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FOX6Now.com Milwaukee
Brandon Sprewer's legacy lives on at basketball tourney
FOX6Now.com Milwaukee
He was 22-years-old…but his spirit still lives on through his favorite sport, basketball. This weekend is the 6th annual Brandon Sprewer Special Olympics Basketball Tournament. More than 50 teams from across the state are competing in the former ...

The Hindu
Setback for Indian basketball
Times of India
Sharma was also the secretary of FIBA Middle-Asia Zone and joint secretary of India Olympic Association (IOA). Sharma, the visionary leader of Indian Basketball, led a memorable life. It was an unexpected end to a man who was at the helm of basketball ...
Basketball Federation of India CEO Harish Sharma passes away at 53, IOA ...Indian Sports news
IOA condoles death of BFI CEO Harish SharmaZee News
BFI chief Harish Sharma passes awayThe Hindu

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Olympic boys come up short in loser-out game vs. Foster
Kitsap Sun
By Chuck Stark Well, Olympic High started fast and finished strong, but it still wasn't enough to overcome some erratic play in between as Foster held on to beat the Trojans 62-59 in a Class 2A West Central sub-district loser-out boys basketball game ...

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High School Report: Olympic League roughed up again
Kitsap Sun
By Kitsap Sun staff The Olympic League had a rough time in the West Central sub-district basketball tournaments. The six teams — boys and girls — went a combined 2-for-12 in tournaments Thursday and Friday. The only two winners were the North Kitsap ...

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Girls Basketball: Redskins learn postseason trip denied
Kitsap Sun
By Annette Griffus The Port Townsend girls basketball team won't be playing in the postseason after it lost an appeal to the West Central District Thursday. Port Townsend, the lone Class 1A school in the 3A/2A/1A Olympic League, tied 2A Klahowya for ...

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Girls Basketball: Updated 2A SPSL/Seamount/Olympic tourney schedule
TheNewsTribune.com (blog)
Two games have changed locations in the 2A SPSL/Seamount/Olympic girls basketball tournament. Sumner-Eatonville will be played at Clover Park High and Kingston-Port Angeles has been moved to Klahowya High. Game 11: Renton vs. White River, 6 pm (winner ...
High School Report: Olympic League beat up at sub-districtsKitsap Sun

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Bleacher Report
Brian Scalabrine and the 2012 USA Olympic Basketball Team
Bleacher Report
However, I'm here to tell you that Scalabrine is so entertaining, so valuable and such a good luck charm that he should be included in the 2012 USA Olympic Basketball team. Surely I jest, right? To that I say no. Let's take a look at what we know about ...

Baltimore Sun
Future can wait for Loyola's Shane Walker
Baltimore Sun
Still, it is remarkable that Walker is being considered as a potential Olympian even in a country where soccer — the sport Walker grew up playing and still follows passionately as a fan of Manchester United — is far more popular than basketball.

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Amateur Hour for the GOP
Huffington Post (blog)
Watching the Republican candidates vying for their party's nomination for the last six months reminds me of pre-1992 Olympic basketball games: while the rest of the world was allowed to bring their best players to compete, Americans found themselves ...

Today's Pride of Bed-Stuy: Michael Jordan
Patch.com
February 10, 2012: Professional basketball player, Olympic athlete and businessperson Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when Jordan was very young.

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The Age
Basketballer's alleged attacker bailed
Ninemsn
By Michelle Henderson A Melbourne teenager alleged to have attacked Olympic basketball prospect Rachel Jarry has been released on bail. Jessica Croucher, 18, is accused with two others of punching and kicking Jarry and a female friend of the Opals ...
Bashing accused banned from the CBDHerald Sun
Bail for teen accused of drunken mugging spreeABC Online

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AP Enterprise: US Olympic's London gym nearly done
Fox News
In a few weeks, it will be ready for everyone from stars like swimming's Michael Phelps and basketball's Kobe Bryant to US athletes who are still relatively unknown, offering them privacy to lift, stretch and practice. "We've worked closely with the ...

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AP Enterprise: US Olympic's London gym nearly done
ESPN
In a few weeks, it will be ready for everyone from stars like swimming's Michael Phelps and basketball's Kobe Bryant to US athletes who are still relatively unknown, offering them privacy to lift, stretch and practice. "We've worked closely with the ...

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TIME
Basketball: Great Britain star Jo Leedham aiming to inspire next generation at ...
ChesterChronicle.co.uk
JO LEEDHAM has vowed to do Great Britain proud at this year's London Olympic Games – even though she knows winning a medal is a distant dream. Chester-born Leedham, 24, is the star player of Team GB's women's basketball team and currently plays in one ...
Going to the 2012 London Olympics? Better Be PreparingTIME

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SPORTS: Sequim boys basketball team holds off archrival Port Angeles for ...
Peninsula Daily
The Wolves led by as much as 13 points (51-38) with 2:53 left in the game and rode out the cushion to capture second place in the Olympic League for the first time. The Roughriders, who came charging back to make it close at the end by outscoring ...

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Olympic gold not the focus for Opals: Graf
Ninemsn
Australia's shock fifth placing at the women's basketball world championships may have happened more than 16 months ago, but it's still fresh in the mind of Opals coach Carrie Graf. Graf labels it a reality check for those optimists hoping the Opals ...

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CBC.ca
Kobe & Pau: Lakers teammates, Olympic opponents
ESPN (blog)
From the significance of the "Redeem Team" putting USA Basketball back in the gold medal winners' circle for the first time since 2000; to the sneak preview aspect of USA's roster putting LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh together long before ...
Kobe Bryant says if he could pick one teammate it would be LeBron JamesLarry Brown Sports
Larry Bird would like to team with Kobe for the win, LeBron for the funYahoo! Sports (blog)
Showtime to Lob City; Lakers are playing second fiddle in LAW*USA 9
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Bloguin (blog)
USA Basketball doesn't plan to replace Billups
Yahoo! Sports
Sports Feb 8, 2:21 am EST USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo says he doesn't plan to replace Chauncey Billups on the Olympic team's training camp roster, even though the veteran guard likely won't be healthy enough to participate.
Billups' training camp spot for 2012 London Olympics shouldn't be reservedBloguin (blog)

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Bucs take first Olympic League title outright | Girls basketball
North Kitsap Herald
By KIPP ROBERTSON POULSBO — The 2012 Olympic League title belong to the Kingston Buccaneers girls basketball team. It's the first time the team won the title outright in program history. The Bucs finished up their regular season 14-2 in the league, ...

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Bloguin (blog)
Billups' training camp spot for 2012 London Olympics shouldn't be reserved
Bloguin (blog)
And while he is done for the rest of this season with the Los Angles Clippers, his appearance in this summer's 2012 London Olympics is also in jeopardy. According to a report Marc J. Spears, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo has no intentions of ...

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