July 21, 2008
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July 16, 2008
Coming off one of its more stirring comeback victories in recent history and still clinging to...
Struggling at both ends of the floor, Canada was drilled 86-70
by Slovenia today at the Olympic men's basketball qualification
tournament in Athens.
The Slovenian backcourt of Sani Becirovic
and Jaka Lakovic, relative unknowns to anyone not a...
They believe because that's what athletes do – they believe in themselves.
They disregard the experts, discard the past and discount anything except what's in their heads, reality be damned.
It will take that kind of self-confidence...
Canada saw first-hand the vagaries of international basketball officiating in its final tune-up before the men's Olympic qualification tournament next week in Athens.
In a game head coach Leo Rautins termed an "embarrassment,"...
Breakfast and basketball.
Fans will be able to watch the Canadian national men's team – very early in the morning – as it tries to qualify for the Beijing Olympics after The Score obtained broadcast rights to the tournament next week in...
Joel Anthony slipped a screen and made a nice catch of a lob pass in traffic before throwing down a double-pump dunk that had fans momentarily slack-jawed in wonderment.
A split second later, when they finally erupted in cheers, their...
Athlete: Leo Rautins
Age: 48
Stats: 6-foot-7 1/4, 245 pounds
Sport: Basketball
Background: Leo Rautins has had a long relationship...
They talk a lot about trust around the national men's basketball team these days.
It's about trusting your own abilities and equally those of others, trust that the whole will be greater than the sum of its parts, trust that the team...
Rowan Barrett is now a grizzled veteran, a guy who's been through the grind.
In other words, just what Canada's men's basketball team needs.
The 36-year-old Barrett, at one time the Robin to Steve Nash's Batman in international play...
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