Tailor-made US opponent offers false sense of security for Team ...
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&quot;Don&#39;t point your finger at me! Don&#39;t point your finger at me!&quot; It didn&#39;t take an expert lip reader to interpret what US coach Larry Brown was saying to Spanish counterpart Mario Pesquera during their dust-up after Team USA&#39;s win Thursday.
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A confident American team enters the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship on an impressive run but some familiar faces are blocking the US path to reclaiming the global throne.
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With back-to-back World Cup qualifying games on the line, US team coach Bruce Arena has called in his heavy hitters from overseas.
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The architect of the NFL's top-ranked defense needs to watch his temper.
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The US men&#39;s national soccer team, holding a slim lead atop the CONCACAF region&#39;s Group 1, faces a tricky test today as it meets an El Salvador team battling to stay alive.
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defensive end Kyle Budinscak said. &quot;After last year, the embarrassment we had and this past Saturday, us coming out and not coming up with a victory is not an option.
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HARTFORD, Connecticut  - The United States, who  look poised to appear in their fifth successive World Cup  finals, are embroiled in a labor row involving the players and  the national federation.
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Team USA&#39;s 94-90 loss to Lithuania last night was not revelation, but confirmation. It reaffirmed that the erstwhile Dream Team is deeply flawed and poorly suited to international basketball; that its shooting
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In the unfamiliar spot of playing from behind, U.S. coach Bob Bradley told his players at halftime they were going to have to win a little differently. Same game plan, different game plan. When it comes to playing Mexico lately, it doesn't seem to matter.
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PITTSBURGH -- One goal of a Bill Belichick-coached team is to take away one thing the opponent likes to do best. Not everything they like to do. One thing.
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Beware - Vicious Dog. US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton would do well to pin up such a sign in the American team room.
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A labor dispute, fitness concerns and travel challenges have coach Bruce Arena concerned about his national team's readiness for their match Wednesday at Trinidad and Tobago.
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PULLMAN -â Last week, in studying USC game film, Cougar coaches thought they found a chink in the national championsâ armor. And not just any chink -â one with the potential, right from the get go, to
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Butch Buchanico&#39;s 15 minutes of fame were more embarrassing than glorious, but he will have to live with the consequences. The Philadelphia Eagles&#39; director of security was flagged
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As Ryan Wilson at AOLâs FanHouse points out, cheaters do prosper sometimes. Itâs unclear whether they need to be wearing a weathered hoodie while doing so. ESPNâs Matt Mosley makes an excellent point about the use of âpit bullâ to describe a player. That should be right up there on the list with referring to yourself [...].
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The manner in which the Americans have maintained their 10-game unbeaten streak has left the coaches and players inspired and concerned at the same time.
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The name on the back of the uniform says "Szczerbiak." The face is recognizable. The game, however, is unrecognizable.