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	Competitive Intelligence: 2004 Summer Olympiad Opens in Athens — U.S. Basketball Taken to the Woodshed
		I didn't need to see Puerto Rico rout the United States to know that the world is playing great basketball; didn't need to see the United States shoot 35 percent to know that the team we've sent to the Olympics has no outside shooter, and maybe only an outside shot at the gold medal.
		Puerto Rico's 40-year-old center, José Ortiz, all but cautioned the United States team that this had better be the last time the Americans play a team for chumps.
		This is a young American team, the youngest since the United States started using professional players, in the 1992 Barcelona Games.
	www.aurorawdc.com /ci/000181.html

	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)

	PISTONS: Billups Named To USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team Program
		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.
		Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the national governing body for men's and women's basketball in the United States.
		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.
	www.nba.com /pistons/news/billups_USAB.html (6648 words)

	We Got No Game (washingtonpost.com)
		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.
		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.
		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 (1887 words)

	'BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS': NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STARS TO CONDUCT CAMP FOR CHILDREN FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
		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.
		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
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2001/socnar823.doc.htm (333 words)

	Sydney 2000: Basketball
		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 United States made its 2000 Olympic men's basketball debut a convincing one, pounding China 119-72 after being down by as much as six points early in the game.
		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.
	www.npr.org /news/specials/olympics2000/basketball.html (881 words)

	U.S. Men Slammed by Puerto Rico (washingtonpost.com)
		Since professional players from the National Basketball Association were first invited in 1992, the United States was a perfect 24-0.
		Since the "Dream Team" stormed to the gold in Barcelona -- winning by an average of more than 40 points, then being begged to pose for photographs by their opponents -- international basketball has improved drastically.
		The only other time the United States failed to sweep all its games and win gold was in 1972, when the Soviets took a controversial victory in which replays showed the clock had expired when the Soviets hit the winning shot in the gold medal game.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A3480-2004Aug15.html (1148 words)

	The New York Times > Sports > Olympics > 'Dream Team' Can Do No Better Than Bronze
		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.
		In 2002, a United States team of N.B.A. players lost on consecutive nights to Argentina and Yugoslavia, ending a string of 58 victories in international competition.
		Soon, a downtrodden American team would exit into a tunnel, in front of David Stern, the National Basketball Association commissioner.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/08/27/sports/olympics/27cnd-men-hoops.html?ex=1251345600&en=ed6d8aa2a189ea4e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (877 words)

	Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog: US Basketball Team Stuns US Basketball Team
		In Puerto Rico, the United States controls nationality and citizenship; currency; foreign relations; commerce; military service; mining and minerals; social security; the postal system; and the list goes on and on.
		The United States Olympic beach volleyball team will lose in an upset to the District of Columbia's beach volley ball team?
		Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog: US Basketball Team Stuns US Basketball Team
	nationalcenter.org /2004/08/us-basketball-team-stuns-us-basketball.html (628 words)

	International Games News April 2004
		Twenty national teams from the region are expected to compete in aquatics, athletics, basketball, floor hockey, football, table tennis.
		This has severely restricted the travel budget for Malawi's team, and Malawi will now only be able to send six track and field athletes the games, leaving their, football, boxing, netball, basketball teams and disabled sports athletes at home.
		The United State Olympic Committee has determined legal basis to prevent synchronized swimmer Tammy Crow from being on the 2004 U.S. Olympic team.
	www.internationalgames.net /april2004.html (628 words)

	Why Puerto Rico Has Its Own Team - How the insular territory made it to Athens. By Alexander Barnes Dryer
		Following the lopsided 92-73 defeat the Puerto Rican men's basketball team handed the United States in Athens Sunday, many Americans were shocked.
		Not only did the U.S. team lose for only the third time in the history of its Olympic competition, it lost to a commonwealth of the United States.
		Puerto Rico can send athletes to Greece because the International Olympic Committee, the governing body that makes all decisions about the administration and operation of the games, has recognized the island's National Olympic Committee.
	slate.msn.com /id/2105234 (628 words)

	Bibliography. BAM! Body and Mind.
		United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service: www.fsis.usda.gov, downloaded, November 2, 2005.
		National Inline BasketBall League: www.nibbl.com, downloaded, July 2001.
		National Inline BasketBall League: www.nibbl.com; 1999 Player of the Year,
	www.bam.gov /site_bibliography.html (5184 words)

	Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Puerto Ricans' best chance of a medal lies with the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team, that defeated the Dream Team of the United States 92-73 on the opening game.
		National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
		Puerto Rico is represented by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee and is abbreviated PUR.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Puerto_Rico_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (5184 words)

	Puerto Rican national basketball team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In August 15, 2004, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team became the second team in history to defeat the United States Olympic basketball team by recording only the third loss in Olympic competition for the U.S. team, and the first since NBA players were allowed to compete.
		The Puerto Rican National Basketball Team (or Puerto Rican National Basketball Selection) is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico.
		In 1987, the men's sub-21 national team also brought national pride to basketball fans in Puerto Rico, winning the gold medal at the sub-21 Centrobasket, held in Caguas, Puerto Rico, defeating the Cuban team by a score of 94-78 in the championship game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puerto_Rican_national_basketball_team (5184 words)

	Asia Times
		The Philippines was one of the first countries outside the United States to have a professional basketball league.
		Whereas the Philippines used to be the dominant basketball team in Asia, these days it regularly gets beaten by China, Japan and South Korea.
		Since much of the world has taken up the game of basketball in the past 15 years, the Philippines' international standing has plummeted considerably.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/DG04Ae04.html (1205 words)

	Italy trounces U.S. in Euro tuneup - Basketball - MSNBC.com
		But the United States is sending its youngest team to the Olympics — the average age is 23½ — since the door opened for NBAers.
		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.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5592755?GT1=4529 (763 words)

	Dream Team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dream Team was the unofficial nickname of the United States men's basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
		Dream Team VI The humiliating outcome in 2002 prompted a number of NBA superstars to agree to join the team for the 2003 Tournament of the Americas, which the squad was required to participate in to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The American team that competed in the 1998 World Championships in Athens, Greece is not considered a Dream Team, as none of its players were current members of NBA teams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dream_Team (763 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: How should a New Yorker, an American citizen, proud of his or her Puerto Rican heritage, react to the victories or defeats of athletes representing the USA and Puerto Rico?
		The composition of the Puerto Rico team is mostly made up of players who have temporarily packed away their jerseys from professional teams in the United States or elsewhere to represent the island of their birth, residency or cultural identification.
		Several years ago, Puerto Rico's Superior Basketball League, judged him to be "non-Puerto Rican," when he played for the Caguas Criollos, even though he was born in Puerto Rico, of Puerto Rican parents and lived on the island until the age of 8 before moving with his family to Brooklyn, New York.
		Puerto Rican sports authorities have traditionally "free lanced" when it came to deciding who is or is not Boricua in international competitions.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2004/vol8n35/Poll0835-en.shtml (763 words)

	Hawkeyes look forward to new competition
		The Philippine team that the Hawkeyes will face is beginning an 11-game tour of the United States with its visit to Iowa.
		IOWA CITY -- After two weeks of beating up on each other, the Iowa basketball team gets its first and earliest-ever taste of outside competition today.
		It is an older team with players ranging in age from 24 to 35 and remains largely intact from the one that won the Jones Cup -- the Asian championship and a qualifier for world competition -- in August.
	www.qctimes.com /sports/981031_story9.html (284 words)

	Asia-Basket - Vietnam Basketball
		At the time of his appointment, Coach Magallanes was in charge of the grade school teams in La Salle-Greenhills and an assistant coach with the STI College Olympians of the NAASCU and the Quezon Coco Huskers of the United Regional Basketball League (URBL).
		Actually fourteen men’s basketball teams and 14 women’s squads from schools across the country have registered to complete in the event.
		Philippine national coach David D. Zamar of the Men’s team recommended Coach Magallanes for the post.
	www.asia-basket.com /vie/vie.asp (565 words)

	Alleba Filipino Directory Philippines > Sports and Leisure > Sports > Basketball
		National Basketball Association (NBA) - Official website of the National Basketball Association of the United States.
		Metropolitan Basketball Association - Homepage of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA).
		Philippine Basketball Association - The Official Website of the Philippine Basketball Association
	www.alleba.com /Sports_and_Leisure/Sports/Basketball (156 words)

	FIBA.com - International Basketball Federation - international and national basketball news
		Lithuania is a very good and talented team, but we all know that in fact all the talent, the art, the physical attributes lie with the United States.
		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.
	fiba.com /pages/en/news/latest_news_article.asp?cookietest=done&r_act_news=3586&r_cat=8&page=1 (1149 words)

	International Spirit of Basketball Embodied at Indiana University
		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.
		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.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=October&x=20051014155042btruevecer0.9603235&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html (1036 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - 2004 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team Roster Strengthened With Addition Of Five Versatile Standouts
		USA Olympic teams featuring NBA players are 240 since making their first appearance at the 1992 Olympics and the U.S. has won the last three Olympic titles when NBA players have participated (1992, 1996, and 2000).
		Marbury is a two-time All-NBA Third Team selection (2000 and 2003) and a two-time NBA All-Star (2001 and 2003).
		Since first fielding in 1992 a team of legendary NBA stars, USA Basketball Senior National Teams have competed in eight international basketball competitions and compiled a stellar 693 record, and have posted a record of 180 in exhibition games.
	www.olympic-usa.org /73_20350.htm (3021 words)

	National Basketball Association -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		professional basketball league formed in the United States in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (founded 1946).
		In ten seasons as a guard with the Boston Celtics he established National Basketball Association (NBA) career records for free throw shooting averages (3,143 successful throws in 3,557 attempts; in...
		It is a single-elimination tournament (a loss brings elimination) with 32 of the nation's outstanding college teams invited...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9054960 (939 words)

	The Official Site of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team
		USA Basketball announced May 26 that nine individuals, including some of the United States' most experienced and successful basketball executives, had been named to serve on the newly formed USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Program Advisory Panel.
		USA Basketball announced on June 2 that eight US Olympic basketball head coaches and 12 renowned Olympic basketball players dating back to the 1956 US Olympic team have agreed to be part of a working group to provide input with respect to the future of the USA Basketball senior men's national team program.
		With Krzyzewski at the helm, the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team will compete in the 2006 FIBA World Championship (Aug. 19-Sept. 3 in Saitama, Japan); if necessary the 2007 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament (dates and site TBD); and if the USA qualifies, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games (Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China).
	www.usabasketball.com /seniormen (1212 words)

	United States Futsal Federation
		Soccer, is the national governing body for Futsal in the United States.
		The U.S. Futsal National Team concluded the First Round holding Japan (0-2-1, 1 Point) to a 1:1 draw in Group C action at the National Taiwan University Gymnasium in Taipei City on Thursday.
		Futsal is a sport that is a derivative of soccer and played with five-man teams on a basketball style court, with no walls and a low bouncing ball, unlike the traditional sport of U.S. indoor soccer played with six-man squads and walls.
	www.futsal.com (1212 words)

	Outside The Beltway : Why Puerto Rico Has Its Own Olympic Team
		Not only did the U.S. team lose for only the third time in the history of its Olympic competition, it lost to a commonwealth of the United States.
		Puerto Rico has their own team because it’s no a state, it’s a COMMONWEALTH, all COMMONWEALTHS have they’re own Olympic team, I dont see whats the questioning in either PR has or hasnt an Olympic team, for me its absurd to even question about that.
		Puerto Rico can send athletes to Greece because the International Olympic Committee, the governing body that makes all decisions about the administration and operation of the games, has recognized the island's National Olympic Committee.
	www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/7224 (1212 words)

	New York City
		Giving some credence to the city's self-designation as "capital of the world", the United Nations headquarters is located in New York.
		New York City is home to two minor league baseball teams.
		Outsiders are frequently unaware that few baseball fans in New York are fans of both teams at once.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/new_york_city_1 (1212 words)

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