U.S. defeats Argentina 96-81 for bronze
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Dwyane Wade made sure the United States didn't leave the world championships empty-handed. Wade scored 18 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Americans pull away for a 96-81 victory over Argentina on Saturday night in the bronze medal game.
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SAITAMA, Japan -- There is a simple reason why the United States will be playing Argentina in tonight's bronze medal game of the world basketball championships rather than preparing to play Spain for the gold tomorrow night.
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The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic women's basketball title Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most importantly, finding their shooting touch.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay Saturday.
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For the first time since 1988, the Olympic men&#39;s basketball gold medal will not go to the United States. Argentina beat the Americans 89-81 in semifinal action yesterday, meaning bronze is
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The American men&#39;s basketball team bounced back from a defeat by Puerto Rico to beat Greece 77-71 Tuesday while Lithuania, China and Australia were among the other winners.
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The US women took their third consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball on Saturday, breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia 74-63.
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The U.S. men's basketball team was  beaten by Argentina and booed off the court by the crowd on  Friday as it was denied an Olympic gold medal for the first  time since 1992 when NBA players started competing.
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Argentina beat Italy 84-69 to win the  men's Olympic basketball gold Saturday, the country's first  medal in the sport.
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Argentina beat nine-man Paraguay 1-0 in the final of the men&#39;s soccer tournament on Saturday to win their first Olympic gold medal in 52 years.
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Bronze is the best the American men's basketball team can do, and the reason is simple: They were beaten by a better team, Argentina. Manu Ginobili scored 29 points to lead his nation to another victory over the country that used to dominate the sport, an 89-81 win in the Olympic semifinals Friday night.
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ATHENS - Bronze is better than nothing. That&#39;s one Olympic lesson the US men&#39;s basketball team was able to understand. The Americans took the third-place game seriously Saturday night, earning some revenge
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The United States won the women's  basketball gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday.
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ATHENS -- Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn&#39;t beat a better team -- Argentina.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The United States has grabbed a 49-44 lead over Lithuania at the half of their bronze medal game at the Olympics.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Argentina snapped a 58-game winning streak by the United States two years ago at the World Championships.
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The U.S. men's basketball team salvaged  some pride Saturday, beating Lithuania 104-96 to take the  Olympic bronze medal.