John Wall scores 33 to lead Wizards over Lakers 116-108 (Sports Betting News)

Basketball has been a fixture at the Olympics since 1936 when the first mens tournament was held. Womens basketball was added in 1976 and has been held in every Olympics since.

Players and teams from MLB, the WNBA, MLS and pro tennis sat out events Wednesday night, and NBA players and coaches met for nearly three hours to determine the next steps, including whether the season should continue. President Donald Trump, who was to deliver his renomination acceptance speech Thursday evening at a scaled-back Republican National Convention, has made restoring ”law and order” to cities a centerpiece of his campaign during a summer of sometimes violent protests following the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose killing by Minneapolis police in late May spurred national unrest.

Dallas Mavericks (37): Tacko Fall, C, UCF This is early for a 23-year-old with major question marks, but it seems up the alley of outside-the-box Mavs owner Mark Cuban. Fall’s standing reach stretches above the rim. He helped himself as much as anyone at the combine. In some universe—hopefully this