaLa Vasquez and her 1 year-old song Kiyan Anthony were spotted taking a fun stroll around Beverly Hills on the Thursday. The fiance of Carmelo Anthony, is rumored to be working on a new show that will be premiering sometime in January or February on either VH1 or MTV. The always classy Nia Long was spotted [...]
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Somebody must have snitched: "The plot of “The Wire” converged with Carmelo Anthony’s social life yet again today, as the cameraman for the infamous “Stop Snitching” DVD was sentenced to 30 years in...
Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
Kobe Bryant paced a lightning-like American start Friday and the United States went on to down Argentina in the Olympic semifinals 101-81. Four years after losing three games in the Olympic tournament and settling for the bronze medal, the United States earned a shot at the gold by defeating the defending champions....
The Dream Shake (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
The "Redeem Team" (even though the team is filled with such shady characters as Carlos Boozer, Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony and even Kobe) continues its march toward the Gold Medal. Next up? Argentina. A team Kobe Bryant not-so-secretly wished the U.S. would play. So, you wanna face Argentina, huh? Well... now's your chance. Just remember one thing: Luis Scola is a badass! (even if Manu is a no-good...
Miami Heat (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Yes, the United States certainly is on the way to Olympic gold, especially considering the way it previously manhandled championship-game opponent Spain. But a little perspective about all the warm and fuzzies regarding this being the ultimate team. The United...
