Knight Says Olympics Players Too Pampered
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Bob Knight said Friday that the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team didn't win the gold medal in Athens last month because the players were too pampered on and off the court.
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For the last 25 years, athlete has been a highly charged buzzword used as a backhanded compliment that simultaneously praises and diminishes.
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Eric Gordon makes every move look naturally smooth â the slick drives to the basket, the whip passes to teammates, the poke-away steals, even his long 3-pointers.
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Britain&#39;s Olympic heroes have been honoured in the New Year&#39;s Honours List, with four-time rowing gold medallist Matthew Pinsent knighted and middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes made a dame.
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Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes said she was amazed at her path from council estate to inclusion in the Queenâs New Year Honours List.
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After 899 wins, Bob Knight is as feisty as ever.
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ATHENS -- Seeing was admiring. &quot;Puerto Rico played as a team,&quot; said US coach Larry Brown. &quot;They were well-prepared and the coaching was incredible. They played so much harder than we did, and so the result was not a surprise. I think anybody watching this, who enjoys basketball, got a thrill out of that.&quot;
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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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Once again yesterday, the US NorAm racers skied well enough over an icy giant slalom track at Sunday River to put five finishers in the top 10, with the bronze podium going to Chip Knight.
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Britain honored its Olympic heroes Friday, knighting four-time gold medallist Matthew Pinsent and making middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes a dame.
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A year removed from the Janet Jackson debacle, the NFL has come up with the perfect way to clean up its act at halftime of the Super Bowl: Hire a British knight to entertain.
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&quot;I just try to play as well as I can this year. If I do that, the results will come,&quot; Hantuchova said. &quot;I appreciate being out there.
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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The chief of the British Olympic Association has hit back at criticism of Monday&#39;s parade to celebrate Team GB&#39;s Olympic and Paralympic stars.
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ATHENS -- Almost a clean getaway . . . Team USA is trying so hard to be the international good fellas. No showboating. No mugging. No smiling. No complaining to refs (when Lamar Odom angrily threw down a towel in response to one call against his team, coach Larry Brown whirled around, directed him back to the bench, and kicked ...
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Bob Knight reached another milestone.
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The sports world is giving New Yorkers more than their usual quotient of agita recently.