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Top Ten Biggest Sporting Events in November 2024
As the holiday season nears, November blesses sports fans with a loaded calendar of sports. These are Deadspin's top ten biggest sporting events in November....

Must-See college basketball matchups in 2024-25
There are some households that put up Christmas trees on Halloween, and dye eggs while the snow flies. ,And there are those homes where college basketball is a foreign concept retrained every year only after college football and NFL seasons hit hibernation.,Don't be those guys. ,College buckets are ...

Division I Council cuts transfer portal windows to 30 total days
The NCAA Division I Council voted Tuesday in favor of shortening the transfer portal windows for both football and basketball.,The timeframes in which athletes could enter the transfer portal had already been trimmed once from 60 to 45 days. Tuesday's decision brought those windows down to a combine...
College Basketball Schedule Must See Non-Conference Games in 2024
The college basketball schedule is here for 2024, and these are the non-conference games that you don't want to miss....

U.S. women win basketball gold over France by a foot
The United States -- behind 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks from A'ja Wilson won its 61st consecutive game in women's Olympic basketball play and captured its eighth consecutive gold medal, beating France 67-66 in a gritty battle Sunday in the closing event of the Paris Olympics.,The game did...
Who Could Start for Team USA Men's Basketball in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
The United States won gold in men's basketball on Saturday, but who will represent Team USA in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles?...

Team USA downs France, secures 5th straight gold medal
Stephen Curry poured in 24 points as the United States grabbed the gold medal in the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics with a 98-87 victory over France on Saturday., ,The Americans also downed the French in the final at the 2020 Tokyo Games, which were held in 2021 because of the COV...

U.S. women's basketball team faces France, aims for eighth straight gold
An eighth consecutive gold medal in women's basketball is within reach for the United States.,The Americans will face home-country France on Sunday morning at Bercy Arena in Paris in the tournament final.,The U.S. (5-0) is riding a 60-game winning streak in Olympic play that dates back to 1992, wher...

Serbia defeats Germany for men's basketball bronze
PARIS -- Serbia cruised to men's basketball bronze by defeating Germany 93-83 at the Olympics on Saturday.,The bronze medal is the consolation after Serbia missed a chance to play for gold when they lost by four points to a high-octane U.S. team in the final minutes of their semifinal game two days ...

Report: Kevin Durant to start for Team USA in final
When Team USA faces France in the men's basketball gold-medal game on Saturday, Kevin Durant will make his first start in the Paris Olympics, The Athletic reported on Friday night. ,Durant, the all-time leading scorer for Team USA, is looking to become the first American man to win four gold medals ...

Gold rush: U.S. looks to flatten France in basketball final
The United States will hope history repeats itself when it plays France in the final of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.,At the 2020 Tokyo Games, the U.S. and France played for a gold medal for the third time in Olympic history, with the Americans prevailing 87-82. ...

Brittney Griner goes for third gold, far removed from Russian prison
PARIS -- When she was in a Russian penal colony, Brittney Griner was not sure she would ever play basketball again, let alone play in her third Olympic gold-medal game at the Paris Games.,The 33-year-old Griner, who had played professionally in Russia in addition to playing in the WNBA, was detained...
Team USA vs. France for Olympic Gold Medal in Men's Basketball: Of Course This is the Matchup
Team USA is one win away from winning the gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The hometown team, France, has an opportunity to pull one of the biggest upsets ever....

Steph Curry's 36 sparks Team USA to second-half rally past Serbia
Stephen Curry poured in a game-high 36 points and hit a crucial go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:24 left in regulation, lifting the United States to a 95-91 victory over Serbia on Thursday afternoon in the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics. ,The Americans, who have taken h...

Chasing 60th straight win, U.S. women meet Australia in hoops semis
The pursuit of an eighth consecutive gold medal in women's basketball at the Summer Olympics will continue Friday for the United States when it faces Australia in the semifinals in Paris.,Team USA (4-0) is coming off a dominant 88-74 quarterfinals victory over Nigeria on Wednesday, which marked the ...

Team USA favored to hand Serbia another lopsided Olympic defeat
The United States has scored two decisive victories over Serbia in the lead up to Thursday's showdown in the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics, and the Americans are expected to notch a third en route to the gold medal game.,Team USA is a 16.5-point favorite at Draf...

U.S. men wary of third meeting with Serbia, Nikola Jokic
No introductions are needed when the United States and Serbia meet in the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament on Thursday at the Paris Olympics., ,Serbia features plenty of NBA talent -- Denver Nuggets star center and three-time league MVP Nikola Jokic, Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovi...

USA, France, Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Devin Booker scored 18 points and LeBron James flirted with a double-double as the United States defeated Brazil 122-87 on Tuesday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics., ,Team USA will face Serbia in the semifinals after the latter beat Aus...

France, Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Franz Wagner and Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Paris Olympics men's basketball tournament.,Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroeder chipped in 13 as the World Cup winners improved...

Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Franz Wagner and Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Paris Olympics men's basketball tournament.,Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroeder chipped in 13 as the World Cup winners improved...