Team USA needed a 10th-inning RBI single to beat Colombia 3-2 at the World Baseball Classic. In other action, Puerto Rico earned a mercy-rule win with an 11-0 shutout over Venezuela.
Team USA and Clippers center DeAndre Jordan told ESPN that winning an Olympic gold medal is a more substantive achievement than winning an NBA championship.
Charles Barkley, who played on the 1992 Dream Team, said the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team's recent struggles are rooted in the construction of its roster, which is lacking in role players.
In the men's basketball quarterfinals at the Rio Games, Team USA will face Argentina -- the same nation that eliminated the United States in the semifinals of the 2004 Athens Olympics.
After barely surviving against Australia on Wednesday, the U.S. men's basketball team was taken to the brink against Serbia, which had a chance to tie it in the final seconds before losing 94-91.
The U.S. women's basketball team weathered a slow start and got 12 points from Maya Moore in an 81-51 win over Canada to clinch the top seed in Group B at the Rio Olympics.
