Sue Bird, Team USA to Battle France for Gold

Win after win have brought Team USA basketball to the final game of the 2012 Olympics. and the US Women's Basketball team will compete Saturday for the gold medal against France.

Bird's lead up to this final game was a tough one off the court. Her stepfather, ust days before the opening ceremonies.

On the court, however, Bird and the women of Team USA have fought hard in the race to the gold medal, even beating their usual gold medal rivals, Australia. For the first time, they won't face the Australians in the gold medal game. The two teams still faced off in the quarterfinals, however. Sue Bird told the Associated Press:

"I think the semifinal game for whatever reason is sometimes harder," U.S. point guard Sue Bird said. "They've been even more competitive than some of our gold medal games. This point the four teams left are very good teams. It's no surprise that these four teams are in this situation. Everyone's trying to get the chance to win a gold medal."

London 2012 will be the site of Bird's third consecutive gold medal and Team USA's fifth if they win against France.

Here is how Team USA Women's Basketball has done so far:

Plug in your zip code and cable company at NBC's website and they will tell you which channels to watch. The gold medal game will be shown live on NBC, not the specialty channel set up for preliminary games.

An added perk of the 2012 Olympic Games is that this is the first year it will stream live, so go to the NBC Olympics website to watch it on your computer.