Patterson Becomes America's Golden Girl
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ATHENS, Greece - Carly Patterson wanted to be an Olympic champion for as long as she can remember, hoping she'd be "the next Mary Lou" someday. Now, little girls all over America want to be "the next Carly." Soaring high above the floor and strutting her stuff as if she owned the place, the 16-year-old dynamo became the first U.S...
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Winning the 100 meters at the Olympics isn&#39;t simply a tradition carried on by generations of American women sprinters, it&#39;s an exercise in domination.
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All of her life, Zoila Meyer believed she was an American. She even won election to the City Council of Adelanto.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the US with China at 14 each.
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Two decades later, it&#39;s time to make room for Carly Patterson as America&#39;s next reigning champion of Olympic women&#39;s gymnastics.
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ATHENS  In the time it took Carly Patterson to walk 50 feet across the floor, the Games that still lack soul suddenly got a heartbeat.
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The United States won the women's  basketball gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday.
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ATHENS - She did not have the magnetic power of Mary Lou Retton, or the dizzy charm of Sarah Hughes, but Carly Patterson did have one final dance in front of her, one last chance to prove that her face belonged on those 70 million McDonald&#39;s bags and
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Poor Carly Patterson. She carried comparisons to Mary Lou Retton with her into the Olympics, and now she&#39;s carrying them out. Patterson accomplished Thursday night what no
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American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed  a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear  victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old  gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the U.S. with China at 14 each.
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After months of carrying around the pressure to win an Olympic all-around gymnastics title, after being dubbed the next Mary Lou Retton so long ago, Patterson finished her floor exercise Thursday and nearly floated off the floor, leaping ...
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ATHENS, Greece -- The Americans were staggered by emotions, never by opponents. It took a gold medal to knock them down. Laura Berg got a head start.
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1. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company)
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The United States won the women's 4 x  400 meters relay gold medal at the Olympics Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Sorry, Svetlana. There's a new Queen of Gymnastics, and her name is Carly Patterson...
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On the first day of the rest of her  life, American Mia Hamm said she was relieved to be retiring  unhurt after being the dominant women's soccer player of her  generation.
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When the US women&#39;s national team won the gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games, it was the swan song for legends Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett, and Julie Foudy.