News from August 16.

Orlando re-signed Bo Outlaw.

Team USA cut Bruce Bowen from the 2006 roster, finalizing the 12 players
for the World Championship tournament that starts on Saturday.

2006 USA Basketball Men's Team

Player (Team)           Pos  Ht  Wt    B-day   College               Exp
Carmelo Anthony (Den) ..  F  6-8  230  5/29/84  Syracuse'06            3 
Shane Battier (Mem) ....  F  6-8  220   9/9/78  Duke'01                5 
Chris Bosh (Tor) ....... F-C 6-10 230  3/24/84  Georgia Tech'06        3 
Elton Brand (LAC) ......  F  6-8  254  3/11/79  Duke'01                7 
Kirk Hinrich (Chi) .....  G  6-3  190   1/2/81  Kansas'03              3 
Dwight Howard (Orl) .... F-C 6-11 265  12/8/85  SW Atl Christian Aca   2 
LeBron James (Cle) ..... F-G 6-8  240 12/30/84  St.Vincent-St.Mary HS  3 
Antawn Jamison (Was) ...  F  6-9  235  6/12/76  UNC'99                 8 
Joe Johnson (Atl) ......  G  6-7  230  6/29/81  Arkansas'03            5 
Brad Miller (Sac) ......  C  7-0  261  4/12/76  Purdue'98              8 
Chris Paul (Mem) .......  G  6-0  175   5/6/85  Wake Forest'07         1 
Dwyane Wade (Mia) ......  G  6-4  212  1/17/82  Marquette'04           3 

Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski (Duke)
Assistants: Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)
            Mike D'Antoni (Pho)
            Nate McMillian (Por)
Trainer:    Keith Jones (Hou)
            Casey Smith (Dal)


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Admin note: I'm on vacation for a while and highly likely won't have
access while I'm gone (except maybe tomorrow and Saturday).  I'll catch up
on what occurs while I'm gone when I return (and I obviously won't be
covering the World Championship Tournament).

patricia