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Jay Bell Back in Baseball With Team USA

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Jay Bell has returned to baseball after a four-year hiatus and couldn't be happier. Bell, a former first-round selection of the Cleveland Indians in 1984 and once the highest paid middle infielder in the game, is an assistant coach for Team USA. Bell, 44, retired as bench coach of the...

Team USA Aims for Gold in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Bruce Billings and Jordan Pacheco had no idea why they were being harshly summoned into their manager's office. Tulsa was on its final road trip of the regular season, and the Drillers -- Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies -- were on the verge of advancing into the minor league...

West Point Graduate Nick Hill Goes From Army to Team USA

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Nick Hill has served his country. Now he's playing for his country. It's a stars and stripes two-step. Hill, a left-handed pitcher in the Seattle Mariners' organization who three years ago became West Point's highest-drafted baseball player, is a member of Team USA. Comprised of 24 minor league...

At FIBA Championship, Journalists Root, Root, Root for the Home Country

ISTANBUL -- As Serbia was beating defending World champion Spain on Wednesday, there were screams of joy and high fives being thrown. Sounds like a festive night in the stands, right? Well, yes. But also in the press seats. Serbian journalists celebrated the dramatic 92-89 win at the Sinan Erdem Dome with zest as their...

Boozer to be Named to Team USA's Roster

I started this post with the intent to congratulate Andrei Kirilenko and his wife Masha on the birth of their second child -- and well, I still do, congrats, Russians -- but something else also caught my little brown-eyed retinas a bit further down the page. From Phil Miller at the Salt Lake Tribune: Carlos Boozer's...