U.S. 135, Puerto Rico 91: Anthony Leads U.S. to an Olympic Bid
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The United States clinched a berth in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, thanks to Carmelo Anthonyâs 16 third quarter points.
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Few were happier to see the end of the Olympics than Carmelo Anthony. The Denver Nuggets star said being demoted to the bench for the bronze medal-winning US basketball team left him feeling
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The American men answered their critics who said they were lucky to qualify for the Beijing Olympics by finishing fourth yesterday at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany. If not for two falls off the high bar, the United States would have been the bronze medalist. China breezed to its third consecutive title â and seventh in the past eight world championships â by an almost 5-point margin. Japan took the silver and Germany the bronze, 1.25 points ahead of the Americans.
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The United States broke the world record to win the men&#39;s 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet gymnast Alexander
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ATHENS, Greece - In an upset as historic as it was inevitable, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans and first since adding pros...
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ATHENS, Greece   LeBron James has finally made a positive impression on coach Larry Brown, while Carmelo Anthony is on the other end of the spectrum. Guess who helped the United States defeat Australia? And guess who didn&#39;t? &quot;We ...
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Bershawn Jackson led an American medals sweep in the 400-meter hurdles at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria meet, beating Kenneth Ferguson by a hundredth of a second (48.15 seconds). Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas dominated the 100, finishing in 9.95 seconds. Marlon Devonish of Britain was second in 10.09. The American Angela Williams won the womenâs 100 in 11.12 seconds.
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U.S. basketball suffered its first  Olympic defeat in 16 years on Sunday -- to Puerto Rico -- and  American swimmer Michael Phelps' dream of eight gold medals  evaporated.
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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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ATHENS, Greece -- I didn&#39;t need to see Puerto Rico rout the United States to know that the world is playing great basketball, didn&#39;t need to see the United States shoot 35 percent to know that the youngest team we&#39;ve ever sent to the Olympics has no ...
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ATHENS, Greece - Lamar Odom made a key defensive play on Greece's Dimitris Pipanikoulaou, preventing him from getting a clean layup attempt that could have cut the United States' lead to two points, and the Americans won 77-71 Tuesday night in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.    In a much closer game than expected, the Americans bounced back from their embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in their opener and avoided dropping to 0-2, which would have matched their loss total from the previous 68 years...
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Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.
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ATHENS -- The Olympic basketball competition began 12 days ago. Yesterday, the United States men finally showed up.
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ATHENS, Greece - While the U.S. men's basketball team fell short of its gold-medal goal, the bronze it won Saturday night helped the American delegation reach a bigger goal - it was the 100th U.S...
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In an upset as historic as it was inevitable, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic loss ever for America and its first since adding pros. It was by far the most lopsided defeat for a U.S. men's team.
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ATHENS : The United States defeated Lithuania 104-96 here to win the Olympic men&#39;s basketball bronze medal game. The US team of National Basketball Association stars had been seeking a fourth consecutive gold
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What the US men's and women's gymnastics teams pulled off at the recent World Championships in Germany was nothing short of extraordinary. The men, who were 13th last year and in danger of not qualifying for the Olympics, ended up fourth and just missed medaling in the all-around with Jonathan Horton. And after the women rallied to overtake defending champion ...