Tag Archive | Venezuela

USA Earn Top Seed in Group C with 101-49 win over Venezuela

With a 101-49 victory over Venezuela on Tuesday, the USA Basketball AmeriCup Team finish preliminary round play 2-1 at the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup at Geraldo Arena in Recife, Brazil. This year marks the 10th time the USA has competed at the FIBA AmeriCup. The game was originally scheduled for Sept. 4 and play started as […]

USA Defeat Panama, 88-58 to capture First Win at AmeriCup

With an 88-58 wire-to-wire victory over Panama on Monday, the USA AmeriCup Team captured their first win at the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup at Geraldo Arena in Recife, Brazil. This year marks the 10th time the USA has competed at the FIBA AmeriCup. After falling to Mexico on Friday, the U.S. looked poised to get their […]

Washington Spirit Forward Mariana Speckmaier Named to Venezuela National Team

Venezuela Women’s National Soccer Team Head Coach Pamela Conti has named Spirit forward Mariana Speckmaier to the roster for the Basque Country International Women’s Cup. Other teams in the tournament include Basque Country, Argentina, and Nigeria.  Venezuela will play Basque Country on Thursday, April 8 at 3:00 p.m. ET. The winner of that game will play the […]

USA Men’s AmeriCup Qualifying Team’s 2021 February Roster Announced

Highlighted by NBA veterans and all-stars Joe Johnson (Free Agent/Arkansas) and Isaiah Thomas (Free Agent/Washington), USA Basketball announced its 14-man roster for the USA team that will compete in the third and final window of FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying. In addition to Johnson and Thomas, named to the February 2021 USA AmeriCup Qualifying Team were Paul […]

U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Draw And Preliminary Round Schedule Announced

FIBA (International Basketball Federation) conducted the draw for the Tokyo Olympics Men’s Basketball competition virtually Tuesday from its headquarters in Mies, Switzerland, and the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team has been drawn into Group A alongside 2019 FIBA World Cup bronze medalist France, 2017 Asia Cup runner-up Iran, and the winner of the FIBA Olympic […]

USA BASKETBALL – Coaching Staff for February 2021 USA Men’s AmeriCup Qualifying Team Announced

Former NBA coach Joe Prunty will serve as head coach of the February 2021 USA AmeriCup Qualifying Team, and assisting Prunty on the U.S. bench will be experienced USA Basketball coaches Othella Harrington and Yale University head coach James Jones. The USA will train Feb. 13-18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and participate in the […]

Baltimore Orioles sign Infielder Freddy Galvis

The Baltimore Orioles announced recently that they have signed Infielder Freddy Galvis to a one-year contract for the 2021 season. Galvis, 31, appeared in 47 games for the Cincinnati Reds in 2020, making 31 starts at shortstop and 11 at second base. He posted a combined .977 fielding percentage between the two positions. He hit .220/.308/.404 […]