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Kia Nurse Is Just Getting Started
Nurse showed promise in her rookie year with the WNBA's New York Liberty and built on that during the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup as Canada's star player.
R.J. Barrett and Canada Are Getting Ready to Flex on the Basketball World
The Canadian men's team could finally be ready to take off and graduate into a force, something they've given us a preview of at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers.
Watch Australian Basketballers Get Into a Beautifully Awkward Fight
The Monday punch-on happened between the Boomers and the Filipino home team, Gilas Pilipinas
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Canada Shows Basketball World It's Ready for Primetime
Powered by a dominant R.J. Barrett, Canada won its first-ever FIBA basketball gold by taking the U19 World Cup. It was a defining moment for the sport in Canada.
Check Out This Crazy Shammgod-Turned-Nutmeg
Dusan Domovic Bulut showed off some moves at FIBA's 3x3 Nanjing Challenger. This one's so pretty, it deserves its own name. The NutGod.
After a Long Fight, FIBA Finally Lifts its Ban on Religious Headwear
This week FIBA announced a new uniform rule that allows basketball players to wear headcoverings—the result of years of campaigning by athletes like Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and Indira Kaljo.
These Past Two US Men's Basketball Exhibition Games Are a Window into the Hurting They'll Put on the World
For the rest of the world, the scariest part is that this team hasn't even reached its full potential.
Shooting the Breeze with David Robinson at Basketball Without Borders Like it's No Big Deal
Talking to past and future hoop stars at the inaugural event in Melbourne last month
Canada Basketball Is Being Held Back by Commitment, Not Talent
A depleted Canadian men's basketball team failed to secure an Olympic berth. The talent is there, but with many of the country's top players opting not to compete, it was tough to ask for a different outcome.
Under The Hardwood, The Sand: The Case for Basketball on the Beach
Basketball as it is played today bears little resemblance to the game James Naismith invented. But to get back to basketball's roots, we must go to the beach.
High Hopes and Olympic Hoop Dreams in France
As France's elder statesmen of basketball—Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, Mickaël Gelabale—near the ends of their careers, Les Bleus are dead-set on defending their EuroBasket title and getting a bid to Rio.