Greece Shamed Again at Their Own Games
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The Greeks were shamed again at their  own Olympics on Sunday when bronze medal weightlifter Leonidas  Sampanis was kicked out after failing a dope test.
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THE defiant taunts cascaded down from the Olympic stadium grandstands for minutes. &quot;Hellas, Hellas,&quot; followed by &quot;Kenteris, Kenteris&quot; - an angry display that held up the main event of Thursday&#39;s athletics program.
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Athens - It was the ultimate irony - two Greek sprinters withdrew from their nation&#39;s own Olympics on the day the Games returned to their spiritual home at Olympia.
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ATHENS, Greece - The joyous Greek revelers who turned Olympic Stadium into a flag-waving sea of sky blue and pure white did not want to hear it.
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With the stirring exception of Liverpool versus Olympiakos, where both sides fought to exhaustion to try to qualify for the second round, the last set of matches in the group stage was another night of shameful collusion in the Champions League - another
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The pessimism among Greeks before the Olympics has been replaced by fierce optimism and pride. So donât even think about criticizing the Games, especially if youâre Greek.
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&quot;You bums and ingrates! You disgraced your sport and country! Matador defense and half-hearted effort? At the Olympics? The Commies cheated us in &#39;72, and our college kids weren&#39;t good enough in &#39;88, but this is unacceptable. So carry your sorry fannies ...
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One of the feel-good stories of the Olympics turned sour Saturday, becoming the latest in a long line of scoring controversies that seem to show up in every Games.
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was stripped of his bronze medal Sunday for a doping offense, another embarrassment for the host nation.
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Greece was rocked by the threat of being  stripped of an Athens Games medal and the host nation's team  manager offered to quit on Friday, as doping overshadowed  Michael Phelps' drive to be Olympic swimming's top medal  winner.
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That wasn&#39;t easy. Team USA beat Greece Tuesday, but barely, edging out a 77-71 victory. We definitely played better than we did in game one against Puerto Rico, but still not well enough to dominate like we should.
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The sprinters have themselves to blame for their events falling into disrepute and disrepair. The damage done in Seoul in 1988 has never been repaired.
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In 2000, Greece brought home 13 medals. The Greek Olympic Committee hopes to double that number.
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Greece, the brashest team at the European Basketball Championship who usually fears no one, looks as if it needs a pep talk.
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Fans and athletes give Olympic judges low marks.
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A doping probe that has dogged the host  country's Olympic Games staggered toward farce on Monday when a  hearing involving Greece's two top sprinters was postponed  again.
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In another embarrassing incident for the Olympic host nation, a Greek weightlifter has been stripped of his bronze medal for a doping offence.