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Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day [1]

College Football [2]
NFL [3]
NBA [4]
MLB [5]
Olympics [6]

Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for August 3.

• Several MLB Facebook accounts were hacked [7] yesterday, and Yankees fans received a strange message regarding Derek Jeter.

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Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day [8]

Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for July 27.

• Former NFL player and current agent Ralph Cindrich appeared on a Pittsburgh radio show and essentially accused Alabama coach Nick Saban of cheating [10].

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2012 Olympics: USA Basketball Is Not Guaranteed Gold [11]

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Olympics [6]
USA Basketball [12]

America will be challenged in the London Olympics.

The majority of the 2008 Beijing Olympics “Redeem Team” — the gold medal squad led by LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul — returns to defend its global roundball crown.

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Dream Team Still Defines Olympic Greatness [13]

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Olympics [6]
dream team [14]
Olympics [15]

USA Basketball's best-ever squad turns 20 this year.

Eleven future Hall of Famers — Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Chris Mullin and Clyde Drexler — and one college kid, Duke’s Christian Laettner, changed the game of basketball forever with a once-in-a-lifetime, whirlwind tour during the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

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Ranking Every USA Men’s Olympic Basketball Team [16]

Ranking the 16 USA Men’s Basketball Teams in Olympic History.

Could the 2012 Team USA beat the 1992 Dream Team? Kobe Bryant thinks so, but Michael Jordan laughs at the idea. First things first, this year’s squad must win the gold medal — and do so in historic style — in order to challenge the throne.

Here’s a rankings rundown of the 16 USA men’s basketball teams in Olympic history:

Gold Standards

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Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day [24]

Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for July 20.

• NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah looks at the Ravens and their likelihood of getting a Joe Flacco deal done [25] before camp.

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NBA Olympians Not On Team USA [26]

NBA [4]
News [27]
Luol Deng [28]
Manu Ginobili [29]
Marc Gasol [30]
Pau Gasol [31]
Serge Ibaka [32]
Tony Parker [33]

Plenty of NBA stars will play in the Olympics for countries other than the USA.

From the time men’s basketball tips off on July 29 at the 2012 London Olympics until the Gold Medal Game on August 12, there will be NBA players suiting up in jerseys other than the red, white and blue of Team USA.

International stars whose collective resumes include NBA championships, All-Star appearances, Sixth Man of the Year awards, a Rookie of the Year award and All-Defensive Team honors will compete against Team USA’s one-name global icons like LeBron and Kobe.

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Top Professional Coaches Under 50 [34]

Our look at the most accomplished under-50 coaches in baseball, basketball, football and hockey

Veterans can be they key to any championship season. However, that doesn’t always extend to the bench or the dugout.

In June, Erik Spoelstra coached the Miami Heat to an NBA title at age 41, but he had to go through Oklahoma City’s Scott Brooks, 46, to do it.

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Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day [53]

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College Basketball [9]
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NBA [4]
MLB [5]
Links [54]

Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for July 13.

• The Phillies are upping their offer to star pitcher Cole Hamels [55] before he becomes a free agent after the season.

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Athlon’s Essential Eleven Links of the Day [56]

Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for July 6.

• The New York Daily News previews this weekend’s Yankees-Red Sox matchup [57].

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