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Olympics | Spain advances to basketball gold medal game
Doug Smith SPORTS REPORTER BEIJING–The reigning world basketball champions will get a chance to add an Olympic gold medal to their impressive list of accomplishments. But they’ll have to do it without Jose Calderon. A slightly torn adductor muscle kept the Raptor point guard out of Friday’s 91-86 win over Lithuania in the semifinals and will sideline him for Sunday’s gold medal game against ...
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Jose Calderon chooses wisely, won’t play
Cuzoogle — The other day we told you that Jose Calderon injured himself while playing for Spain at the Olympics. Well he has decided not to push it and won’t play for Spain in the semi finals. Will it hurt Spain’s chances? Sure it will but the Toronto Raptors are breathing a sigh of relief knowing their starting PG will be resting and getting ready for the season. From the Toronto Star Jose Calderon will not play for Spain today in the Olympic men’s basketball semifinals. The Raptor point guard has what’s being ...

Injury Update: Jose Calderon Tears Thigh
Dropping Dimes — And you all wonder why I despise any sort of extra curricular basketball… From the Toronto Star: Jose Calderon will not play for Spain today in the Olympic men’s basketball semifinals. The Raptor point guard has what’s being called a partial tear of the adductor muscle, an injury revealed after an MRI here on Thursday. Toronto officials are following up with Spanish doctors to discover the severity of the injury, treatment options and a prognosis. Obviously, ...

Shooting for gold: USA-Spain live 1:30am CST and ... Wanna Whole Lotta Leona?
Milwaukee Bucks Blog - The Bob Boozer Jinx — ... Unfortunately, the Spanish will be playing without their point guard, Calderon, who's out with a "slightly torn abductor muscle" which is somewhere in the thigh-to-groin area of the legs. (I wonder ...

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