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deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com - 7/8/2008
Basketball diplomacy: USA and Iran
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"When is a basketball game not just a basketball game? When an NBA team plays an Iranian team in, of all places, Salt Lake City."

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SPORTSbyBROOKS:  Iran National B-Ball Team Plays Summer League?

Deadspin:  Iranian National Team To Play Utah Jazz. I See No Way This Can End Badly [Basketball Diplomacy]

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Iran National B-Ball Team Plays Summer League?
SPORTSbyBROOKS — NBC NEWS is reporting that the Iranian national basketball team has requested and received permission from the NBA and the State Department to play at least two games against NBA players in Summer League competition in Salt Lake City, UT, in July as part of their Olympic preparation. ...

Iranian National Team To Play Utah Jazz. I See No Way This Can End Badly [Basketball Diplomacy]
Deadspin — ... Before it heads over to Beijing to compete in Olympic basketball competition, the Iranian national squad will play a series of exhibition games against NBA summer league teams at Salt Lake Community College. The Islamic Republic of Iran playing in Utah; kind of makes that North Carolina-Duke rivalry seem childish. ...

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