Team USA Basketball

Vegas could become hub of U.S. hoops: Wednesday, October 31, 2007; By Rob Miech; Already a hotbed of summer hoops activity, Las Vegas is in the mix to become the capital of the sport in the country.

American drumbeat: Don't forget Greece: Friday, September 14, 2007; By Rob Miech; Spanoulis, Kakiouzis, Schortsanitis, Diamantidis and Papaloukas are household names around the Carmelo Anthony compound in Denver.

What can be done to spark more interest in basketball's Olympics qualifying tournament: Friday, August 31, 2007; By Ron Kantowski; I'm not saying Team USA has had an easy go of it during the FIBA Americas Olympic basketball qualifying tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. But the other night LeBron James called for the ball in the high post and faked out two Puerto Rican defenders by sticking the ball under his shirt, Meadowlark Lemon-style.

10 LETTERS = 42 SCRABBLE POINTS IF YOU CAN SPELL THIS GUY'S NAME DO IT YOURSELF: CUT OUT THE TILES BELOW AND SPELL!: Friday, August 24, 2007; By Ron Kantowski; Although you won't find it in the NCAA record book, if you could spell Mike Krzyzewski's name in a game of Scrabble, you'd receive 42 points - 5 for K, 1 for R, 10 for Z, 4 for Y, 10 for Z, 1 for E, 4 for W, 1 for S, 5 for K and 1 for I.

World gives Coach K a higher education: Wednesday, August 22, 2007; By Rob Miech; If he's trying to earn his coaching doctorate, Mike Krzyzewski's first exam didn't go so well.

Chasing gold in Vegas: Tuesday, August 21, 2007; By Rob Miech; The U.S. national basketball team has not played in the past three major international finals, a first since the FIBA World Championships started in 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina .

Observing the current global standing of United States basketball makes one wonder ...: Thursday, October 5, 2006; By Ron Kantowski; That kind of reminds me of basketball the way legends such as Oscar Robertson and Rick Barry played it a generation ago, and how soon-to-be legends such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade play it today.

A Las Vegas barber sought out by NBA players: Thursday, September 21, 2006; By Ron Kantowski; Not how well it played, but how good it looked. Anybody who watched the NBA millionaires launch bricks in the semifinals against Greece and fail to defend the pick-and-roll play that is more ancient than their nemesis' homeland also knows there is a difference.

Is there enough pride for Team USA to return to international prominence: Friday, August 4, 2006; By Ron Kantowski; Remember what Barkley said? "You hit me, I'll hit you - even if it doesn't look like he's eaten for a while."

The U.S. national team has embraced media's role while training in Las Vegas: Thursday, August 3, 2006; By Ron Kantowski; There were no practices scheduled that day. No press conferences. Downtown Indianapolis was deader than the bounce pass. Nobody hanging out in the lobby - not so much as a single Division II coach - looking for a job. Just two reporters, desperate for a story, waiting for the Duke bus to arrive.

Hot hoops for summer: Wednesday, July 5, 2006; By Rob Miech; As Jerry Colangelo searched for a site that would meet all of the U.S. national basketball team's training requirements, he kept coming back to the same answer: Las Vegas.