After four consecutive gold medals, the American basketball team kicks off training camp this week with hopes of notching its fifth Olympic win in a row thanks to another star-studded roster led by veterans LeBron James and Stephen Curry.

US senator Ted Cruz voiced criticism over Caitlin Clark's exclusion from the Olympics, calling out the USA Basketball selection committee on social media on Wednesday in response to the WNBA recording its most-watched game in more than 20 years. The game between Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky Sunday marked the most-watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years with an average of 2.25 million people tuning in to CBS with the Fever’s 91-83 victory peaking viewership at nearly 3 million viewers. 

USA Basketball has named the twelve players who will take part in the Olympic Games. This year's top pick in the WNBA Draft was not on the list. The controversial decision has sparked widespread criticism from the basketball world in the USA. "I hope to be there in four years," Clark said upon hearing the news.

WNBA debutant Caitlin Clark scored 20 points but gave up 10 turnovers as her Indiana Fever went down 92-71 to the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA star Brittney Griner reflects on the costly mistake that landed her in a Russian prison in an exclusive interview. In a 20/20 special for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the 33-year-old Phoenix Mercury player sat down with TV host Robin Roberts to talk about her life, career, and her 2022 arrest and imprisonment in Russia.

Basketball star and Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker announced her retirement after 16 WNBA seasons. The 38-year-old from Illinois posted her decision on Instagram Sunday, saying she knew it was time. 

The NBA's all-time leading scorer, LeBron James, reached another milestone in his legendary career on Saturday when he became the first player to pass the 40,000-point mark.

American basketball star Brittney Griner, who was imprisoned in Russia for 10 months before being released in a prisoner swap, was not named Sunday among the 12 players who will represent the national team at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, starting Thursday.

With six months to go until the 2024 Paris Olympics, Steve Kerr's team has officially released its first roster of 41 players, including 23 Olympic gold medallists and world champions.

The U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games with Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Vince Carter, among others, has been nominated for the Basketball Hall of Fame for the first time. Carter and Augustus stand out individually.

The new edition of the Dream Team, the designation for the basketball players of the United States national team when competing with NBA players, will first pass through London with some friendly matches before disembarking in Paris for the XXXIII games of the modern era.

Brittney Griner has been named to a USA Basketball women's training camp in Atlanta which could lead to selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Basketball star Joel Embiid has pledged his allegiance to the United States as he hopes to make his Olympic debut at Paris 2024.

Grant Hill, the newly established managing director of the United States men's basketball team, says athletes no longer need to commit to playing over several years to qualify for Olympic appearances.