Sweet three-peat for US women
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ATHENS, Greece -- There were 17 seconds left, and it was finally time for the change. The US women&#39;s basketball team had clinched the Olympic gold medal Saturday for the third time in a row.
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The US women took their third consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball on Saturday, breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia 74-63.
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Two-time champions the United States shocked England with three goals in 12 second-half minutes to reach the women&#39;s World Cup semi-finals on Saturday.
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ATHENS -- They wanted each other. They got each other. One more time. The United States women's basketball team survived a grind-a-thon against Russia yesterday and will go for the gold today against Australia. It's a rematch of the gold medal game from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, which the US won, 76-54, in a game also remembered for Aussie ...
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Cori Chambers and Tasha Humphrey had 18 points apiece for Georgia in the third-place game of the Rainbow Wahine Classic. Sherill Baker had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Janese Hardrick added
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ATHENS, Greece The US women&#39;s basketball team completed an eight-game run through the Athens Olympics with a 74-to-63 win over Australia.
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Abby Wambach had a goal and an assist as the U.S. women's national soccer team beat Iceland 3-0 Wednesday night in the second game of its 10-game Olympic gold medal victory tour.
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Where the United States was concerned, there was little unlucky about Day 13 of the Athens Olympic Games. Abby Wambach&#39;s goal in the second overtime vaulted the United States women&#39;s
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Second-half goals by Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly put the United States into the semifinals of the Women's World Cup with a 3-0 victory Saturday over England.
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Wecker, who missed the last three games with a sprained left ankle, added 12 rebounds and five assists. Laurie Koehn contributed 16 points and Claire Coggins 14 while Megan Mahoney also had 12 rebounds.
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ATHENS The American softball team won its third straight gold medal with a nearly unblemished run through the Olympics, capped by a 5-1 victory Monday over Australia.
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ATHENS, Greece - Three teammates, three Olympics, three gold medals. Dawn Staley, Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes...
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The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic women's basketball title Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most importantly, finding their shooting touch.
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Sheryl Swoopes made three big plays at the end &#151; two baskets and another on defense &#151; to help the United States squeeze out a 66-62 semifinal victory over Russia on Friday. And now just one game stands between the U.S. team and a third straight gold medal. The opponent will be Australia or Brazil on Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece - The woman who scored the gold-medal winner playfully jumped in the back row to get noticed as NBC television cameras gathered in front of the US women&#39;s soccer team after beating Brazil.
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ATHENS -- Preliminary-round elimination would have been a disaster for the United States women. Desperate for a victory, the Americans avoided embarrassment by finally playing like a gold medal contender -- and like a team.
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ATHENS, Greece - The U.S. softball team won its third straight gold medal with an unprecedented and nearly unblemished romp through the Olympics, capped by a 5-1 victory Monday over an Australian team that, like the rest of softball's elite, never had a chance...