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USA Basketball Plans Game Against Spain, Unveils New Logo

The U.S. and Spain men's basketball teams will play an exhibition game in Barcelona on July 24, the "highlight of the Americans' five-game, pre-Olympic schedule." The game will celebrate the Dream Team's 20th anniversary and reprise the '08 Beijing Games Gold Medal game. USA Basketball Chair Jerry Colangelo said that the tour, which also includes a July 22 game against Argentina in Barcelona, is "the most challenging and ambitious since he took over the program" in '05 (AP, 2/24).

USA Basketball on Friday unveiled a new logo to be worn by both the men's and women's national teams in the London Games, replacing the logo that had been in use since '89. The most recent logo incorporates the existing USA type into a badge-shaped mark. The logo also features a basketball, alluding to the original Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America, as well as a single star symbolizing the unity of the teams' rosters (USA Basketball).

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