Second Andre win in a row boosts US gold medal hopes
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Andre Dirrell, fighting with a tattoo of his grandfather&#39;s face on his back, assured the United States of at least two boxing medals Wednesday by narrowly beating Cuba&#39;s Yordani Despaigne to advance to the Olympic middleweight semifinals.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Carly Patterson won the women&#39;s all- around gymnastics title at the Olympics in Athens, making it a double victory for the US after Paul Hamm won the men&#39;s event yesterday.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - With one gold medal already, he could have packed it in. But it wouldn&#39;t have been right, not after what his teammate accomplished Saturday night.
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You&#39;ve surely heard by now that Wyoming wrestler Rulon Gardner is bringing home another Olympic medal. This time it&#39;s a bronze.
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American Tyson Gay further underlined   his growing reputation when he ran another sub-10 second race   to win the men's 100 metres at the World Cup.
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Gymnast Paul Hamm became the first-ever American to win the men&#39;s all-around title in one of the closest-ever Olympic competitions.
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With the women's 1,600-meter relay team winning gold Saturday night, the United States picked up its 98th medal, topping the total won four years ago in Sydney. Next up: the goal of 100 set by the U.S. Olympic Committee. There was a chance of hitting it late Saturday through one more relay, the men's javelin and men's basketball. If not, it could be tight on Sunday.
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It was another great night for the US track and field team as it upped its medal count to 18, just two short of the Sydney Games. The highlight was the sweep in the 200 meters.
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Andre Agassi tried to get this over in a hurry. He wanted a fast day at the U.S. Open, just like Roger Federer.
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ATHENS, Greece - Three got medals, and Paul Hamm got mad. The United States upped its gymnastics medal haul to seven Sunday night, the most since the Americans won 16 at the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984...
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Aaron Peirsol won his second gold medal  at the Athens Olympics Thursday after winning an appeal against  his disqualification from the men's 200 meter backstroke.
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Roger Federer, of Switzerland, returns to Fabrice Santoro, of France, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York on Saturday. NEW YORK - Maria Sharapovaâs drive to win another Grand Slam title got dashed
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Andre Agassi tried to get this over in a hurry. He wanted a fast day at the US Open, just like Roger Federer. Agassi made short work of marathon man Sargis Sargsian on Labor Day, sweeping out his longtime
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ATHENS, Greece The US will get at least two boxing medals. Andre Dirrell (dur-EL&#39;) made sure of that today by narrowly beating a Cuban boxer to advance to the Olympic middleweight semifinals.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Tyson Gay became just the second man to win the sprint treble at a single world championships when he helped the United States to gold in the 4x100 meters relay on Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States took gold and bronze in the men&#39;s Olympic cycling individual time trial on Wednesday with Tyler Hamilton topping the podium and his team Bobby Julich finishing third.
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ATHENS, Greece - Andre Ward won the gold medal in the light heavyweight division Sunday, beating Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus to claim a bit of redemption for an American team that took a beating at the Olympics. Standing on the medal podium, Ward looked upward and blew a kiss, a gesture of honor for his late father...