At these Games, the big sports powers see less gold
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For Americans, it&#39;s just as well that the Olympics came to a conclusion Sunday. Over the weekend, the ends of America&#39;s almost
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NEW YORK  - Midway through the race  between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is  outrunning its predecessor from four years ago.
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Greece isn't the only country  seeing low turnout for the 2004 Summer Olympics. About 8  percent fewer U.S. television viewers tuned in, on average, to  Friday's opening ceremonies on broadcaster NBC.
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HERAKLIO, Greece -- It&#39;s almost as though their careers are intertwined, one just beginning, the other only a gold-medal match away from retirement.
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Statistics in sport often tell only half  the story.
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HDTV sports fans are disappointed that there's a limited menu of Olympic sports that can be seen on high definition and that many of these events are shown 24 hours or later than they are on NBC.
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The U.S. and allied navies conduct war games off India. But some of the participants are hoping Beijing won't notice
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The press hailed the fact that British athletes had restored the country's sporting pride at the Olympic Games in Athens, especially after Tim Henman disappointed once again at Wimbledon and soccer's Euro-2004 fell flat.
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Aerobics and kick basketball are not everyone's idea of serious sports and have yet to find a place in the Olympic Games.
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Things are looking up: Practice is no longer held in the drained Olympic-size pool.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Most of America's weekend-warrior athletes know the bitter truth about their personal skill levels: They're getting slower, weaker, and creakier every year and no new gizmo will reverse that.
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Never mind that the convention business is in a slump, and never mind that New York is a distant outsider for the 2012 Games.
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ATHENS, Greece - When the final whistle blew, an exhausted Mia Hamm was quickly swarmed by 17 thrilled teammates. A few minutes later, an Olympic gold medal was hanging around her neck, too...
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For the first time since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the team standing atop the podium for the gold medal ceremony won't be wearing red with its white and blue.
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A different way of calculating the medal standings brings some interesting results.
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While Chinese athletics were striving for gold at the Athens Olympics, Chinese companies and international firms are competing for the business chances offered by the Games.
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Success at the Games could boost the popularity of a sport unfamiliar to Greeks.