How Michigan athletes fared at the Olympics
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Olympic events involving athletes and coaches with connections to Michigan. All listed are on Team USA unless otherwise indicated: â¢Andre Dirrell of Flint advanced into the boxing quarterfinals, needing
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Great Britain&#39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton&#39;s mixed doubles.
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The Michigan Wolverines played solidly early and late in the game, but they struggled on offense in between.
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A different way of calculating the medal standings brings some interesting results.
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It would've been understandable if American Matt Emmons had a bad first Olympic experience. The way things had been going, he seemed destined for that.
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Plentiful buses, helpful volunteers, and efficient security have added up to &#39;positive surprises&#39; for the host city. There are many measures by which to judge the success of an Olympic Games: records broken, medals won, dreams fulfilled or dashed.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan football greats from Desmond Howard to Dan Dierdorf passed through the tunnel and onto the field at Michigan Stadium. Many slapped the "GO BLUE" banner as they did when they played for Bo Schembechler's Wolverines.
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As some approach Olympic levels, the question is whether their high-tech limbs give them an unfair advantage
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The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals &#151; its best showing ever and the leading edge of a surge by Asian teams. The American team amassed 103 total medals, topping its target of 100, and won 35 golds to 32 for China and 27 for Russia.
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Fans and athletes give Olympic judges low marks.
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Taking part in the Games is a triumph in itself for athletes who have dodged bullets, battled prejudice, and dreamed very hard to get here.
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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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Plenty of snow has been shoveled since Sports Illustrated called the 1994 US Alpine ski team the "brigade of lead-footed snowplowers" just before the Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Writer E.M. Swift had no way of knowing that the team would win four Alpine medals in those Games, but he was basing his none-too-inaccurate assessment of US ...
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ATHENS, Greece - They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull out another gold-medal victory...
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (Sports Network) - Jason Teague, who ran for 112 yards and a score on 17 carries, caught a touchdown pass in the second quarter to snap a tie and help Michigan State post a 49-14 win over
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After hearing for a year how bad they are, how they might not even make it to next summerâs Beijing Olympics, the U.S. men delivered an impressive performance at the world gymnastics championships Tuesday.
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 21, 2004 - Paul Hamm&#39;s gold medal has lost some of its luster. A mistake in scoring of the all-around gymnastics final cost Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday.