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Olympics Xing
Xing (pronounced shing or sing) means journey in Chinese — fitting for this blog, which is all about the journey of the U.S. men's basketball team and N&O staff writer Luciana Chavez at the 2008 Beijing Games. She is covering her first Olympics and making her first trip to China. Check in here for Olympic news and for Luci's impressions getting to and being at the Games.
James injures ankle
Submitted by lchavez on 07/22/2008 - 18:55
They're calling it "mild" but U.S. starter LeBron James suffered a sprained right on Tuesday in Las Vegas. The Associated Press said James landed on Kevin Durant's foot. Durant was playing for the U.S. Select Team against the U.S. Olympic squad during a scrimmage.
In case you're wondering how an injured James would affect the U.S. starting lineup, the U.S. could go small with shooting guard Dwyane Wade or big with power forward Carlos Boozer joining Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard.
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