Friday Olympic Preview: How will Marion do?
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Daily diversions: Birgit Fischer won her first Olympic gold medal in flat-water kayaking as a teenager in 1980 for East Germany. In Athens, at 42 and the single mother of two teenagers, she goes for her eighth gold medal.
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The International Olympic Committee this week is set to review progress of upcoming Olympics including the London 2012 Games amid reports in British media their cost was spiraling.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Robert Siegel and Wall Street Journal sports writer Stefan Fatsis, reporting from Athens, talk about some of the highlights of this week&#39;s Olympic Games events.
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(Sports Network) - The much-improved Orlando Magic will take aim at their fourth win in five games tonight, when they take on the Washington Wizards at the MCI Center.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Former Olympic sprint   champion Marion Jones hopes to compete in next week's World Cup   in Athletics and the Shanghai meeting later this month after   being cleared of doping allegations, her manager said on   Thursday.
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The Sporting News - Questions to ponder while wondering if Shawn Marion and Amare Stoudemire really can put their petty differences aside to give the Suns their best chance at a championship:
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Why you should watch: Given the longstanding American hegemony in the shot put, it&#39;s plausible that the three-man US delegation could sweep the competition. But the most compelling reason to watch is the unparalleled setting.
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The United States women set themselves up as the team to beat at the world championships â and maybe next year in Beijing, too â with a razor-sharp and nearly mistake-free romp in qualifying yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany. They scored 245.025 points to take a 3.85-point lead over China.
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Paul Hamm takes another shot at history tonight, when he'll try to become the first American to win the Olympic men's all-around in gymnastics.
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ATHENS, Greece - The preliminaries in the 100 meters were perhaps just a sample of what's to come Sunday, when a talented group of qualifiers - including Americans Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin and defending champion Maurice Greene - will try to turn their competition into the fastest show at the Athens Games.    Five men broke 10 seconds in qualifying Saturday, led by Crawford's time of 9.89...
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The preliminaries in the 100 meters were perhaps just a sample of what's to come Sunday, when a talented group of qualifiers &#151; including Americans Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin and defending champion Maurice Greene &#151; will try to turn their competition into the fastest show at the Athens Games.
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The 35th running of today&#39;s New York City Marathon will test Meb Keflezighi, Paula Radcliffe, Deena Kastor and several other 2004 Olympians.
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Sport: Wimbledon: Former US Open champion sets up date with either Venus Williams or Maria Sharapova.
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The penultimate day of the Olympics will see Kelly Holmes aiming for success in the 1500m.
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If Greece, with 10m people, can pull off the Games at the 11th hour, why not? THE final weekend of the Olympics is at hand, and the reckoning is nigh.
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ATHENS: Mia Hamm is primed to end her illustrious career with an Olympic gold medal when the powerful US team take on Brazil in the womenâs final on Thursday (today).
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A new wave of talent will be on display when track and field takes center stage at the Olympic Games.