Greek fans lacking Olympic spirit
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I thought the commotion before the race was disgraceful. Obviously, those in the stadium didn&#39;t represent the whole of Greece, but it looked bad for the organisers of a good Games thus far.
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ATHENS, Greece - The man behind the Athens Olympics' opening ceremony is reluctant to call his work a success, despite worldwide acclaim for his evocative tableau of 3,000 years of Greek history and culture.   "I hope this stays in the hearts and minds of people...
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OLYMPIA, Greece  The competition was history. The time had come for everyone to leave, to follow the sun toward that narrow path lined with olive trees out of the stadium, a trek that would take athletes and spectators alike not to a ...
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nervous energy built up -- Americans Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin had to wait several minutes as the Greek crowd vented.
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Greece are quick out of the blocks when it comes to making money out of their Olympic medal winners.
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The Olympics turned ugly when unforgiving Greeks, incensed that fallen hero Costas Kenteris was missing from the 200 meters, delayed the final by booing and chanting for five minutes.
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The narrative of homegrown athletes triumphing over foreign opponents resonates with Russian sports fans, reaffirming their conviction that their country&#39;s athletes are no worse, and
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A Boston exhibition of Greek art reflects both ancient athletic games, and modern moments of Olympic spirit.
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Athens -- It&#39;s a good thing the Olympics end today. It seems the American team has overstayed its welcome by a few days. For the most part, the Greeks have been outstanding hosts.
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The noise was deafening and potentially unsettling in the minutes before the start of the men&#39;s Olympic 200-meter final. The Olympic Stadium crowd chanted &quot;Hellas!
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There are some people who feel that Michael Phelps has been overpraised at these Olympics, that the attention on his medals came at the expense of others.
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In the midst of the heaving throng of more than 100,000 who turned out in Athens to welcome home the victorious Greek soccer team last month, someone asked how Athens would deal with the crowds during the Olympics.
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The governing body of world athletics Friday condemned the behavior of local fans who delayed the start of the men&#39;s 200 meters final with deafening boos and whistles.
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Greek and Albanian soccer fans fought across Greece as Athens police fired tear gas to disperse crowds following a loss by European champion Greece in a World Cup qualifier.
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These Dream Team impostors are jeered in Athens bars by Americans, booed in the arena by Greeks and the rest of the world, despised back home by people fed up watching their selfish ways on TV.
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Drugs cast another shadow over the  Olympics Thursday with Ukrainian women rowers losing their  bronze medal and another weightlifter being barred. After  showing astonishing improvement over the last year to land the  400 meters hurdling crown, Greece's Fania Halkia complained  about the media's obsession with drugs -- and defended two of  her disgraced compatriots.
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ATHENS - On a day on which both Greece and the Olympics celebrated themselves by returning the Games to their ancient home in Olympia, two popular Greek athletes withdrew from the track and field competition amid a scandal befitting that ...