Levanga Hokkaido boasts a 16-4 record and sits No. 3 overall in Japan's B.League standings. And 2015 Duke basketball national champion Jahlil Okafor is one of t ...

Penn State has developed a strong basketball presence in Japan, where the country's best professional player and its men's national team coach are former Nittany Lions. D.J. Newbill, one of the top ...

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The Paris Olympics are over early for Japan’s Rui Hachimura. Japan’s basketball federation said in a statement Friday morning that Hachimura will sit out its game ...

On Monday, the quest for an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal starts for the U.S. women's basketball. Led by Brittney Griner, A'Ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and other WNBA stars, the USA will take ...

The United States women's basketball team opened play at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a rematch of the gold medal game from the previous Summer Games. Once again, it was Team USA that emerged ...

PARIS, France — The USA men's and women's basketball teams will be the favorites to win gold in Paris, but several other teams will have players from the Pacific Northwest on their rosters. Washington ...

To say it’s been a busy couple of weeks for Mark Smith would be an understatement. The former Mr. Basketball of Illinois and Edwardsville High School standout has signed to continue his playing career ...

NEW DELHI: Being away from home never gets easier. Every day, you stand in front of the mirror, wondering what your family is doing. The pain doesn’t fade, it quietly settles in. Your mother’s warmth ...

LILLE, France, July 30 (Reuters) - France prevailed 94-90 against Japan in their men's Group B Olympics basketball clash after their opponents held true to their team motto to "shock the world" by ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. PARIS - The U.S. women’s basketball team extended its historic winning streak on ...

Coming off their best-ever Olympic performance, the Japanese women's basketball team will look to build on their silver medal of 2020 when they battle the United States in a rematch of the gold medal ...