Americans crash party, dunk Greece
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ATHENS -- The place was ready for a party. Prohibitive underdog Greece had its fans waving the blue-and-white flag and chanting &quot;Hellas&quot; at every opportunity when they weren't booing the United States.
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Greece turned a 12-point deficit into a 14-point lead with a stretch of hot shooting and went on to beat the Americans in the semifinals of the world championship.
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For Americans, it&#39;s just as well that the Olympics came to a conclusion Sunday. Over the weekend, the ends of America&#39;s almost
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ATHENS, Greece - Larry Brown believes his team is finally starting to get it. In a game the Americans were waltzing through and losing for the better part of three quarters, something clicked when the fourth quarter began...
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The United States crashed to its second defeat in the Olympic men&#39;s basketball tournament Saturday when a late shooting spree by Sarunas Jasikevicius propelled Lithuania to a 94-90 victory.
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The US men&#39;s Olympic basketball team will try to bounce back from an upset loss in their opening group match against Puerto Rico with a match-up against host Greece.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Capping its sports-hosting triumph, Greece ended the XXVIII Olympiad with a festive splash of ethnic folklore, music and dancing.
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ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens.    The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new...
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It has come to this: Good thing we're in the easy bracket. The United States men's basketball team is in Pool B, along with Greece, Australia, Lithuania, Angola, and, of course, Puerto Rico, the feisty little brother who enjoyed a pretty big laugh at the expense of Uncle Sam's boys Sunday night. Most of the serious teams are ...
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The United States rebounded from a shock  opening game loss to narrowly beat Greece 77-71 at the men's  Olympic basketball tournament on Tuesday.
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The Americans made Athens look like ancient history. Three years after its stunning loss in the Olympics, the United States smothered Puerto Rico in a 117-78 victory last night in the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas.
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ATHENS, Greece  Their own country has a hard time celebrating a silver medal. If it isn&#39;t gold, it&#39;s symbolic of second place or third place, and that&#39;s just not the American way when it comes to the Olympic Games.
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Carmelo Anthony scored 10 of his 19 points in the third quarter, when the United States finally took control with its pressure defense, and the Americans went on to beat Germany 85-65 Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the world championships. The U.S. will play Greece in the semifinals with Spain and Argentina meeting in the other semifinal matchup.
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Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a  broken thumb on his shooting hand as the United States  rebounded from a shock opening game loss to beat Greece 77-71  at the men's Olympic basketball tournament on Tuesday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Terin Humphrey and Annia Hatch got silver. Courtney Kupets got bronze...
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The unbeaten U.S. women's basketball  team cruised to another victory Wednesday, pummeling Greece  102-72 to advance to the Olympic semi-finals where they will  meet Russia.
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ATHENS, Greece - Frustrated by fouls, turnovers and a feisty opponent, the United States desperately looked for help.    Then along came Sheryl Swoopes to set things right...