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In an early morning match before a handful of fans, the US women's volleyball team, ranked first in the world, lost to the Dominican Republic, 26-24, 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 19-17. The US had not lost to the Dominicans, ranked 13th, since 1999 and did not try to dress up one of the biggest upsets of the Games, a loss arguably ...
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- One hundred days after a lawyer raised in New York was inaugurated as president following a landslide protest vote against the previous government, Dominicans are marveling at a dramatic turnaround of an economy that was in a desperate tailspin.
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They are America&#39;s newest golden girls -- powerful and just a shade from perfection. The US softball team won its third straight gold medal with an unprecedented and nearly unblemished
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What the US men's and women's gymnastics teams pulled off at the recent World Championships in Germany was nothing short of extraordinary. The men, who were 13th last year and in danger of not qualifying for the Olympics, ended up fourth and just missed medaling in the all-around with Jonathan Horton. And after the women rallied to overtake defending champion ...
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Jessica Rostedt, right, of the US fights for the ball with Zurine Gil Garacia of Spain during the first half of their U-19 Women&#39;s World Cup Championship match at Surakul Stadium in Phuket, southern Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004.
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The US women's softball team has won its first five games by shutout. Three of its triumphs were so lopsided that international softball's mercy rule kicked in and shortened the game, as in the five-inning, 7-0 rout of Canada yesterday that propelled the US women into Saturday's semifinals.
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The United States lost their first  basketball match at the Olympics since 1988 on Sunday when  Puerto Rico handed them a shock 92-73 trouncing.
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While it didn't produce as much hand-wringing as did the men's shortfall in Japan earlier this month, the US women's basketball team's semifinal loss last week at the World Championships in Brazil was far more startling. The men, after all, had been sixth in 2002 and third at the Olympics. The women not only hadn't been beaten at the global ...
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Something strange is happening in US men&#39;s team sports in the international arena. We saw it with the men&#39;s basketball team at the Olympic Games, and we witnessed it again last weekend at the Ryder Cup.
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Tropical Storm Jeanne, the fifth major storm to threaten the US this year, hovered over the Dominican Republic today and was poised to gain strength as it moves through open water this weekend.
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ATHENS, Greece - They are America's newest golden girls - powerful and just a shade from perfection. The U.S...
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A marathon day ended with a loud crack of thunder, but not before Lorena Ochoa and Cristie Kerr charged up the leaderboard Saturday as the U.S. Women's Open finally came to life.
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Sixty minutes into a World Cup qualifying match in Jamaica last month, the United States trailed and risked losing its first game ever to the Reggae Boyz.
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The United States had another nervous start in the Women's World Cup, but its defense was impenetrable against Sweden on Friday and Abby Wambach showed her scoring prowess.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Tropical Storm Jeanne brought heavy rain and winds to the Dominican Republic yesterday after killing two people in Puerto Rico, as the latest in a stream of Atlantic storms crossed the Caribbean toward the United States.
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Brian Ching got another big goal, and the United States received the gift of jewelry. Ching scored just five minutes in on the Americans&#39; first shot, and El Salvador was forced to play a man short after a
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After hearing for a year how bad they are, how they might not even make it to next summerâs Beijing Olympics, the U.S. men delivered an impressive performance at the world gymnastics championships Tuesday.