Sports Briefing | Basketball: American Women Beat Cuba
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Candace Parker scored 21 points and Katie Smith added two late 3-pointers to help the United States hold off Cuba, 85-79, in its opening game at the FIBA Americas tournament in Valdivia, Chile. With the score tied at 71-71 midway through the fourth quarter, Smith hit consecutive 3-pointers. After finishing third at the world championships, the United States was forced to play in the FIBA Americas tournament. Only the tournament winner earns an automatic bid to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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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The United States ran their preliminary  round record to a perfect 5-0 with a 100-62 drubbing of China  at the women's Olympic basketball tournament on Sunday,  remaining on course for a third consecutive gold medal.
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Mike Krzyzewski wanted to be absolutely clear: This was just practice. To Carmelo Anthony, it was a little more than that. When the United States and Puerto Rico met Tuesday night for a scrimmage, it was the first time the teams were together since the Puerto Ricans routed the Americans 92-73 during preliminary round play at the 2004 Olympics.
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Sheryl Swoopes produced a late run to  lead the United States to a 66-62 women's basketball victory  over Russia Friday and into their third consecutive Olympic  gold medal game.
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ATHENS The United States women&#39;s team completed an almost flawless romp through the Olympics, winning the gold medal with a 5-1 victory over Australia - another dominant performance by the best softball team America has ever built.
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The U.S. offense was already scoring big long before Crystl Bustos&#039; long ball. She just put the finishing touches on another dominant showing by the Americans. Bustos homered and drove in five runs as the United States jumped on China for a 10-run first inning in a 14-0 win Saturday night at the World Cup of Softball.
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ATHENS China overcame a case of midmatch nerves to shatter Cuba&#39;s dream of four Olympic women&#39;s volleyball golds in a row by beating the Caribbean nation in five grueling sets.
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One day Carmelo Anthony leads the U.S. in scoring. The next game it's Dwyane Wade's turn. Wade scored 26 points Sunday night to lead the U.S. to a 121-90 rout of Yao Ming and China, the Americans' second victory in as many games at the FIBA world championships.
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The United States advance to the World Basketball Championship semi-finals by beating Germany 85-65 in Saitama.
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The United States beat European champion Spain 1-0 on Thursday to set up to a quarterfinal showdown against Australia at the Women&#39;s Under-19 World Championship.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States led Australia 29-26 at halftime of the women's Olympic basketball final Saturday as neither team could get going offensively. The Americans, seeking their third straight gold medal, held Aussie star Lauren Jackson to just five points on 2-of-10 shooting...
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America's Katie Smith reinjures her right knee early in a dominating 100-62 women's basketball victory over China on Sunday.
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ATHENS, Greece - The U.S. women's basketball team got just what it wanted against Spain - a victory and a test...
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Seimone Augustus scored 19 points and Tina Thompson added 18 as the United States routed Jamaica, 115-47, yesterday to clinch a semifinal spot at the FIBA Americas tournament in Valdivia, Chile. The United States team scored the first 9 points and never looked back. The United States (2-0) struggled in its first game against Cuba, winning by 85-79 after trailing most of the game.
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ATHENS -- LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and a couple of their Olympic teammates made it over to watch last night's women's game between the United States and China. They saw a team shoot well, pass well, rebound well, and dominate -- everything they are not doing so far.
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BULLETINBC-OLY--Women's Final BKW,0040BULLETIN    ATHENS, Greece   --  The United States won the gold medal Saturday in women's basketball, beating Australia 74-63.