US looks like a favorite
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How do you get overlooked when you are 6-foot-2, weigh 203 pounds, are in the NBA, play in New York for the Knicks and are a member of the US men&#39;s basketball team?
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Team USA goaltender Chanda Gunn makes the save off Team Canada Colleen Sostorics as USA&#39;s Katie King looks on during first period Four Nations Tournament action Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004 in Burlington, Vt.
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It&#39;s been a very satisfying year for US Davis Cup captain Pat McEnroe&#39;s rapidly evolving team. Andy Roddick has been nails at No.
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Anytime a designer examines American culture, right down to the red, white and blue bunting stripes, interests me. Much of Thom Browneâs spring 2008 collection will seem preposterous to people. And if this is your first glimpse at his small-sized silhouette, I can only imagine that you think the fashion world indeed a strange place. [...].
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Mikael Silvestre said he liked the United States âbecause everything is big.â But apparently the soccer is not yet big enough to entice him to relocate across the Atlantic.
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Sport: Top teams clash at home of English football as US game seeks a global audience.
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So here&#39;s a switch. In most of the recent Ryder Cup years - six of the last nine competitions â-he United States appeared to have the stronger team, yet Europe won.
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The Americans are going for the gold &#151; in gold. The U.S. women's team unveiled its jerseys for the upcoming World Cup, and the look certainly is distinctive. The primary jersey is gold, with red, white and blue trimming.
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An America Online survey tells us what we want to hear.
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Mexico and the United States will meet in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final Sunday, just as expected. But neither is looking very much like a favorite.
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America should be an overwhelming favorite in the Ryder Cup golf matches that begin Friday on Detroit&#39;s Oakland Hills course that Ben Hogan once called a monster.
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Canada, Mexico, Spain, The United Kingdom, France, Russia, Israel, Australia, Japan, and South Korea: together with nine other newspapers, Le Monde has conducted an opinion poll [concieved of by the Canadian daily La Presse] on the perception of the United States and the stakes of the American presidential election. The rejection of President Bush, in the name of the good relations hoped for with The United States, is massive. Full Article here (Text in French).
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Hot favorites the  U.S. will seek to restore lost American pride when they take on  Belarus in a Davis Cup semi-final starting on Friday.
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ATHENS -- Seeing was admiring. &quot;Puerto Rico played as a team,&quot; said US coach Larry Brown. &quot;They were well-prepared and the coaching was incredible. They played so much harder than we did, and so the result was not a surprise. I think anybody watching this, who enjoys basketball, got a thrill out of that.&quot;
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Points: The 19-day extravaganza continues with the first of two nights with Conference USA in the spotlight. Neither team left the field happy last time out.
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Most of the United States national team that may end up in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup will be a delicate mix of young and old, experience and exuberance.
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The Rest of the World team took a 3Â½-2Â½ lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the UBS Cup. The Americans have never lost this Ryder Cup-style match play tournament featuring players aged 40-and-over.