A new series of athletics meets in the United States is set for 2021, giving the nation's best more opportunities to compete domestically.

said Jesse Williams of Sound Running, as reported by Runner's World.In 2021, a track series in the USA

Imagine if our basketball or baseball players did that.

USA Bobsled and Skeleton (USABS) has announced Hyperice, a recovery and movement enhancement technology

to meet each athlete's individual needs ©Getty Images"For years Normatec has worked closely with the USA

series of other partnerships with major sporting leagues in the United States.This includes the National Basketball

There comes a time in the life of every elite performer when they have to retire from the sport in which they have excelled, when they have to face the challenges of what can seem like a cold and daunting outside world.

decided not to pursue what would have been a fourth Olympic appearance in the Japanese capital.Australian basketball

been a strong critic of what she sees as the inadequate preventative and restorative measures taken by USA

United States Olympic basketball coach Gregg Popovich has acknowledged that picking a roster for the

Popovich, who is also the head coach of the National Basketball Association (NBA) team San Antonio Spurs

role.Krzyzewski led the US team to three successive gold medals from Beijing 2008 to Rio 2016 in men's basketball

the Games in Tokyo, which are currently scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8 2021.Men's basketball

to follow in the footsteps of Krzyzewski to help the US win its fourth straight gold medal in men's basketball

A pool of between 40 and 50 players will likely be revealed by USA Basketball in early 2021, while the

Former Olympic decathlon champion Rafer Johnson - who also held the distinction of lighting the Olympic Cauldron during the Los Angeles 1984 Opening Ceremony - has passed away aged 86.

Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the US.In addition track and field success, Johnson played basketball

Paralympic Games, it was Johnson who again lit the Memorial Coliseum's Olympic Cauldron in celebration.UCLA, USA

More important memorabilia from Michael Jordan’s legendary career has been put up for auction, including a pair of trainers that could fetch a record price.

The trainers are from the fourth game of the 1991 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals when the

Thursday (December 3).The vest has a starting price of $260,000 (£195,000/€215,000).Vaccaro, now 81, told USA

dunk, his first game, this one, that one and they’re all valuable and people save them," Vaccaro told USA

Basketball star LeBron James and footballer Megan Rapinoe are among a number of American Olympians to

 This includes James, who earned Olympic gold with the US in the men's basketball contest at Beijing

messages on Twitter, including a superimposed photo of Biden blocking Trump from scoring two points in a basketball

 "But as a representative of the USA on the world stage, I stand a bit taller today knowing that

Assistant coach to the American Los Angeles 1984 and Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medal winning basketball

Darsch helped the American women's team earn their first Olympic gold medal in basketball at Los Angeles

week in her hometown of Plymouth in Massachusetts.During her career, she guided the Ohio State women’s basketball

 Darsch moved on to the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and was the first coach of

 "Her contributions to the advancement of both collegiate and professional women’s basketball and

 "Basketball wisdom or life wisdom." 

Last week, triathlon became the latest to stir sport’s alphabet soup. In a sport known for rapid changeovers between swim-bike-run, it entered the water as the International Triathlon Union or ITU and finished up as the "World Triathlon."

exerted on the athlete community by the NOC or its member federations.”It had also learned that Olympic basketball

Their acronym remains unchanged as USA but in June 2019 the United States Olympic Committee formally

American basketball star LeBron James is reportedly planning to compete at next year's Olympic Games

 He did not play at Rio 2016, however, withdrawing after completing a long National Basketball Association

wants to plan on being able to play, but no one can totally commit under these circumstances," said USA

Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo.James, currently for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA

the pandemic, with the Olympics pushed back by a year to be scheduled for July 23 to August 8.Team USA

will hope to have James play as he is  widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players

Tributes have been paid to the former President of USA Basketball and National Collegiate Athletic Association

century, having served as USA Basketball President from 2001 to 2004 and also serving on the Board of

Tom was a steadfast supporter and a tireless contributor to USA Basketball, international basketball

and the NCAA," said USA Basketball chief executive Jim Tooley."

USA Basketball."

Tom was a good friend and mentor to me and to many others at USA Basketball – he will be missed."

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is reportedly set to furlough about 600 employees for three to eight weeks.

timings of their duties.The news comes after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NCAA to cancel its men’s basketball

costs across the national office," Emmert reportedly said in the memo obtained by AP.The March Madness basketball

executives are believed to be unaffected by the cost-saving move.But earlier this year it was reported by USA

A new law called a "College Athletes Bill of Rights" has moved closer to being introduced in the United States which, if it is adopted, will drastically improve the rights of sportsmen and women attending university.

$40 million (£31 million/€34 million) thanks to successful multi-million dollar American football and basketball

been willing to do on its own," Booker, a former American football player at Stanford University, told USA

The boom in Michael Jordan memorabilia is set to continue following the success of “The Last Dance” documentary broadcast on Netflix earlier this year.

pair of the "Olympic" Air Jordan 7.Jordan wore this pair during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as part of USA

basketball’s "Dream Team", a squad that included National Basketball Association (NBA) legends Magic

Karl Malone, along with Jordan’s Chicago Bulls team mate Scottie Pippen.The trainers feature a Team USA

of a sports legend’s extraordinary career whose influence and impact continues to transcend beyond basketball

United States President Donald Trump has presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 1968 Olympic silver medallist and former world mile record holder Jim Ryun.

After being cut from the church baseball team and the junior high school basketball team, I began ending

 At 17 years of age, he had forced himself into the USA team for the 1500m at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Jordan and Tiger Woods.He is the second sportsman to receive this award from President Trump, after 1960 basketball