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LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics. Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936.
2018 Leicester helicopter crash – killed five, including football club owner and two staff members; 2019 Piper PA-46 Malibu crash – killed footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot, traveling to his new club; 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash – killed several American athletes, including Kobe Bryant
Basketball has a considerably higher ratio of African-Americans than other sports. [4] Other deaths were caused by drug abuse. [5] Included are NBA players, WNBA players, college players, and players in other notable leagues who died before their retirement from basketball. Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be ...
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. [1] The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
He was named MVP at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and has twice been named the USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year. In Paris, he became USA's all-time Olympic scorer among men and women.
Turlock High School basketball coach John Williams is pictured celebrating in 2020. Williams, 48, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, from injuries suffered in a car crash.
The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. [1]
The post Two-time ABA champion and Indiana Mr. Basketball winner George McGinnis dies at 73 appeared first on TheGrio. The groundbreaking McGinnis, who captivated ABA and NBA fans with his one ...