![]() ![]() It just brings back so many memories from back then in '92." "In the locker room, everybody was taking pictures with the uniforms. "Those uniforms was nice," said Anthony, wearing the No. The white uniforms with red and blue along the side and USA in the middle also had the letters "CD" in gold on the left shoulder in honor of Chuck Daly, the Dream Team coach who died in 2009. Ginobili scored 23 points, Carlos Delfino had 15 and Luis Scola 14 for Argentina.īack in Barcelona, where the Dream Team won gold 20 years earlier in historic and overwhelmingly easy fashion, the U.S. "They continue to play hard, and for us it was a big challenge to try to put the game away, we could just never do it." Argentina's a very good team, very tough-minded," Bryant said. Kobe Bryant added 18 points and James had 15 for the U.S., which beat Brazil 80-69 in a similarly rugged game last week in Washington. ![]() The Americans won after being pushed for the second time in their four exhibition games. They looked like the Hall of Fame squad during a superb opening quarter, but their lead was down to four with 2:50 left after Manu Ginobili's three-point play. It doesn't matter about how many points you win by, you just want to play well and get better that night, and I feel like we got better tonight."ĭurant scored 27 points for the Americans, who wore the throwback uniforms of the 1992 Dream Team for their return to Barcelona. You hate to breeze through exhibition games and then you get into London, and then you start getting competitive," U.S. RECOMMENDED: Are you a real Olympics fan? Take the quiz ![]() With affirmative action gone, California shows what may come next Tennessee State might just be about to show everyone how much. The move could generate new revenue, and there will eventually be new scholarships. A 2022 USA Today report found that the NHL is 93% white, with only 54 players from minority groups. Tennessee State has a relationship with the National Hockey League’s Nashville Predators, and it did a feasibility study with College Hockey Inc., an organization that seeks to grow collegiate hockey. “No one has done what we’re about to do.” This decision didn’t just pop into the administration’s mind. “We’re just trying to change the world,” says Nick Guerriero, assistant athletic director for communications. Others might follow suit.The program will start modestly – as a club team the first two years – in the hopes of building something lasting. And as the first HBCU to offer hockey, Tennessee State could be a game-changer. Adding a hockey team will attract students who might not have otherwise considered the university. But my excitement about the Tennessee State announcement comes from seeing the school glow up. But I can’t ice-skate, and I’m mystified by the body mechanics behind the slap shots that send a puck rocketing toward the net, a perfect 6 inches off the ice.On television, hockey looks fun. Yes, I root for my hometown team, the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s fast-paced and explosive, and entails the most individual creativity while still being a team sport. For the record, basketball is my favorite sport. Last week, Tennessee State University, a historically Black university in Nashville, announced it would form a hockey team for the 2024-25 season. This got me excited. ![]()
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