The FIBA Americas Championship for Men have begun in Caracas, Venezuela and will go from August 30 – September 11, 2013. Follow all the FIBA Americas action in our forum This is one of the five regional qualifying tournaments for […]
Tag: Uruguay
Canada, Dominicans, Uruguay fight for final WC berth
Three of the four Americas teams have punched their tickets to the 2010 World Championships to be held next year in Turkey. At an undefeated 7-0, Brazil has already earned a spot in the World Championships by dominating their competition, […]
FIBA Americas 2009: Image Gallery
I scoured some images from the FIBA Americas Championship and pulled out my favorite twenty photos featuring Carlos Arroyo, Esteban Batista, Francisco Garcia, Anderson Varejao, Omar Quintero, Luis Scola, Guillermo Diaz, and more. [nggallery id=14] Photos are all courtesy of […]
Mexico and Uruguay to battle again in FIBA Americas
San Juan, PR – Mexico and Uruguay, two teams that got into a bench-clearing fight leading up to the FIBA Americas, will face off again today. The match will kick off the fifth and final day of the preliminary round […]
2009 FIBA Americas Championship Preview
Event: 2009 Americas Championships Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Discuss: Americas Championships Thread Info: The tournament will determine which four teams qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships of Basketball. The tournament will feature ten teams from Northern and Latin […]
Video: Basketball Brawl between Mexico and Uruguay
Here we go again. In another boxing match, a basketball game broke out between Mexico and Uruguay Saturday night when both teams competed in a preparation game for the 2009 FIBA Americas tournament. (Discuss the Mexico-Uruguay fight in our forum) […]
Celtics add Uruguayan center Esteban Batista
The Boston Celtics continue to fill the spots around their new trio of superstars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. On Thursday, they added Esteban Batista and Dahntay Jones to their training camp roster that will be touring Italy […]
Reversal of Fortunes: Puerto Rico up, Brazil down
Puerto Rico 97: Brazil 75 The answer to the question: What’s Up with Puerto Rico? may have been answered. Maybe they needed something to wake them up. Just yesterday, they were only two minutes away from being eliminated and leaving […]
TOA Day Five: USA Blasts Brazil, Argentina Survives.
USA 113: Brazil 76 What was supposed to be the United State’s toughest test turned into another blowout. Team USA continued their dominance of group B by manhandling Brazil last night 113-76. Brazil did hang tough for about one quarter […]
TOA Recap: Undefeated Brazil and USA to Meet Today
USA 123: Canada 59 After demolishing the Virgin Islands 123-59 on Thursday, the United States used a balanced offensive attack and strong defense to rout Canada 113-63. Again, the Americans were led in scoring by Carmelo Anthony with 25 points […]
Fiba Americas Recap: USA Wins Big, Uruguay wins Small & Mexico Stuns Puerto Rico
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, […]