3x3 basketball

The new sports that debuted at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics proved to be no problem for the United States. Team USA earned a medal in every single Olympic sport that made its first appearance at the Tokyo Games. Across 3×3 basketball, surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing and karate, the U.S. won six medals. In addition to those new sports, baseball and…

As the Olympics continues to add emerging sports to its program, the Tokyo Games will feature several brand-new sports

Kelsey Plum can’t figure out why so many people call her “Chelsea Plume.”

Latvia defeated ROC on Wednesday to win the gold medal in the 3×3 men’s basketball event

Team USA took home the gold medal in the women’s 3×3 basketball event after defeating ROC on Wednesday

Serbia defeated Belgium to win the bronze medal in the men’s 3×3 basketball event.

The four members of the U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team won gold and made history. For future trivia questions asking who won the first Olympic gold medal in women’s 3×3 basketball, the answer will be: Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young of the United States of America. That quartet of WNBA players led the U.S. to...

The women’s 3×3 basketball team will face the Russian Olympic Committee on Wednesday for the first gold medal of the sport. The game will be available to watch on USA Network.

If they beat France, the U.S. will compete for the first Olympic gold medal in the sport’s history

Team USA lost to Japan in the final game of pool play on Tuesday.

The U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team maintained their perfect run on Monday after beating both Italy and China. They have one more pool play against Japan on July 27 before they advance to the semifinals, which begin Aug. 5.

Though history and tradition are a big part of the Olympics, new sports and events are added to every Olympic cycle in a quest to reach younger audiences around the globe.

The First Lady sat with French President Emmanuel Macron in the stands on Saturday and talked to the team afterwards.

With several sports making their Olympic debuts in Tokyo, 3×3 basketball was center stage as the tournament tipped off on Friday. In the first men’s match on Friday night, Poland beat Latvia, 21-14. Serbia took the second match of the evening taking down China 22-12. For the women, ROC narrowly beat Japan by 3 points (21-18), followed by the second…

Watch 2021 U.S. 3×3 basketball player and former Princeton Tiger Kareem Maddox talk about quitting his job to follow his dream, in this full video of episode 5 of the My New Favorite Olympian podcast.

It’s easy to tell someone to “Follow your dreams.” But how many of us have the intestinal fortitude to quit a full-time job not once, but twice, to do just that. Well, Kareem Maddox did. Most recently, he quit his successful producing career at 30 years old to try to make the U.S. Olympic 3 on 3 basketball team. (Spoiler...

Watch 2021 U.S. 3×3 basketball player and former Princeton Tiger Kareem Maddox talk about quitting his job to follow his dream, in this portion of episode 5 of the My New Favorite Olympian podcast.

3×3 basketball player Kareem Maddox joins the “My New Favorite OIympian” podcast to discuss his Olympic journey and all the bumps that have come with it. Maddox reveals the sacrifice he made to pursue his Olympic quest, including quitting his position as a podcast producer for Spotify’s podcasting arm, Gimlet Media, to train for the games.