Team USA Defeating Turkey

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant and Team USA are currently defeating Hedo Turkoglu and Turkey in the 2010 FIBA World Championships.  At the half, Team USA is up 42-32.   Kevin Durant has 20 points to lead Team USA.  Durant has made five 5′s. The world is now witnessing the depth and skill of USA basketball. Kevin Durant [...]

Undrcrwn Dream Team T-shirts

Undrcrwn

As the World Basketball Festival comes to a close and the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrines its newest members, UNDRCRWN does their part in celebrating international dominance within the world of basketball. Start with three of the game’s all-time greats: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Add Charles Barkley, as well as seven more [...]

USA Basketball Highlights

USA Basketball

Prior to Team USA beating France 86-55, the USA Basketball Team had a Blue and White scrimmage.  At the World Basketball Festival, the Blue Team scored a 49-47-overtime victory over the White squad. Two 12-minute halves ended with a Tyson Chandler dunk in an unusual sudden death situation. The team’s roster is all but set, [...]

Team USA Defeats France 86-55

USA Basketball Logo

The USA Men’s Basketball team defeated France 86-55 in Madison Square Garden today for the World Basketball Festival.  It wasn’t much of a game with Team USA dominating the short handed team from France.  Tony Parker, Ronnie Turiaf and Roddy Beaubois were not playing.  Team USA was without Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade [...]

Jay-Z to Perform at World Basketball Festival

Jay-Z World Basketball Festival

Jay-Z is streetball. I couldn’t think of a better artist to perform during the World Basketball Festival. On Thursday, August 12, NIKE, Inc. will bring together the world of sport and entertainment in an unprecedented way as one of basketball’s most prestigious teams shares the stage with one of the world’s greatest entertainers. Music mogul [...]

World Basketball Festival Tickets

World Basketball Festival 2010

New York City is home to one of the biggest basketball events in August, the World Basketball Festival from Nike. The basketball celebration begins August 12-15, 2010. You can buy tickets to the event. Get your tickets for the August 15 international basketball doubleheader at Madison Square Garden today by visiting TicketMaster.com or TheGarden.com. You [...]

World Basketball Festival Photos

Amare Stoudemire

Nike and USA Basketball are making a strong effort to make the World Basketball Festival a success. Streetball will be covering the World Basketball Festival in New York. Here are some great pics of some of the players. Check out the great illustrations of Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris [...]

Kobe Bryant Olympic Gold

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The 2008 Beijng Olympics capped a great 2008 for Kobe Bryant.  Hundreds of millions of Chinese tuned into the games on television, and Kobe Bryant, the popular Los Angeles Lakers player, was greeted everywhere he went in Beijing to chants of “Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!” Kobe Bryant Olympic Gold Medal Winner 2008

USA Basketball National Anthem

Marvin Gaye National Anthem

Performed for the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, Marvin Gaye’s remix captured the passion of 80s soul, mixed it with some old fashioned patriotism and created a timeless classic.  And like Marvin and the Dream Team before them, this year’s Team USA Basketball intends to put on a show that will forever go down as one [...]

Kobe Bryant Beijing Olympic Games

Kobe Bryant USA Basketball

Kobe Bryant has put aside the Lakers loss to Boston in the 2008 NBA Finals and re-ignited his passion for the sport he dominated this past season. He said he is looking forward to the competition and pressure the United States faces heading into the Beijing Olympics. “What we have is a determination to win,” [...]