{"id":65099,"date":"2024-07-21T08:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T14:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=65099"},"modified":"2024-07-22T08:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:09:23","slug":"jim-tooley-usa-basketballs-road-to-paris-and-the-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/jim-tooley-usa-basketballs-road-to-paris-and-the-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Tooley: USA Basketball&#8217;s Road to Paris and the Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jim Tooley: USA Basketball's Road to Paris and the Olympic Games\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/sportstravel-podcast\/jim-tooley-usa-basketballs-road-to-paris-and-the-o\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the most high-profile sports in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/tag\/2024-olympic-summer-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Summer Games in Paris<\/a> will be basketball. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/tag\/usa-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Basketball<\/a> teams have been some of the most dominant in Olympic history in any sport. The women\u2019s team looks to extend its streak to eight consecutive gold medals and the men\u2019s team looks for its fifth in a row, having only lost six games in Olympic history. The U.S. also will have teams in the blossoming 3&#215;3 competition that will be held on Place du Concorde in one of the more stunning locations in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of it is Chief Executive Officer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/tag\/jim-tooley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Tooley<\/a><\/strong>, who has been with USA Basketball for over 30 years. We discussed USA Basketball\u2019s state of preparations before Paris, the amount of planning needed for the back and forth between Paris and Lille for group-stage games, USA Basketball\u2019s relationships with Las Vegas and abroad ahead of exhibition games in London, the growth of the international game and 3&#215;3 and celebrating the national governing body\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<h3>This episode is sponsored by:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25813\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/10034939\/Atlantic-City-Sports-Comm-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/10034939\/Atlantic-City-Sports-Comm-Logo.jpg 672w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/10034939\/Atlantic-City-Sports-Comm-Logo-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most high-profile sports in the Olympic Summer Games in Paris will be basketball. The USA Basketball teams have been some of the most dominant in Olympic history in any sport. The women\u2019s team looks to extend its streak to eight consecutive gold medals and the men\u2019s team looks for its fifth in 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