Defense the key in US bracket
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Lamar National Little League of Richmond, Texas, is batting .440 and has scored 51 runs in four games at the Little League World Series. Conejo Valley, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., is batting .354 and has outscored opponents, 25-4.
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LAS VEGAS -- There are two unmistakable plotlines as USA Basketball gets ready for next month's Olympic qualifier. One is, "We learned from last year." The other is the presence of Kobe Bryant. The two are not unrelated.
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America should be an overwhelming favorite in the Ryder Cup golf matches that begin Friday on Detroit&#39;s Oakland Hills course that Ben Hogan once called a monster.
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Super offense. Dominating defense. Perfect opponent.
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Score tied. One round to go. A shot at an Olympic boxing gold medal at stake. Apparently only US coach Basheer Abdullah didn&#39;t know his 178-pound fighter, Andre Ward, was even with
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A couple of players who weren&#39;t able to crack the US lineup when the 2004 World Cup began earlier this week helped propel the Americans to victory last night.
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By Rick Bonnell // The Charlotte Observer // September 27, 2004. CHARLESTON, SC _ Every member of the US Davis Cup team needs to win this weekend to avoid an &quot;almost&quot; year.
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The goalkeeper has been set for more than a year and the defense fell into place months ago. Now U.S. coach Bruce Arena must figure out the final lineup of his attackers and midfielders for the Americans&#039; World Cup opener against the Czech Republic.
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If you&#39;re looking for a reason the favored United States team lost for the seventh time in the past 10 Ryder Cup Matches, look at the reason the Americans were favored.
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The USA fun might not start until Sunday. In the wonderful world of international sport, bracketing is merely everything, and it must be said that Team USA has aced Bracketology 101 here at the World Basketball Championships, which, for reasons not fathomable to most observers, have been awarded to the country of Japan, which is not exactly ...
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This zone qualifier looks a lot like all the others -- 1992 in Portland, 1999 and 2003 in San Juan. The United States just doesn't win -- it obliterates. And the goal of every other team this week is: Get to the medal round and avoid the Yanks at all costs.
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Russia is one of the biggest, most powerful men's volleyball teams in the world. Already well aware, the United States received another reminder.
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On paper it is no contest, a red, white and blue rout. Just consider the make-up of the American and European teams that will compete for the 35th Ryder Cup when
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With Bobby Reynolds losing in Saturdayâs final round of qualifying, itâs now official: Nineteen men will represent the United States in this yearâs main draw â the second fewest since at least 1972. Of those, only two American players â Andy Roddick and James Blake â are seeded, which ties a low for the Open [...].
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A couple of players who weren&#39;t able to crack the US lineup when the World Cup began earlier this week helped propel the Americans to victory in a game they had no choice but to win.
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The US men&#39;s Olympic basketball team will try to bounce back from an upset loss in their opening group match against Puerto Rico with a match-up against host Greece.
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Andy Roddick hopes to use home advantage to the maximum as he begins the defence of his US Open crown next week. Roddick, who opens this year against American