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Dwight Howard, who won Olympic gold with the U.S. in the 2008 Beijing Games but had to miss last summer's London Games while recovering from back surgery, said he wants to be back on the team for the next Olympiad.

Jerry Colangelo said Saturday he never said Deron Williams was unfit to play in the Olympics, only that the point guard wasn't in great shape when the U.S. men's basketball team began training last summer.

LeBron James wants to step inside the Olympic rings a fourth time.

This will kick-start your heart. Also, while I have you all here, isn't this a great little moment? It's almost like, right there, during that hug, when Durant walks up to Gasol and Kobe, that's when the Olympics end and the NBA season ...

Gold medalists again, Team USA could have a different look for the Rio Olympics.

The London Olympics were a benchmark for women, especially U.S. women. But what does that mean beyond the Games? For two team sports, the hope and expectation is their accomplishments in London will be a springboard to something more.

The Americans overcome their size issues to outlast Spain for a second straight gold medal at Olympics.

Team USA has an overall record of 61-1 with Mike Krzyzewski as the head coach.

We interrupt the Olympic Games to bring you this shift of NBA power, courtesy of Dwight Howard and the Lakers.

As the Lakers beef up back home, Kobe and Team USA move a win away from more gold.

Alexey Shved has shown during these Olympics that he is an interesting prospect, one who should make the Timberwolves even more exciting to watch. Throughout the men's basketball competition, we've seen the good Shved — a 16-point, 13-assist ga...

LeBron James helps lead Team USA past Australia in quarterfinals with first Olympic triple-double.

Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesTeam USA will face Australia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.Team USA has won 47 straight games in international play and 14 straight Olympic games, but it won't mean anything if the Americans can't win three more and...

Kevin Durant's hot shooting helps send unbeaten Team USA into the quarterfinal round against Australia.

Team USA looks to finish preliminary round unbeaten in finale against hemisphere foe

Timofey Mozgov made the tiebreaking dunk with 18 seconds left, Vitaliy Fridzon scored 24 points and unbeaten Russia edged Spain 77-74 on Saturday and took first place in Group B of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.