Member of first Olympic gold medal basketball team dies

AP Online;  August 10, 1998 ;     172 words ...AP Online 08-10-1998 LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Sam Balter, a member...first Olympic gold medal basketball team who went on to a broadcasting...who died Saturday at a Los Angeles hospital, played for the...director of KLAC radio in Los Angeles the 1940s, 1950s and early...the ...

HOPING TO CATCH LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE AUDITIONS: NEW BASKETBALL TEAM SEEKS...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 15, 2008 ;     578 words ......Johansson, an upstart Thousand Oaks basketball team held auditions Friday that drew...Sports Arena, the newly formed Los Angeles Lightning of the International...the new Los Angeles Lightning basketball team, is interviewed by Gary Spears...

Prime Ticket slam dunks SC LA, grabs Clippers. (Los Angeles Clippers...

Multichannel News;  October 15, 1990 ;     458 words ......Slam Dunks SC LA, Grabs Clippers LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers basketball team will move to basic cable this season...cable exposure on SportsChannel Los Angeles. Prime Ticket, which is already committed to show 39 regular season Los Angeles ...

BLAZERS SPEAK OUT AS THEY HEAD FOR LOS ANGELES

The Columbian;  April 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Blazers prepared to leave for Los Angeles. Ruben Patterson stayed...Horry has one of the best basketball IQ's I've seen in a player...Horry told reporters in Los Angeles, No doubts at all, I'll...it. That's a pretty good basketball team, to get bored, coach Maurice...Sophia ...

Reports: China's Wang Zhizhi thrown off national basketball team

AP Worldstream;  October 10, 2002 ;     195 words ......Wang Zhizhi has been thrown off China's basketball team for choosing to play with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers instead of at the Asian Games...ongoing Asian Games so he could stay in Los Angeles to work on his game. Participating in...

Basketball: Lakers' success may herald new dynasty Local interest in...

The Independent - London;  June 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ...AS CITIES go, Los Angeles has never been too good at rooting...until now. This weekend, the city's basketball team, the Lakers, astonished pretty much...108-96.) After years of floundering, Los Angeles suddenly finds itself with the two...cracked two ribs in training last week. ...

NORTHRIDGE SHAKES CSUN BASKETBALL TEAM RETURNS TO CHEERS.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 29, 2000 ;     435 words ......Writer NORTHRIDGE - A crowded gymnasium greeted CSUN's basketball team Tuesday night as players ran onto the court for the...week's 78-74 victory over University of California, Los Angeles, at Pauley Pavilion. It was the program's first win...Nick Garcia and Brandon Goldstein cheer on CSUN's ...

Calling it a career/Edwards continues to make her point as she heads into...

The Gazette;  September 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......guard for the USA women's basketball team. She spent the summer working...member of the U.S. women's basketball team, she is its heart and soul...Washington, D.C. C Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles Sparks), Los Angeles G Nikki, McCray (Washington...Tenn. C DeLisha Milton ...

Sparks, Leslie Strike Fast; MVP Leads Los Angeles To First WNBA Title

The Washington Post;  September 2, 2001 ;     491 words ...Sparks 82, Sting 54 The Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Charlotte Sting, 82-...I've been here all my life watching the Los Angeles Lakers, watching Coach [Michael] Cooper...Mwadi Mabika contributed 12 as four of Los Angeles' starters reached double figures. Center...Charlotte. After ...

Leslie and Toler Join Los Angeles WNBA Franchise

Los Angeles Sentinel;  February 5, 1997 ;     319 words ...Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-1997 Leslie and Toler Join Los Angeles WNBA Franchise. Local...will play for the Los Angeles franchise of the...medal-winning United States Basketball Team at the 1996 Olympic...opportunity to continue my basketball career in the United ...

Led '51 USC basketball team

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 13, 2006 ;     70 words ...LOS ANGELES -- Tom Riach, captain of the 1951 Southern California basketball team, died Friday, the school said. He was 77. Mr. Riach averaged 8.3 points per game in the 1950-51 season and led the Trojans to the...

McCombs leaves Miami basketball team

Dayton Daily News;  November 7, 2008 ;     108 words ......McCombs has decided not to play for the Miami University men's basketball team this season. McCombs, a 6-foot-7, 211-pound sophomore forward...regular season at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday against Weber State in Los Angeles in the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer.

Lesbian Sports Connection.(women's basketball team hosts event at gay...

The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide;  July 1, 2001 ;     120 words ...In keeping with the theme of this issue, let it be noted that Los Angeles's professional women's basketball team, the LA Sparks (sister team to the Lakers), staged one of their major season kick-off events last May at the lesbian nightclub...

Lakers on the Brink of Finals; Bryant, O'Neal Help Los Angeles Take a...

The Washington Post;  May 28, 2004 ;     684 words ......day of flying from the Los Angeles area in the early morning...played some of his best basketball under these circumstances...this season, and for Los Angeles Coach Phil Jackson, its...For our sake, for this basketball team, it's good." In addition...score. Fortunately for ...

[ Kansas senior Nick Collison is expected to be selected to fill one of...

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  May 1, 2003 ;     105 words ......selected to fill one of the remaining three spots on the USA Basketball team that will play in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Puerto...on ESPN.com. League sources told ESPN.com that Collison, Los Angeles' Elton Brand and New Jersey's Richard Jefferson would be...