Katie Smith and Cheryl Ford are on their way to join the National Team in Brazil in anticipation of the FIBA World Championship, which starts Tuesday. US games will be broadcast live on nbaTV, and rebroadcast at midnight on FSN. First up? China.

Sunday, the US beat the Brazilian team 73-53 in a 3-quarters, *somewhat* "friendly" game. Over at rebkell, two imports and one local promise to attend the games and write up reports. There may even be some podcasting involved.