Blake on Target as Americans Bounce Back in World Cup
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Jason Blake scored the winning goal in the first period as the United States won their first game at the World Cup of Hockey with a 3-1 victory over Slovakia in St Paul, Minnesota on Friday.
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Andy Roddick and James Blake win opening singles matches to give the defending champion United States a 2-0 lead over Austria in the first round of the Davis Cup.
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James Blake put a nightmare year behind  him Tuesday as he helped the United States make a winning start  to the defense of their Hopman Cup title.
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Team USA finally showed some energy in the World Cup of Hockey, beating Slovakia 3-1 Friday for its first win in the tournament. Bill Guerin, Jason Blake and Bryan Smolinski scored for the younger, quicker
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There was a time when winning the Davis Cup wasn&#39;ta goal for the United States -- it was an expectation. After recording a 3-2 win over Russia in the 1995 finals, the US was well
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The Gold Cup has little in common with the World Cup. And Soldier Field is a long way from Nurnberg's Frankenstadion. But the United States has regained some of its prestige and pride with a 10-match undefeated streak and a berth in the Gold Cup finals after a 2-1 win over Canada last night.
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Forget all that talk about Team USA having goalie problems. Robert Esche and Rick DiPietro combined on a shutout, and John-Michael Liles arrived just in time to score a goal to lead the defending champion Americans to a 2-0 victory over Russia on Friday night in their final World Cup exhibition game.
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ST. PAUL -- The United States went into last night favored over Finland to advance to the championship game of the World Cup of Hockey. The Americans were rested, having beaten the Russians here in the quarterfinals Tuesday, while the Finns had to travel from Helsinki after knocking off Germany Monday.
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England start the defence of their World Cup crown with a 28-10 victory USA in Lens.
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The trade deadline passed and Jason Blake was relieved to still be a member of the New York Islanders. He celebrated with a hat trick a few hours later.
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AN injury-time goal lifted the United States to a 1-1 draw against Panama today, enough for the Amerians to maintain their lead in Group A in the third round of 2006 World Cup qualifying in the North and Central America and Caribbean region.
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- James Blake lost to Tomas Berdych 6-1, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 Friday, leaving the United States tied 1-1 with the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup. Andy Roddick defeated Davis Cup rookie Ivo Minar 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to give the U.S. the early lead in the first-round World Group...
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Into the regional finals of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, that is. The Americans lead their group with eight points off two wins and two ties.
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American top seed James Blake used his precision serve and timely break point chances to breeze past Chile's Paul Capdeville 6-1, 6-4 in a second round match of the Delray Beach Championships on Thursday.
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Second-half goals by Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly gave the United States a victory over England in the Womenâs World Cup.
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A couple of players who weren&#39;t able to crack the US lineup when the World Cup began earlier this week helped propel the Americans to victory in a game they had no choice but to win.
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TORONTO -- Pavel Datsyuk, Alex Kovalev, Sergei Samsonov, Alexei Yashin, and Alexander Ovechkin scored for Russia in a 5-2 victory over Slovakia last night in the final preliminary game of the World Cup.