By Tom DegunOctober 29 - The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has secured a multi-year rights

including the FIBA Americas Championships in 2013 and 2015, the EuroBaskets in 2013 and 2015, the FIBA Basketball

World Cup which is set to be the biggest basketball event of all time," said FIBA secretary general

International basketball is as exciting as sport gets and it is great that the US audience can continue

Rico.Overall, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes will combine to televise every game.In addition, all Team USA

2012 Olympics, is likely to appear in ESPN’s coverage of FIBA’s major tournaments Securing the Team USA

decent training time in on the water and we've been lucky enough to train alongside the Oracle Team USA

America is so vast things can easily get lost, especially with all the football, basketball and baseball

Name: Pam LitzFrom: USA How long have you been collecting? 

"Es muy bonito," he said of my USA rings pin, so I gave it to him in thanks for his service.

This was the pin that was golden at the time because it featured USA basketball stars Michael Jordan,

finished our meal, Ernesto asked us to come with him because the owner of the restaurant had noticed the USA

Fortunately, I had one more USA rings pin with me, which is what he had hoped for.

allowing visually impaired competitors to participate in the Games for the first time.The Men's Wheelchair Basketball

point.Heidelberg 1972 was a fantastic Games that saw the hosts West Germany top the medal table ahead of the USA

New events such as Lawn Bowls, Women's Basketball and the 100m wheelchair race for men were introduced.Changes

were also made in the classification systems for Athletics, Basketball and Swimming and in total, there

  These were athletics, basketball, dart archery, fencing, lawn bowls, snooker, swimming, table

  The USA finished with the highest number of medals.

By David GoldSeptember 4 - Jerry Colangelo plans to remain as chairman of USA Basketball until the next

I've decided I'm going to continue," Colangelo told USA Today."

What's important is to maintain the credibility and sustainability of USA Basketball."

leaving and has left the door open for him.Although Colangelo has announced that he will stay with USA

goldMay 2012: London 2012 will be my last Olympics admits USA men's basketball head coach KrzyzewskiAugust

: US coach to stay on for London 2012February 2009: USA basketball chief wants to begin preparations

By Tom DegunSeptember 3 - Glasgow Rocks basketball team is poised set to move into the city's new Commonwealth

Hoy Velodrome, host venue for cycling.The Rocks is one of the leading franchises in the British Basketball

home is Glasgow's Kelvin Hall and the team will play its final match at there on September 9 when a USA

By Tom Degun at the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park in LondonAugust 2 - The star-studded United

States men's basketball "Dream Team" continued to prove the show stealers at London 2012 as they routed

New York Nicks led the destruction for his team with a phenomenal game-high 37 points, a US Olympic basketball

their rivals and also continue to draw debate on how this crop of superstars compare with the original USA

Pippen, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, and Charles Barkley of USA

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 30 - London 2012 has started to put thousands of tickets back on sale for the Olympics in an emergency bid to fill the empty seats at venues across the Games.

The other side of it is obviously in basketball, when the Dream Team [the USA basketball team] played

are doing the best we can but it is not an exact science, as we saw with swimming last night and with basketball

shoots versus Florent Pietrus of France in front of a packed crowd at the London 2012 Olympic Park Basketball

At the USA basketball game there were 200 or 300 people who could not get into the accredited area because

 By Philip BarkerIt has been described as the first gold medal of the Games.For the man who revived the Olympics, the Opening Ceremony was much more than that."It must involve solemnity and a ceremonial that must always be in keeping with the prestige that warrants its noble titles and stay strictly within the limits of good taste and moderation," wrote Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

He passed it to basketball star Sergei Belov. There was a gasp as Belov ran straight at the crowd.

Instead it was left to Belgian IOC Prince Alexandre de Merode who escorted two survivors of the 1920 USA

By David GoldJuly 7 - The Australian men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams have been unveiled

Turkey, Spain and Italy in their preliminary group in London.Coach Ben Ettridge said: "We've drawn the USA

Chef de Mission Jason Hellwig said: "Australia has a proud history in wheelchair basketball, having competed

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By Tom DegunJuly 3 - Surrey are welcoming athletes for their final training sessions ahead of London 2012 with 12 international Olympic and Paralympic teams set to use the British county as a base camp in order to put the finishing touches on their preparations for the Games.

For us, London 2012 started back in May with the arrival of the Great Britain women's basketball team

boostDecember 2011: Team GB cyclists choose Surrey as London 2012 Olympics baseOctober 2011: USA

By Sara EvansJune 25 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Nike have unveiled their medal stand apparel and footwear for London 2012, with a special focus on American pride details.

These "thoughtful details" consist of Team USA badges stitched inside jackets above the heart and the

is the outfit for "Look Two" (pictured above, centre) and will be worn by podium atheletes from the basketball

volleyball and water polo US Olympic teams.Champions in the sitting volleyball, soccer, wheelchair basketball

But Michael Jordan and other members of the USA basketball team had contracts with Nike and refused to

By Tom DegunJune 11 - Teresa Edwards, the Chef de Mission of Team USA at the London 2012 Olympic Games

favourites to top the medal table for a second successive Games at London 2012 but Edwards, the former basketball

de Mission steps down over gay marriage rowApril 2011: Double Olympic gold medallist named as USA