WNBA legend Sue Bird was named the first managing director of the dominant USA Basketball Women’s National Team, taking one ... The Americans beat France, 67-66, in last year's Olympic gold ...

USA Basketball is set to announce ... This move comes on the heels of Team USA barely beating France in the gold-medal game 67-66 last summer. The U.S. women have won the gold medal at every ...

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Coach Lawson says Team USA will be competitive and represent excellence as they fight for a fifth AmeriCup gold medal. Duke University women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson is headed to Chile ...

USA Basketball will name Sue Bird, a five-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA legend, its next managing director for the women's national ... gold medal, but Team USA beat France in the Gold ...

USA Basketball ... women’s national team through the Paris Olympic cycle where the program won its eighth-consecutive Olympic gold medal. Along with nearly losing the gold-medal game to France ...

USA Basketball plans to appoint WNBA legend Sue Bird as the next managing director for the women's national team, according to The Athletic's Chantel Jennings and Joe Vardon. "Her hiring is a ...

Team USA’s women’s basketball team secured i ts 10th gold medal at the 2024 Games after it defeated France by just one point, 67-66. Bird played in her last Olympics at the postponed 2020 ...

Bird’s new role will reportedly be announced Thursday in New York City and mark a major shift in the structure of USA Women’s Basketball ... the women’s team narrowly beat France 67-66 ...

Sue Bird, a five-time Olympic gold medalist, is filling the new role of U.S. women’s national basketball team managing director and will identify players and coaches for the 2026 FIBA World Cup in ...