Unbeaten Canadian U23 women dunk winless U.S. in Globl Jam tournament
TORONTO — Canada's under-23 women's team improved to 2-0 in the inaugural Globl Jam basketball tournament on Wednesday with a 78-69 victory against the winless United States.
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Iowa women's basketball commitment, family, seriously injured after being struck by car
Ava Jones, a rising high school senior from Kansas who verbally committed to Iowa's women's basketball team Sunday, was seriously injured along with her parents when they were struck by a car in Louisville on Tuesday night.
Brittney Griner's wife expresses gratitude, hope after phone call with President Joe Biden
Cherelle Griner, the wife of detained American basketball star Brittney Griner, released a statement Wednesday following a phone call with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, saying, «I am grateful to the both of them for the time they spent with me and for the commitment they expressed to getting BG home.»
New Orleans Pelicans' Zion Williamson after signing extension - Want to prove I'm a winner
NEW ORLEANS — What a difference a year makes.
Center Rudy Gobert says he's ready 'to win a championship' with Minnesota Timberwolves
Rudy Gobert reads Twitter comments, so he's aware that Minnesota fans didn't like him very much during his first nine NBA seasons. And he also heard Timberwolves coach Chris Finch complain regularly about the way he sets screens.
Maritimes a perfect place to start a Canadian pro women's basketball league
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President Biden tells wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner he's working to get her released
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with the wife of detained WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia, to reassure her that he is working to win Griner's freedom as soon as possible, the White House said.
Joe Biden Speaks With Wife Of Basketball Star Detained In Russia
President Joe Biden spoke with the wife of women's basketball star Brittney Griner on Wednesday, telling her that he is working to secure her spouse's release from Russian detention, the White House said. Two-time Olympic champion Griner -- who has been held in Russia since February -- faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of smuggling cannabis vape cartridges into the country. "President Biden, joined by Vice President Harris, spoke today with Cherelle Griner, the wife of Brittney Griner who is wrongfully detained in Russia under intolerable circumstances," the White House said in a statement.