Dream Team Loses Again, but Still Advances
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States men's basketball team endured another brutal loss Saturday night. But because Angola is playing even worse than the Americans, the Dream Team is in the quarterfinals of the Athens Games...
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Win and hope. That&#039;s what it comes down to for the U.S. soccer team.
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NEW YORK - They had one quite costly fourth-quarter foul. They made turnovers and went cold on offense at the worst of times. They missed far too many free throws.
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An inspired European team was dominant Friday, while a fragile United States team was demoralized while falling behind, 6Â½-1Â½.
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The U.S. men's basketball team were once  again in danger of defeat at the Olympic tournament on  Thursday, trailing Australia 51-47 at the end of the first  half.
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One miserable quarter cost the Warriors on Monday night, but they still forced overtime and almost extended the game again before losing 101-98 to the undefeated Dallas Mavericks.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The Revolution moved closer to qualifying for a playoff berth for the fifth successive season last night, but the team appeared to slow down in the second half of a 1-1 tie with the Kansas City Wizards, squandering a lead and wasting chances late.
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Larry Brown's squad could not overcome a 28-point effort by Lithuania's Sarunas Jasikevicius. Despite the 94-90 loss, the Americans advanced to the quarterfinals.
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Maybe they sleep better on the road. Maybe the opposing crowd revs them up. Maybe they are just a really good team and the whole road thing means nothing.
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Celtic&#39;s inability to gain reward on their Champions League travels was all too evident again as, for the eighth time in succession in this competition, they suffered a bad defeat.
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Never mind that the team has not lost a game this season, either in Serie A or the Champions League. Having registered just two wins and seven draws in the Italian league, the club is in crisis mode heading
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When a day of drama had ended and the quarterfinal pairings were set, the news was not great for the United States. In order to get to the semifinals and possibly the gold medal game, first the Americans will have to defeat Spain &#151; the team that left the widest wake of impressed and defeated opponents during the preliminary round.
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ATHENS, Greece - The U.S. men's basketball team endured another brutal loss...
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On the court and off, the Mystics season has been one of disappointment, but the playoffs are still a possibility.
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The Detroit Pistons were facing a game that, if lost, would have given them their longest losing streak of the season.
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GRAND FORKS, North Dakota -- And so the freefall continues for Team USA. Roughly 24 hours after losing to Belarus and missing an opportunity to clinch top spot in Group A, the United States slipped from first
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Dwyane Wade scored 37 points, and that still wasn't enough for the hapless Miami Heat.