After holding a glimmer of hope that Eduardo Nájera may don the green and red for Mexico, that hope crashed when the NBA ruled that it wasn’t in their best interest. It was announced today that the 10-year NBA veteran will not participate in this year’s FIBA Americas Championships. Najera was unable to receive clearance [...]

Rommel Beck scored 26 points and Noe Alonzo 21 as Mexico was able to withstand a 43 point outburst from Belize‘s Marlon Garnett to win the CoCaBa Championship (discuss the game). The match was tightly-contested with high drama and tensions surrounding the official status Belize’s players. After a high-scoring first quarter, Mexico extended to a [...]

Cancún, Mexico – It’s official. Well not really. Belize will take on Mexico for the CoCaBa championship tonight, Friday, August 14. Belize walks into the finals amidst controversy over the nationality of their players and they await FIBA’s decision before any of their results are finalized.  So even at the end of the championships tonight, [...]

USA vs. Venezuela: 112:69 Carmelo Anthony and Michael Redd each scored 17 points as the United States defense forced Venezuela into 19 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire added 16 and 14 points for the US. Greivis Vasquez, an incoming freshman at Maryland, scored 12 points for Venezuela on 3-11 shooting. The US will face the Virgin Islands [...]