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U.S. guard Dwyane Wade dunks during an exhibition basketball game against Canada in Las Vegas, Friday, July 25, 2008. The United States won 120-65. (AP Photo/Louie Traub)

D-Wade sharp in return, helps USA rout Canada

AP - Sat Jul 26, 3:10 AM ET

LAS VEGAS - Mike Krzyzewski wanted Dwyane Wade on the U.S. team, just in case something ever happened to Kobe Bryant or LeBron James.

  • IBAF changes rules for extra innings AP - Fri Jul 25, 4:05 PM ET

    Extra innings will have a new look in what could be baseball's last Olympic appearance.

  • In this July 1, 2008, file photo, swimmer Dara Torres looks over at her coach, Michael Lohberg, during a news conference at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Torres found out Tuesday, July 22, before practice that Lohberg has aplastic anemia--a rare, potentially fatal blood disorder. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
    Dara Torres' swim coach seriously ill AP - Fri Jul 25, 9:31 AM ET

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Dara Torres' swim coach is traveling to the National Institutes of Health instead of training camp in Singapore after being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal blood disorder.

  • In this June 30, 2008, file photo, Jessica Hardy swims in women's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Hardy's trip to the Beijing Olympics could be in jeopardy after she tested positive for a banned substance, according to a person familiar with the test results. Hardy's 'A' sample from the recent Olympic trials tested positive, the person told The Associated Press on Wednesday night, July 30. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
    Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy: 'I'm innocent' AP - Fri Jul 25, 6:58 PM ET

    In the final days of training camp with her U.S. Olympic teammates, Jessica Hardy was trying to nap between practices when she got the most dreaded of phone calls for any athlete:

  • Chinese staff clear tinsel from the stage used during the opening ceremony for the Athletes village in Beijing Sunday, July 27, 2008. The opening came on a hot muggy morning, made more uncomfortable by the thick haze of pollution hanging over the village, which is to house about 16,000 Olympic athletes. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
    Iraq talks on Olympic ban, but says no compromise AP - Fri Jul 25, 5:44 PM ET

    BAGHDAD - Iraq's banned Olympic Committee has opened negotiations to try to regain its place in next month's Beijing Games after being shut out for political interference in Olympic affairs, a government spokesman said Friday.

  • Beijing police strain to keep the crowd behind a fence while they wait to buy tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Friday, July 25, 2008, in Beijing,.. Eager fans swarmed and in some cases scuffled as they lined up at sales windows Friday to get the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympics. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
    Hot, impatient crowd vies for Olympics tickets AP - Fri Jul 25, 3:19 PM ET

    BEIJING - A crowd of 30,000 people, baking in the heat and waiting for up to two days, swarmed a ticketing center Friday as the final batch of Olympic tickets went on sale. Police shoved and kicked them and used metal barricades to prevent a stampede.

  • A family poses for a snapshot near earthquake-damaged roads while traveling to visit friends and relatives, Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Yingxiu, China. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
    China marshals Olympic spirit to rebuild AP - Thu Jul 24, 2:10 PM ET

    YINGXIU, China - The streets here are alive with the sounds — rumbling backhoes, roaring jackhammers, clanging pickaxes — of a town being brought back from the dead.

  • James to miss exhibition with sprained ankle AP - Fri Jul 25, 7:17 PM ET

    LAS VEGAS - LeBron James will not play for the United States in its exhibition game against Canada on Friday night because of a mildly sprained right ankle.

  • An armed police officer stands guard in downtown Beijing, Thursday, July 24, 2008. China will allow a modicum of dissent at the Olympics, setting up special protest zones far from the main sports venues, in a shift that supporters and detractors said is meant to safely channel criticism and avoid disrupting the games. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China clamps down on business visas AP - Thu Jul 24, 2:41 PM ET

    BEIJING - Business travel appears to be the latest victim of China's ever-tightening security crackdown before the Beijing Olympics.

  • In this June 30, 2008 file photo, U.S. men's Olympic basketball team member LeBron James speaks to to fans and media, during a team promotional event in New York's Rockefeller Center. James left a practice session on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 with what the team described as a mild right ankle sprain. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)
    James likely to miss exhibition against Canada AP - Thu Jul 24, 7:49 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS - U.S. forward LeBron James likely will miss Friday's exhibition against Canada as he recovers from a mild right ankle sprain. James shot baskets on the sidelines but was held out of a scrimmage at Valley High School on Wednesday.

  • The sky over an Olympic banner near the Olympic Green appears hazy in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    Athletes' Village opens in Beijing AP - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago

    BEIJING - The Athletes' Village for the Beijing Olympics held its official opening ceremony Sunday, an all-Chinese curtain raiser with basketball stars Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi heading a 265-member delegation of athletes and officials.

  • U.S. forward Carmelo Anthony (15) gets fouled by Canada forward Levon Kendall (14) during an exhibition basketball game in Las Vegas, Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Louie Traub)
    Wade sharp in return, helps Americans rout Canada AP - Sat Jul 26, 4:01 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS - Kobe Bryant has arrived at the gym for some early morning workouts to find Dwyane Wade already there.

  • U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks to the media during her visit to New Zealand, at the Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, July 26, 2008 A lingering nuclear dispute between the United States and New Zealand ought to be overcome to focus on a new era of cooperation in the Pacific and elsewhere, U.S. Secretary of State Rice said Saturday. (AP Photo/NZPA, Wayne Drought)
    Rice warns China on Olympic security AP - Sat Jul 26, 1:18 AM ET

    AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned China on Saturday not to use its massive Olympic security apparatus to crack down on legitimate dissent.

  • Religious activist arrested in Sochi AP - Fri Jul 25, 8:58 AM ET

    MOSCOW - A lawyer says police in the Russian city of Sochi have arrested a member of a religious community for defying orders to leave land intended for the 2014 Winter Olympics facilities.

  • In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's basketball player Yao Ming, wearing red jacket at right, clenches his fist as he recites a pledge to 'play with honor' together with other members of the Chinese Olympic delegation in Beijing Friday, July 25, 2008. China unveiled its largest team of 639 athletes Friday for the Beijing Olympics, a squad many expect will dislodge the United States from the top of the medal table. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhao Peng)
    Philippines offers $220,000 for first gold AP - Fri Jul 25, 5:21 AM ET

    MANILA, Philippines - An official says the Philippine government and the private sector are offering $220,000 to any athlete who brings home the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal.

  • A woman argues with police as a crowd waits to buy tickets to next month's Olympic Games, outside a ticket office in Beijing early Friday July 25, 2008. Thousands waited overnight for a chance to buy tickets from the last batch of Olympic tickets which went on sale Friday morning. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
    Iraq banned from Beijing Olympics amid feud AP - Fri Jul 25, 2:28 AM ET

    BAGHDAD - Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told Thursday it's not welcome in Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians and exiled a country that arrived to a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony four years ago.

  • LeBron James, right, and other members of the U.S. basketball team celebrate during an exhibition basketball game against Canada in Las Vegas, Friday, July 25, 2008. The U.S. team won 120-65. (AP Photo/Louie Traub)
    James likely out for US exhibition against Canada AP - Thu Jul 24, 6:39 PM ET

    LAS VEGAS - U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski says injured forward LeBron James is a "95 percent no-go" for Friday's exhibition against Canada.

  • Two women walk past the main building housing the National Iraqi Olympic Committee in Baghdad, June 2008. The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in the Beijing Games in a major blow to seven Iraqi athletes who had hoped to travel to China, an IOC letter said.(AFP/ File/Ali Yussef)
    IOC says Iraq won't be allowed at Olympics AP - Thu Jul 24, 11:20 AM ET

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee says Iraq will not compete at the Beijing Games because of interference by its government in sport.

  • In this 1968 file photo, Al Oerter of the United States releases the discus at the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City during the 1968 Summer Games. His throw of 212 feet, 6 inches (64.78 meters) won him his fourth gold medal. Oerter died in 2007, but his final Olympic effort will be headed to the Beijing Games next month. 'Art of the Olympians,' an exhibit comprised of work from some of the world's greatest athletes, is expected to open in China on Aug. 8. (AP Photo, file)
    'Art of the Olympians' shows athletes' other side AP - Thu Jul 24, 11:11 AM ET

    FORT MYERS, Fla. - Al Oerter was an abstract artist, who also happened to be pretty good at the discus. So good, in fact, that he won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and field's biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s.

  • Chinese girls show each other their forms moments before the opening ceremony for the Athletes village in Beijing Sunday, July 27, 2008. The opening came on a hot muggy morning, made more uncomfortable by the thick haze of pollution hanging over the village, which is to house about 16,000 Olympic athletes. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
    Source: Swimmer Jessica Hardy tests positive AP - Thu Jul 24, 7:57 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Jessica Hardy's first trip to the Olympics could be over before it began. The swimmer tested positive for a banned substance, leaving her just two weeks to pursue any appeals before the Beijing Games begin.

  • This 2006 file photo released bu USA Swimming shows swimmer Eric Shanteau. Shanteau, who decided to put off surgery for testicular cancer until after the Olympics, was cleared, Wednesday, July 23, 2008, to head to Beijing with the U.S. swim team. (AP Photo/USA Swimming, File)
    Swimmer with cancer cleared to head to Beijing AP - Wed Jul 23, 5:51 PM ET

    Eric Shanteau, who decided to put off surgery for testicular cancer until after the Olympics, has been cleared to head to Beijing with the U.S. swim team.

  • A television cameraman works on the Olympic Green, near the Ling Long Tower, rear, Wednesday, July 23, 2008, in Beijing, China. The Beijing Olympics might look like any other to the casual TV viewer. But behind the familiar studio sets, broadcasters from around the world have been squaring off for months with Chinese officials over censorship and what they'll be allowed to film — and whether they can do it live. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
    Off camera: Broadcasters fighting with Chinese AP - Wed Jul 23, 4:55 PM ET

    BEIJING - The Beijing Olympics may not look much different from previous games on TV.

  • Foreign journalists walk past the Beijing Olympics International Broadcast Center (IBC) after an evacuation in Beijing, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The massive building that will house thousands of world broadcasters when the Beijing Olympics open in just over two weeks was evacuated Wednesday when a strong odor probably from building materials or chemicals spread throughout structure. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    Beijing Olympics broadcasting center evacuated AP - Wed Jul 23, 3:23 PM ET

    BEIJING - Hundreds were evacuated Wednesday from the massive building that will house broadcasting facilities for the Beijing Olympics, fearing there was a gas leak after people smelled a strong odor. But authorities later said it was a false alarm and the smell came from paint fumes in the ventilation system.

  • USA Baseball rounds out Olympic team AP - Wed Jul 23, 2:45 PM ET

    DURHAM, N.C. - Colorado second baseman Jayson Nix was picked Wednesday to round out the U.S. baseball team headed to the Beijing Olympics.

  • James' ankle sprain the latest injury for US team AP - Wed Jul 23, 3:13 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS - LeBron James limped from the trainer's table to a nearby folding chair, careful not to put any pressure on his sprained right ankle.

  • Etiquette guide: What not to ask Olympic visitors AP - Wed Jul 23, 1:47 AM ET

    BEIJING - Questions about salaries are out. Ditto queries about the age of a foreigner visiting Beijing for the Olympics. And an inquiry about someone's love life? Forget it.

  • China OKs gym for US alternates AP - Wed Jul 23, 1:32 AM ET

    Hold up, the alternates for the U.S. women's gymnastics team might be going to China, after all.

  • Argentina's Luis Scola scores during the friendly game against Spain at the Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
    Spain hangs on to beat Argentina 90-88 in warmup AP - Tue Jul 22, 5:55 PM ET

    MADRID, Spain - Manu Ginobili missed a key free throw and Spain edged Olympic champion Argentina 90-88 on Tuesday. World champion Spain improved to 3-0 in Olympic warmup games.

  • Chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Dick Ebersol appears on a video screen via satellite from Beijing as he discusses the 3600 hours of Olympic coverage planned during the summer Olympics during the NBC Universal Summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
    NBC banking on live Olympic events in prime-time TV Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 9:01 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC Universal has sold more than $900 million in advertising time for the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, booking nearly 90 percent of its inventory three weeks ahead of the opening ceremony, the company said on Monday.

  • Serena Williams plans to play through left knee injury at Olympics Canadian Press - Mon Jul 21, 9:00 PM ET

    CARSON, Calif. - Serena Williams plans to keep playing through a left knee injury despite advice from a doctor and her father that she rest with less than three weeks before the Beijing Olympics.

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