Topic: Barcelona

Spaniard Rubio joins Timberwolves

Highly-rated Spanish guard Ricky Rubio will quit Barcelona and play for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA next season, the Catalan club announced on Friday.The 20-year-old Rubio, who made his Spanish league debut at the age of 14, was drafted by the ...

Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio to play in NBA next season

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Ricky Rubio will leave his current club Regal Barcelona to play in the NBA next season, the highly-rated Spanish point guard said on Friday."I have finally decided to go to the NBA. I have a dream that now can ...

Barcelona beats Lakers 92-88

Barcelona beats NBA champion Lakers 92-88 in exhibitionJuan Carlos Navarro scored 25 points to help Barcelona beat the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers 92-88 in an exhibition on Thursday.Spanish center Pau Gasol led the Lakers with 24 points but had only one ...
Navarro scores 25 points to help Barcelona to 92-88 victory over LakersJuan Carlos Navarro scored 25 points to help Barcelona to a 92-88 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in an exhibition Thursday.Spanish center Pau Gasol led the NBA champions with 24 ...
Lakers' Pau Gasol is main attraction in Barcelona homecoming for preseason gamePau Gasol is back in Spain for a third time with an NBA team. This time, he's in a Lakers jersey as an NBA champion.Gasol will be the main attraction when ...
AP Interview: Minnesota prospect Rubio won't join NBA before 2011; open to move if need beRicky Rubio is promising NBA fans they'll get to see his razzle-dazzle, but not before the 2011-12 season — and not necessarily with the Minnesota Timberwolves.In an ...

City Center

A skinny kid from Spain gets big and lands on the top NBA team. Even for professional basketball, Laker center Pau Gasol i S?ez is a giant, yet all seven feet of Barcelona's pride and joy pirouettes with ease, and the arcing ...

Seattle's new team lifts spirits and economy

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle Sounders were routed by European champions Barcelona in an exhibition game on Wednesday but the fans of Major League Soccer's newest franchise did not care.The team are a massive success, pulling in twice as many fans as ...
Back in 1992, the year the U.S. first sent NBA players to the Olympic Games, Michael Jordan told reporters he was willing to go as long as the U.S. Olympic committee understood that he viewed his trip to Barcelona, Spain, " While ...