Emotion fuels Spanish victory as U.S. fall short
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Spain's stirring triumph at the   world basketball championship was a fitting climax to a   tournament in which passion eclipsed NBA style.
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Stephon Marbury keyed a fourth quarter run to help the United States beat Spain 102-94 in the quarter-finals of the men&#39;s Olympic basketball tournament on Thursday.
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ATHENS, Greece - By the end of the Olympic basketball tournament&#39;s first week, the shock of the United States&#39; opening-game loss to Puerto Rico was wearing off.
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Europeâs stunning victory over the USA in the Ryder Cup has left the American press wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth about exactly just how the supposed underdogs walked away with a comprehensive 18 1/2 9 1/2 win.
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Host-Spain defeated the United States 3-2 in the best-of-five Davis Cup World Group final Sunday, to claim its second-ever championship in the men&#39;s team tennis event.
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The United States won both of its opening singles to move within a victory of its first appearance in the Davis Cup final since 1997, while Spain stumbled in trying to reach its third trip to the championship in five years.
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For Spain, it's the team, not the cream that earned the Basketball world championship
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Rafael Nadal upset world number two Andy Roddick in four sets to give Spain a commanding two-nil lead over the United States in the Davis Cup final on Friday.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - Carlos Moya fired Spain into a  1-0 lead over the United States in the Davis Cup final on  Friday.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - Facing a battalion of sturdy  Spanish baseliners and a partisan, vocal crowd, the United  States will rely on team spirit as it fights for the Davis Cup  this weekend.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Spain scraped into the final of   the world basketball championship for the first time on Friday   but look to have paid a devastating price in the process.
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Facing a battalion of sturdy Spanish baseliners and a partisan, vocal crowd, the United States will rely on team spirit as they fight for the Davis Cup this weekend.
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Officials had to separate the U.S. and  Spanish coaches when an argument erupted at the end of the game  as the United States beat Spain 102-94 in the Olympic men's  basketball quarter-finals Thursday.
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There are times when the Americans just can't win, such as the Ryder Cup. And sometimes, they don't even have to wait for the matches to get under way.
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SEVILLE, Spain It was not quite what Carlos Moya missed the first time. The setting was not his country&#39;s tennis capital and former home city of Barcelona but the capital of the Spanish region of Andalusia.
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SEVILLE, Spain -- Spain won the Davis Cup title Sunday, taking an insurmountable lead against the United States when Carlos Moya beat Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) for the American star&#39;s second loss in this final.
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ATHENS -- Here's all you need to know about today's United States-Spain basketball game: In betting parlors in Belgrade, the Yanks are 3-point underdogs.