Just two day into the FIBA World Championship and one thing is crystal clear. The 24-team FIBA World Championship is the hardest, most competitive international event around. The numbers don’t l...

There are plenty of small reminders that the United States no longer holds a monopoly on basketball. The Americans are No. 2 behind Argentina in the FIBA rankings. The United States has not won a ...

Kelly Olynyk is ready to do whatever he can to help Canada at the FIBA world men’s basketball championship in Izmir, Turkey. He might be asked to do a lot, considering the adversity the Canadians h...

A time will come during the world championships in Turkey — a close game, possibly with a medal at stake — when Team USA, from players to coaches, will rely on Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups. ...

Spain's Jose Manuel Calderon will miss the world championships in Turkey after damaging a thigh muscle, the Spanish federation said in a statement on Monday. The Toronto Raptors guard suffered the ...

LeBron James and his teammates boasted of bringing an ''us against the world'' mentality to the Olympics two years ago. It wasn't necessary. Where they were going, people cheered U.S. players. ...

The U.S. is paring down its roster for the FIBA world basketball championships—which start this month—and the folks in charge have made it clear they're focusing on more than just star power and high ...

Two weeks of basketball in Europe apparently wasn’t enough for Kelly Olynyk — he wants to do it again. Olynyk, a South Kamloops grad and member of the NCAA’s Gonzaga Bulldogs, is in Toronto this we...

Los Angeles Lakers center Pau Gasol has decided not to play for Spain at the world basketball championships this summer, choosing to rest up from three years of nearly nonstop play. After practice ...