USOC drops Houston, Philly from running
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The backdrop of America's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games might be the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sears Tower or the Los Angeles Coliseum &#151; or none of these at all.
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Soccerâs international governing body has decided to end a practice of rotating the site of the quadrennial World Cup among different regions.
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The 2009 U.S. Amateur golf championship will not be played at Congressional Country Club as scheduled and will be moved to another site, most likely Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, according to sources at the Bethesda club and the United States Golf Association.
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Ray Ranson withdraws his bid to buy Manchester City.
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FARMINGTON, Pa. - Their Ryder Cup experience was so miserable, the magnitude of the United States&#39; loss to Europe so great, Tiger Woods and Kenny Perry decided to pull out of the 84 Lumber Classic,.
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Top Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew Wednesday from the Athens Games, nearly a week after the duo missed a drug test and were hospitalized after a mysterious motorcycle crash.
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PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Houston starting pitcher  Roger Clemens left Wednesday's 9-8 win over Philadelphia with a  strained right calf.
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ATHENS -- Tom Pappas, a US gold medal favorite in the decathlon, saw his quest for an Olympic crown dashed yesterday by a serious foot injury that forced him to withdraw from the pole vault portion of the 10-event competition.
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Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa were eliminated from the African Confederation Cup race after crashing 3-1 to Tout Puissant Mazembe Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The week that was is now over for the Boston College men's basketball team. Dickie V., Digger, and the "College GameDay" gang are gone.
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ATHENS, Greece - The US men&#39;s basketball team arrived with the wrong uniforms Saturday, and is leaving with the wrong medal. But after losing three games in the Olympics and ending the streak of three gold
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Cuba pulls its boxing team out of the world championships in the US in order to avoid defections.
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The Oakland Raiders canceled the final week of their offseason training program Friday after complaints from the NFL players' union about the intensity of the practices.
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The Wizards lost more than a game yesterday. Chris Klein, who was to have joined the US team for next week's World Cup qualifier at Jamaica, tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in host Kansas City's 2-0 loss to San Jose and will miss the rest of the season.
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The two division leaders in Major League Soccer â D.C. United in the East and Houston in the West â and New England have clinched playoff berths.
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ATHENS, Greece - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew Wednesday from the Athens Games, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash.   "I'm withdrawing from the Olympics," Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission...
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Shawn Marion, Adam Morrison and Luke Ridnour were left off the U.S. national team's roster Tuesday before its trip to Asia for the world championships next month.