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Italy - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Italy The village of Vernazza in the Cinque Terre (‘five lands’), in Liguria in northern Italy. Italy also agreed to pay substantial reparations over seven years, and provisions were made for the demilitarization of frontiers and of islands in the Mediterranean and for the limitation of armed forces. The village of Riomaggiore, one of the Cinque Terre (‘five lands’) villages on the Ligurian coast in northern Italy. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Italy   (6604 words)

Italy national basketball team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Italian National Basketball Team is managed by the Italian Basketball Federation. Italy has won 2 European Championships, 2 Olympic Silver medals, and has participated at 31 European Championships, 7 World Championships and 10 Olympic Games. 1939- 6th place; 2-5 (6th of 8 teams in round-robin format with no playoffs) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Italy_national_basketball_team   (236 words)

Guilford College - Men's Basketball Release (2004-05) - Guilford vs. Italian Jr. National Team The Italian Junior National Team is Guilford's first international men's basketball opponent. Italy's senior national team drew worldwide acclaim by winning the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. Greensboro, NC (11/3/04) -- Guilford College's men's basketball team opens the 2004-05 season with a special exhibition game against the Italian Junior National Team Wednesday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m. www.guilford.edu /athletics/athletics.cfm?ID=a000755   (382 words)

Italian Basketball Federation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It organises national competitions in Italy and the Italian national basketball team. The Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) (Italian: Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro) is the governing body of basketball in Italy. It is a member of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Italian_Basketball_Federation   (83 words)

Italy trounces U.S. in Euro tuneup - Basketball - MSNBC.com Italy not only made 15 from behind the arc but also showed superior ball movement and poise in handing the Americans their most lopsided defeat since pros began competing in 1992. Italy, whose roster is filled entirely by players from that country’s league, was led by Giacomo Galanda’s 28 points and Gianluca Basile’s 25. On Italy’s next two trips down the floor, Basile made 3-pointers that stretched the underdogs’ lead to 62-52. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5592755?GT1=4529   (763 words)

Italy IISD Italy ISD does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex or handicap in providing education services. Italy ISD is fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency and continually strives to be on the cutting edge of providing a well-defined academic curriculum for the students. The Italy ISD educators believe that all children should be educated to their best of their abilities with learning opportunities tailored to individual needs. www.italyisd.org   (622 words)

Sydney 2000: Basketball The U.S. men's basketball team was underwhelming for the second time in this Olympics, but had plenty of firepower to drift past France, 106-94, and into the quarterfinals. Many of the National Basketball Association's young stars will be on display in the Olympic basketball tournament -- and not just for the United States. The American men slammed Italy, 93-61, to notch their second easy win of the Olympic basketball competition. www.npr.org /news/specials/olympics2000/basketball.html   (881 words)

BBC SPORT Olympics 2004 Basketball Dream Team 2004 Fresh out of college basketball and the champion University of Connecticut team, Okafor was the second pick in the recent draft, joining the NBA's newest team. Odom is returning to the city where he first made his name in basketball having broken into the NBA with the Clippers in 1999. He was the leading scorer for the Nuggets in the regular season could not help his team progress beyond the first round of the play-offs. news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics_2004/basketball/3480131.stm   (1186 words)

FIBA.com - International Basketball Federation - international and national basketball news BULLERI brought Italy back in front with five straight points and then finished the quarter with free throws that gave his team a 23-20 lead. Italy upped the lead to 11 points, 63-52, to start the final quarter, but with ARROYO hitting five points, Puerto Rico came within 66-60 with 6:20 to play. Italy is going forward, while Puerto Rico will play in Saturday morning's fifth-place game against the loser of the Greece vs. Argentina quarterfinal later on Thursday. fiba.com /pages/en/news/latest_news_article.asp?cookietest=done&r_act_news=3586&r_cat=8&page=1   (1149 words)

ESPN.com: Olympics The coach of the Serbia-Montenegro basketball team has been told to respect Olympic guidelines and avoid further outbursts. The U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans. Led by Tina Thompson, U.S. women's basketball became the latest American golden girls Saturday, capturing a third straight gold. sports.espn.go.com /oly/summer04/basketball/index   (256 words)

We Got No Game (washingtonpost.com) Since the rules were changed to allow players from the National Basketball Association to compete for the first time in 1992, the United States did not defeat as much as emasculate the competition. Beaten by purer shooters and better passers three times in 13 days, a U.S. team composed exclusively of NBA professionals will not win the gold medal for the first time, a fact that has many asking what is wrong with basketball in the United States. From basketball's inclusion in the Games in 1936 until this summer, the United States had won every gold medal save three -- in 1972, in a controversial loss to the Soviet Union, 1980, the year of the boycott, and 1988, in Seoul. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A38887-2004Aug27.html   (1896 words)

Serbia Info News / Golden decades of Yugoslav basketball The basketball team of Yugoslavia arrived in 1950 to Buenos Aires to the First World Basketball Championship instead of Italy, which cancelled its participation. In the first match, the "blue" team was defeated by Peru, and Nebojsa Popovic, the captain and the coach of the team, scored the first, historical shot for Yugoslavia. Without long and serious preparations, without coach and with a team gathered in a short time, Yugoslavia was already condemned to be the last. www.serbia-info.com /news/2000-01/06/16635.html   (166 words)

Women's Basketball: UCSB a Breeding Ground for WNBA - Daily Nexus Online It’s certainly presumptuous to rename UCSB the minor leagues for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) but the Gauchos have created a credible reputation with professional basketball teams, graduating a bevy of talent to the next level over the last few years. Mann has done some traveling through basketball over her college career, playing for Team USA in Croatia in 2003 and with UCSB in Australia last summer. UCSB Head Coach Mark French and the coaching staff have deliberately worked on some of the weaker parts of Mann’s game to improve the Gaucho basketball team but also to prepare her for a career after Santa Barbara. www.ucsbdailynexus.com /sports/2005/8759.html   (833 words)

JAZZ: Basketball without Borders Basketball without Borders also marks a significant return for Jaric, Nachbar and Tskitishvili, all of whom played with professional teams in Italy before joining the NBA last season. In addition to basketball instruction and competition, the young players will share living quarters with their new teammates, eat three meals a day together and participate in a seminar, led by UNICEF intended to promote leadership, support education and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS education and prevention. The inaugural Basketball without Borders took place in July 2001, with Vlade Divac of the Sacramento Kings, Toni Kukoc of the Milwaukee Bucks and five other NBA players from the former Yugoslavia uniting to work with 50 children from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYRO Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia Montenegro. www.nba.com /jazz/news/bwb_052103.html   (1017 words)

Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / U.S. Basketball Team Hope to Do Better Against Turkey That match was a marked improvement after a narrow win over Germany and a 95-78 thrashing at the hands of Italy, the worst defeat since National Basketball Association (NBA) players joined the U.S. team in 1992. The U.S. men's basketball team have a long way to go win the Olympic gold medal and see their games against Turkey as a chance to build on progress so far on their European tour, head coach Larry Brown said Saturday. ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The U.S. men's basketball team have a long way to go win the Olympic gold medal and see their games against Turkey as a chance to build on progress so far on their European tour, head coach Larry Brown said Saturday. www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2004/08/07/us_basketball_team_hope_to_do_better_against_turkey?mode=PF   (534 words)

Africabasket - Zambia Basketball The Zambia basketball national team emerged third from five countries that participated in the qualifiers, losing a match each to eventual winners South Africa and hosts Mozambique. ZBA president Sam Mukando said the team was shaping up for the regional tournament at Lusaka’s National Sports Development (NASDEC).And a check at NASDEC revealed that only 16 players had so far reported for the training that has been going on for the last one week, with players from the Copperbelt still being awaited. And national team coach Lovemore Sikaale has said the team is ready for the tournament. www.africabasket.com /zam/zam.asp   (1914 words)

'BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS': NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STARS TO CONDUCT CAMP FOR CHILDREN FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA VIENNA, 26 March (UN Information Service) -- Nine National Basketball Association (NBA) players, led by veterans Vlade Divac of the Sacramento Kings and a native of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Toni Kukoc of the Atlanta Hawks and a native of Croatia, will conduct a basketball camp in Treviso, Italy, from The three-day event, "Basketball without Borders", also will include seminars designed to promote leadership, conflict resolution and living a healthy life without drugs, as part of the celebration of the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed 26 June 2001. "The NBA is proud to work with the United Nations to promote goodwill around the world and to use the sport of basketball as a common language for global peace, friendship and sportsmanship", said Mr. www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2001/socnar823.doc.htm   (333 words)

Africabasket - Angolan Basketball The national under-20 pre-selection male basketball team concentrates Tuesday at the headquarters of the Angolan Federation of this modality, taking into account the participation in the tournament of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) scheduled for next June in Namibia. The teams of Interclube and Athletic Sport Aviation (ASA) play on Saturday, at "28 de Fevereiro" pavilion, the highlight match of the sixth round of the second stage of the national basketball senior males tournament. After four rounds in the second stage of the national senior males basketball championships, 1º de Agosto remains in the leadership of the competition with 22 points, two ahead of Petro de Luanda in the second position. www.africabasket.com /ang/ang.asp   (1068 words)

PISTONS: Billups Named To USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team Program USA Basketball also sanctions U.S. basketball team tours of foreign countries and foreign basketball team tours of the U.S., as well as oversees the certification of FIBA and USA Basketball officials and the assignment of those officials to international competitions. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the United States by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions. Additionally, Rudy Tomjanovich, head coach of the gold medalist 2000 U.S. Olympic basketball team and head coach of the Houston Rockets NBA Championship teams in 1994 and 1995, was named Director of Scouting for the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program for 2006-08. www.nba.com /pistons/news/billups_USAB.html   (6648 words)

International Spirit of Basketball Embodied at Indiana University The 2005-2006 Indiana University basketball team exemplifies this international version of the game in America’s heartland. Many basketball analysts agree that international players are more fundamentally sound and do not play as many games as their American counterparts, focusing instead on practice and allowing players to work extensively on all aspects of their game. Today, young basketball players are coming to the United States from all over the world to play on top college teams and in the professional league. usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=October&x=20051014155042btruevecer0.9603235&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html   (1036 words)

AsianSportsNet.com - Asian Athletes Analysis of the players of China's National Basketball Team and their performance in the 2004 Summer Olympics. We are also impressed with his team loyalty, as all seven seasons in the NFL has been with his home team, the Cowboys. Chinese basketball scouts measure this 7'6" tall basketball player, who was quite young at age 19 and with plenty of potential. www.asiansportsnet.com   (3038 words)

Basketball loss a wake-up call for change This is the same team that needed a buzzer-beater, half-court prayer to beat the German National team, a team which failed to qualify for the Olympics. Sunday, the U.S. Men's basketball team suffered only their third loss in 112 Olympic games, 92-73, to the team from Puerto Rico. This team won by an average of 43.5 points a game during their run to the gold medal. www.dcmilitary.com /army/pentagram/9_34/sports   (753 words)

IBN Athens 2004 - Angola Basketball The Angolan National Basketball Team has bravely represented the African continent for many years. Their newest national coach, the Portuguese legand Mario Palma (coaching his teams to championships throughout the 90s), coaches the Angolan professional team "August 1st (Primeiro de Agosto)," and has added his club's stars to the roster. Coimbra has since retired from the National Team. www.interbasket.net /olympics/2004/countries/Angola/Angola.htm   (324 words)

Bloomberg.com: Latin America Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Italy beat the U.S. basketball team 95- 78 in an exhibition game, handing the Americans their worst defeat since National Basketball Association players were admitted to international competitions in 1992. USA Basketball was unable to convince many of its first choices to play on the national team. The U.S. team, which is composed mostly of NBA All-Stars, has lost two games in Olympics history and is among the favorites to win the gold medal in Athens later this month. quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=a2m1E4.pdV4s&refer=latin_america   (475 words)

RP TEAM RETURNS HOME FROM ITALY TONIGHT Italian team manager Claudio Silvestri thanked the PBA for accepting the FIP’s invitation to participate in the Sondrio tournament which was free to the public and not supervised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The Italian national team is lined up to play in several exhibition tournaments—the first of which was in Sondrio—during its summer training camp. Consultant Paul Howard, who flew in from Los Angeles to help out as an outsider looking in, noted the national team must work harder in physical conditioning and play more like a college squad with a stress on the pass-screen offense and a deemphasis on the one-on-one pro style. www.newsflash.org /2002/06/sp/sp001989.htm   (533 words)

The New York Times > Sports > Olympics > 'Dream Team' Can Do No Better Than Bronze Soon, a downtrodden American team would exit into a tunnel, in front of David Stern, the National Basketball Association commissioner. Soon, an emotional Argentine basketball team would be celebrating in the middle of the court, in front of a cheering crowd. When the United States began fielding stars from the National Basketball Association in 1992, the Americans re-established their dominance, and went 24-0 in Olympic competition through the 2000 Sydney Games. www.nytimes.com /2004/08/27/sports/olympics/27cnd-men-hoops.html?ex=1251345600&en=ed6d8aa2a189ea4e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland   (877 words)

The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports Played professional baseball in 1885-90; pitcher for Chicago and Pittsburgh teams; president of National Baseball League. As mayor, was instrumental in convincing the New York Giants baseball team to move to San Francisco, as well as the construction of Candlestick Park for the team. One of 13 part-owners of the New York Yankees baseball team in 1973-75, and was also part owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Birmingham Stallions football teams. politicalgraveyard.com /occ/pro-sports.html   (3410 words)

AllSports' National Basketball Association (NBA) News Olimpia Milano is Italy's version of baseball's New York Yankees and the NBA's Boston Celtics with 25 championships in the Italian Professional Basketball League. Bryant, one of the NBA's most recognizable stars at the tender age of 21, grew up in Italy and attended school there until the eighth grade while his father Joe established himself as one of the premier players in the IPBL. It is believed the acquisition marks the first time an active professional athlete has purchased a substantial interest in another pro sports team. www.allsports.com /nba/news/12-14-1999.htm   (490 words)

Italia Italy National Olympic Basketball Jersey of Ginaluca Basile - Euro Jersey Imports While the Italian National team is not among Europe's strongest Italy won the Silver Medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Highly demanded and finally here is the Italia (Italy) national Olympic basketball jersey of Gianluca Basile. The star point guard of the champion San Antonio Spurs and the leading member of the Franch National team. www.eurojerseyimports.com /product/Nation/Italy.html   (144 words)

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