Pau Gasol scored 13 points to help lead world champions Spain to a 72-59 victory over Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in Olympic basketball men's Group B play.
After the cheers for LeBron James' dunks, oooohs for Chris Paul's passing and screeching for Mr. China - Kobe Bryant - the Chinese basketball fans Tuesday night did the right thing while the Redeem Team was moving to 2-0. They acknowledged Angola.
Players on Spain's Olympic basketball team defended a photo in an ad showing the players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese.
It wasn't the way Jim Calhoun wanted to spend his summer. Thirty-three times over seven weeks, Connecticut's Hall of Fame basketball coach left his eastern Connecticut home by 5:30 a.m. to make a 45-minute trip to the University of Connecticut Health Center for a dose of radiation.
The Beijing Dream Dancers had just finished doing their thing, though not many in the crowd seemed to care. There were other things to look at on this night, not the least of which was a 7-foot-6 center of attention and his band of overachieving teammates.
President Bush had a pre-game meeting with the U.S. men's basketball team in a corridor of the stadium, posing for pictures and joining the players in a cheer _ "One, two, three, U.S.A. go!"
Much was made about the offensive struggles of the U.S. men's basketball team during the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Americans misfired from the perimeter, weren't good from the free throw line and settled for third place.
The Los Angeles Lakers agreed to terms with guard Sun Yue, who is playing for China and will face Kobe Bryant and the U.S. men's team Sunday in the Beijing Olympics.
Prosecutors say an Everett man who was a custodian and junior varsity basketball coach at the city's high school has been indicted on charges that he raped a 12-year-old boy.
