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Team USA cruises past Panama en route to its first victory at the AmeriCup basketball tournament
U.S. notched its first win of this year's AmeriCup by rolling past Panama 88-58 on Monday. The Americans (1-1) led by as many as 38 points, never trailed and outscored Panama 48-9 from 3-point range.

U.S. blows out Venezuela 101 - 49, advances to AmeriCup quarter finals
For the U.S., the 52-point margin was its biggest in an AmeriCup game since a 123-59 victory over the Virgin Islands in 2007. That team featured NBA players -- Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd among them -- prepping for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Norris Cole lifts Team USA by Puerto in AmeriCup quarterfinals
The Americans will face either Argentina or Venezuela on Saturday in the semifinals, with the medal-round games -- either for gold or bronze -- coming Sunday.

Gabriel Deck lifts Argentina buy USA basketball in AmeriCup semifinals
Gabriel Deck scored 30 points, Nicolás Laprovittola added 18 and Argentina topped the U.S. 82-73 in the semifinals Saturday. It was a rematch of the gold-medal game from the most recent AmeriCup tournament in 2017, a game in which the U.S. prevailed.

url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/34574982/us-rallies-canada-win-bronze-medal-americup]US rallies past Canada 84-80 to win bronze medal[/url]
It was the ninth time in 11 appearances at AmeriCup -- the championship of the FIBA Americas region -- that the U.S. captured a medal. The Americans have won gold seven times, silver once and now have a bronze.


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Later Sunday, Gabriel Deck's layup with 16.1 seconds left lifted Argentina past Brazil 75-73 in the gold-medal game. Deck scored 20 points, Nicolas Laprovittola added 15 and Facundo Campazzo had 13 for Argentina.
 
Team USA cruises past Panama en route to its first victory at the AmeriCup basketball tournament
U.S. notched its first win of this year's AmeriCup by rolling past Panama 88-58 on Monday. The Americans (1-1) led by as many as 38 points, never trailed and outscored Panama 48-9 from 3-point range.

U.S. blows out Venezuela 101 - 49, advances to AmeriCup quarter finals
For the U.S., the 52-point margin was its biggest in an AmeriCup game since a 123-59 victory over the Virgin Islands in 2007. That team featured NBA players -- Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd among them -- prepping for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Norris Cole lifts Team USA by Puerto in AmeriCup quarterfinals
The Americans will face either Argentina or Venezuela on Saturday in the semifinals, with the medal-round games -- either for gold or bronze -- coming Sunday.

US rallies past Canada 84-80 to win bronze medal
It was the ninth time in 11 appearances at AmeriCup -- the championship of the FIBA Americas region -- that the U.S. captured a medal. The Americans have won gold seven times, silver once and now have a bronze.


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Later Sunday, Gabriel Deck's layup with 16.1 seconds left lifted Argentina past Brazil 75-73 in the gold-medal game. Deck scored 20 points, Nicolas Laprovittola added 15 and Facundo Campazzo had 13 for Argentina.
 


Robert Sarver says he's starting process to sell NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA's Phoenix Mercury


Owner Robert Sarver on Wednesday announced that he has begun the process to sell both the NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury franchises. Sarver was suspended one year and fined $10 million last week after an NBA investigation found that he used the N-word at least five times "when recounting the statements of others. "Sarver also was involved in "instances of inequitable conduct toward female employees," including "sex-related comments" and inappropriate comments on employees' appearances. Sarver bought the teams in July 2004 for about $400 million. With approximately one-third of the stake, he is not the lone owner, but he is the primary one. Forbes recently estimated the value of the Suns at $1.8 billion.

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Brooklyn Nets' Kyrie Irving: Gave up 4-year, $100M-plus extension to be unvaccinated


Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving says he turned down a four-year extension prior to the 2020-21 season because of his decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccination. Irving, who is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and was forced to miss home games in Brooklyn until late March because of a New York City vaccination mandate.

"I gave up four years, 100-and-something million deciding to be unvaccinated and that was the decision," Irving said during Nets media day on Monday. "[Get this] contract, get vaccinated or be unvaccinated and there's a level of uncertainty of your future, whether you're going to be in this league, whether you're going to be on this team, so I had to deal with that real-life circumstance of losing my job for this decision."

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